2015 Football Roster
Kinney, Alex
vs
Wyoming
Sep 20 (Sat)
8:15 p.m.
Jersey Number 89
Alex Kinney
- Position:
- Punter/Place Kicker
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Fort Collins, Colo.
- High School:
- Rocky Mountain
Bio
Updated Nov. 30, 2019
AT COLORADO
Career
This Season (Sr.-2):
2017 (Jr.)—He was a third-team All-Pac-12 selection of Phil Steele’s College Football … Named to the inaugural Food City All-America honorable mention team; selections are chosen from the top GPR punt ratings, the top five ‘punting for distance’ averaged and the top five ‘coffin corner’ averages … Set a new Colorado records for most punts downed inside the 20-yard line with 28, as well as the highest percentage of kicks doing so (50.0 percent) … Enjoyed his best season yet in gross (43.8) and net punting (41.7) averages … Recorded the longest punt of his career (70 yards) in week two against Texas State, on a day when he averaged 49.7 yards on six punts … Punted a career-high 10 times in the loss at No. 15 Washington State, averaging 40.6 yards per boot with a long of 58 and five were downed inside the 20-yard line, also setting a new personal-best in that category … He averaged a single-game high 51.2 yards on five punts in the Arizona State game, which included a 67-yard boot that was the second-longest of his career … Four of his five punts against ASU were downed inside the 20-yard line … Over the last four games of the season, he punted 16 times for a 49.3 average with 12 of those 16 kicks landing inside the 20 (and seven inside the 15) … Lindy’s College Football selected him as a preseason third-team All-Pac-12 performer.
2016 (Soph.)—He played in all 13 games plus the Alamo Bowl and averaged 41.3 yards on 66 punts for the season … Had eight punts over 50 yards (with a long of 59), along with 15 inside-the-20, eight inside-the-15 and five inside-the-10 … Of his 66 punts, 41 (or 62.1 percent) were not returned, as 26 were fair caught, four went for touchbacks and others were either downed or went out of bounds ... Best kick of the year was his long, as the 59-yard punt at Stanford was downed at the SU 5-yard line in the fourth quarter with CU leading 7-3; it was also his career-long ... In that game, two of his five punts were downed inside the 20 and he also attempted one field goal, a 31-yard try that was wide right … He also assisted on one tackle on the punt team … Averaged 41.5 yards for 18 punts kicked inside-the-CU-25, and placed five of nine kicks in plus territory inside-the-20 ... Had one left-footed kick that went 33 yards against Idaho State … The coaches named him the winner of the Bill McCartney Award as the most improved special teams player in spring practices ... Athlon Sports selected him as a preseason third-team All-Pac-12 performer, with Phil Steele’s College Football tabbing him a fourth-team selection.
2015 (Fr.)—He played in all 13 games in becoming just the seventh freshman in school history to become CU’s regular punter; his 40.1 average ranked third out of the seven, trailing only Matt DiLallo (43.7 in 2006) and Darragh O’Neill (42.6 in 2011) … Had 66 punts on the season, with a net average of 38.1; 73 percent of his kicks went unreturned as 22 were fair caught and 14 were downed (he had just one touchback) … His average spiked up to 41.4 when allowing for 12 punts he had in opponent territory (10 of which he pinned inside-the-20) … His long punt was 58 yards (at Oregon State) and he had six overall of 50 yards or longer … Tied the school record for the most punts inside-the-10 with 10 (which was a freshman record), and he set the frosh mark for the most inside-the-20 with 23 (topping the old mark of 21) … In addition, he had 17 punts inside-the-15 and four inside-the-5 … He started out a bit slow, owning just a 33.5 average after two games (11 punts), but his average rose steadily each game over the course of the remainder of the season … He did have two punts blocked, but only one of his kicks was returned over 15 yards (a long of 25 by Stanford’s Barry Sanders, Jr.).
HIGH SCHOOL—He earned All-Colorado and first-team All-State honors from the Denver Post, Mile High Sports Magazine and Six Zero Strength & Fitness as a senior, when he also garnered All-USA Colorado (USA Today/American Family Insurance) and first-team All-Front Range League recognition at both kicker and punter ... Made the prestigious Western 100 list compiled by the Tacoma News-Tribune (one of four specialists on the paper’s 2014 squad), and some services had him ranked as the No.3 prep punter nationally .. Was a second-team All-State selection as a junior (kicker), when he was the league’s first-team kicker and second-team punter … As a senior, he averaged 41.6 yards for 47 punts, with a long of 66 and nine inside-the-20; he scored 58 points as he made all 34 of his extra-point kicks and 8-of-12 field goals, including a 57-yard boot that tied the eighth-longest in state history … In addition, 51 of his 54 kickoffs went for touchbacks … His junior year he scored 60 points on the strength of 27-of-28 PAT kicks and 11-of-15 field goals (long of 51), with 32 of 50 kickoffs going for touchbacks; he averaged 35.8 yards on 40 punts, with a long of 63 … Handled some of the kickoff chores as a sophomore (10 total, six touchbacks), but did not have any placements or punts … Made 61-of-62 PAT kicks and 19-of-27 field goals in his prep career: the 3-pointers were not “gimmes” as the average length of his 19 makes covered 38.3 yards (36.9 as a senior, 39.4 as a junior); he made nine field goals of 40 yards or longer, including two over 50 … Top games his senior year including a season-opening 34-7 win over Brighton, when he scored 10 points, four PAT kicks and two field goals, including his 57-yarder, and in the playoffs against Fountain-Fort Carson (a 21-7 loss), when he had his season best punt of 55 yards from his end zone that got his team out of a field position hole … As a junior, in a 16-7 win over Horizon, he made good on all three of his field goal tries from 49, 51 and 35 yards … Under coach Mark Brook, RMHS was 9-2 his senior season (league runners-up), 5-5 his junior year and 1-9 his sophomore season.
ACADEMICS— He is majoring in Business Administration with an emphasis on Entrepreneurship and Talent Management ... Earned honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic Team honors as a sophomore and honorable mention Academic All-Colorado honors from the state’s NFF chapter as both a sophomore and a true freshman ... As a senior at Rocky Mountain High School, he earned honorable mention status on the state’s All-Academic team.
PERSONAL—He was born May 31, 1997 in Fort Collins, Colo. … His hobbies include skiing and fishing, and he played club rugby outside of high school (he played the prop position; his team reached the state championship game as a sophomore) … He is just the second player from Rocky Mountain High School to sign with the Buffaloes out of high school (joining Darrell Troudt, an offensive lineman in the 1975 class).
AT COLORADO
Career
- Has played in 54 career games, most on the team, a new CU record.
- He is ranked 11th on CU's career punting chart with a career average of 41.70 yards per punt.
- His 91 punts inside-the-20 are second most in CU history.
This Season (Sr.-2):
- Has played in all 11 games this season, handling the punting duties and is also the holder on the FG/PAT team.
- He has averaged 44.4 yards per punt this season on 52 punt with a net average of 40.9 yards. He's had just four touchbacks this season with 12 over 50 yards and along of 63. He has 21 kicked inside the 20 and 24 have been fair caught.
- Named a game captain on five occasions, the Air Force, Oregon, USC, UCLA, Washington and Utah games. For the Utah game, he declined the honor and suggested that Jalen Sami be the special teams captain for the final game.
- Named the special teams player of the game by the coaches for the Arizona and Stanford games.
- Had perhaps one of the best punts in school history, a 62-yarder against Washington that bounded at midfield inside the five- and went out of bounds inside the one yard line.
- Against Stanford, he had four punts for a 50.0 average with a long of 59, one touchback and one inside the 20.
- Against USC he had six punts for 254 yards (60 long) that averaged 42.3 yards and had five punts land inside-the-20.
- Against Arizona he had five punts for 234 yards (63 long) that averaged 46.8 yards and had three of those punts land inside-the-20 (all three of those punts also landed inside-the-10).
- Against Nebraska he had six punts that averaged 45.2 net yards per punt and went for 271 yards. He also had a 60-yard punt, five punts within the 20, three punts within the 15, two punts within the 10, and one punt within the 5.
- He started the season on a strong note, averaging 49.0 yards per punt on four punts with a long of 63 and one inside the 20 against Colorado State (8/30). He averaged 44.3 net yards per punt against the Rams.
- Was named one of “Ray’s Eight of the Week” for his performance against Nebraska (9/7) and Arizona (10/5).
- Was nominated for Colorado Chapter/NFF special teams player of the week for the and Pac-12 Special Teams player of the week five times, against Colorado State, Nebraska, Air Force, USC and Washington.
- He is believed to be the first or second player in program history to win five games against one opponent (Colorado State).
- One of 26 punters on the preseason watch list for the Ray Guy Award.
- Named second-team Preseason All-Pac-12 by Phil Steele’s College Football and fourth-team by Athlon.
- Averaged 49.6 yards on 10 punts in the two scrimmages and spring game.
- Had four punts for an average of 50.5 and pinned two inside the 20 in the spring game.
- He earned a redshirt season by playing just four games in 2018 due to injury, qualifying under the NCAA’s new redshirt rule.
2017 (Jr.)—He was a third-team All-Pac-12 selection of Phil Steele’s College Football … Named to the inaugural Food City All-America honorable mention team; selections are chosen from the top GPR punt ratings, the top five ‘punting for distance’ averaged and the top five ‘coffin corner’ averages … Set a new Colorado records for most punts downed inside the 20-yard line with 28, as well as the highest percentage of kicks doing so (50.0 percent) … Enjoyed his best season yet in gross (43.8) and net punting (41.7) averages … Recorded the longest punt of his career (70 yards) in week two against Texas State, on a day when he averaged 49.7 yards on six punts … Punted a career-high 10 times in the loss at No. 15 Washington State, averaging 40.6 yards per boot with a long of 58 and five were downed inside the 20-yard line, also setting a new personal-best in that category … He averaged a single-game high 51.2 yards on five punts in the Arizona State game, which included a 67-yard boot that was the second-longest of his career … Four of his five punts against ASU were downed inside the 20-yard line … Over the last four games of the season, he punted 16 times for a 49.3 average with 12 of those 16 kicks landing inside the 20 (and seven inside the 15) … Lindy’s College Football selected him as a preseason third-team All-Pac-12 performer.
2016 (Soph.)—He played in all 13 games plus the Alamo Bowl and averaged 41.3 yards on 66 punts for the season … Had eight punts over 50 yards (with a long of 59), along with 15 inside-the-20, eight inside-the-15 and five inside-the-10 … Of his 66 punts, 41 (or 62.1 percent) were not returned, as 26 were fair caught, four went for touchbacks and others were either downed or went out of bounds ... Best kick of the year was his long, as the 59-yard punt at Stanford was downed at the SU 5-yard line in the fourth quarter with CU leading 7-3; it was also his career-long ... In that game, two of his five punts were downed inside the 20 and he also attempted one field goal, a 31-yard try that was wide right … He also assisted on one tackle on the punt team … Averaged 41.5 yards for 18 punts kicked inside-the-CU-25, and placed five of nine kicks in plus territory inside-the-20 ... Had one left-footed kick that went 33 yards against Idaho State … The coaches named him the winner of the Bill McCartney Award as the most improved special teams player in spring practices ... Athlon Sports selected him as a preseason third-team All-Pac-12 performer, with Phil Steele’s College Football tabbing him a fourth-team selection.
2015 (Fr.)—He played in all 13 games in becoming just the seventh freshman in school history to become CU’s regular punter; his 40.1 average ranked third out of the seven, trailing only Matt DiLallo (43.7 in 2006) and Darragh O’Neill (42.6 in 2011) … Had 66 punts on the season, with a net average of 38.1; 73 percent of his kicks went unreturned as 22 were fair caught and 14 were downed (he had just one touchback) … His average spiked up to 41.4 when allowing for 12 punts he had in opponent territory (10 of which he pinned inside-the-20) … His long punt was 58 yards (at Oregon State) and he had six overall of 50 yards or longer … Tied the school record for the most punts inside-the-10 with 10 (which was a freshman record), and he set the frosh mark for the most inside-the-20 with 23 (topping the old mark of 21) … In addition, he had 17 punts inside-the-15 and four inside-the-5 … He started out a bit slow, owning just a 33.5 average after two games (11 punts), but his average rose steadily each game over the course of the remainder of the season … He did have two punts blocked, but only one of his kicks was returned over 15 yards (a long of 25 by Stanford’s Barry Sanders, Jr.).
HIGH SCHOOL—He earned All-Colorado and first-team All-State honors from the Denver Post, Mile High Sports Magazine and Six Zero Strength & Fitness as a senior, when he also garnered All-USA Colorado (USA Today/American Family Insurance) and first-team All-Front Range League recognition at both kicker and punter ... Made the prestigious Western 100 list compiled by the Tacoma News-Tribune (one of four specialists on the paper’s 2014 squad), and some services had him ranked as the No.3 prep punter nationally .. Was a second-team All-State selection as a junior (kicker), when he was the league’s first-team kicker and second-team punter … As a senior, he averaged 41.6 yards for 47 punts, with a long of 66 and nine inside-the-20; he scored 58 points as he made all 34 of his extra-point kicks and 8-of-12 field goals, including a 57-yard boot that tied the eighth-longest in state history … In addition, 51 of his 54 kickoffs went for touchbacks … His junior year he scored 60 points on the strength of 27-of-28 PAT kicks and 11-of-15 field goals (long of 51), with 32 of 50 kickoffs going for touchbacks; he averaged 35.8 yards on 40 punts, with a long of 63 … Handled some of the kickoff chores as a sophomore (10 total, six touchbacks), but did not have any placements or punts … Made 61-of-62 PAT kicks and 19-of-27 field goals in his prep career: the 3-pointers were not “gimmes” as the average length of his 19 makes covered 38.3 yards (36.9 as a senior, 39.4 as a junior); he made nine field goals of 40 yards or longer, including two over 50 … Top games his senior year including a season-opening 34-7 win over Brighton, when he scored 10 points, four PAT kicks and two field goals, including his 57-yarder, and in the playoffs against Fountain-Fort Carson (a 21-7 loss), when he had his season best punt of 55 yards from his end zone that got his team out of a field position hole … As a junior, in a 16-7 win over Horizon, he made good on all three of his field goal tries from 49, 51 and 35 yards … Under coach Mark Brook, RMHS was 9-2 his senior season (league runners-up), 5-5 his junior year and 1-9 his sophomore season.
ACADEMICS— He is majoring in Business Administration with an emphasis on Entrepreneurship and Talent Management ... Earned honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic Team honors as a sophomore and honorable mention Academic All-Colorado honors from the state’s NFF chapter as both a sophomore and a true freshman ... As a senior at Rocky Mountain High School, he earned honorable mention status on the state’s All-Academic team.
PERSONAL—He was born May 31, 1997 in Fort Collins, Colo. … His hobbies include skiing and fishing, and he played club rugby outside of high school (he played the prop position; his team reached the state championship game as a sophomore) … He is just the second player from Rocky Mountain High School to sign with the Buffaloes out of high school (joining Darrell Troudt, an offensive lineman in the 1975 class).
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