2005 General Roster
Roster
Brendan Carney
- Position:
- Punter/Kicker
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 203
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Valley Forge, PA
- High School:
- Malvern Prep
At SU: Three letters … Redshirted in 2002 … Ranks second on the Syracuse all-time punting average list (42.8) … Set the Syracuse record for career punting yards (11,534) and career punts (271).
Senior Year (2006):
Played in all 12 games … At Wake Forest, had eight punts for a season-high 344 yards and a 43.0 yard average while pinning Wake Forest inside the 20 yard line once … against Iowa punted seven times for 328 yards, landing one inside the 20 had a season-best 46.9 yard average and a season-long 66-yard kick … Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll … At Illinois, had six punts for 210 yards including three inside the 20 … Against Miami (OH), punted five times for 203 yards and a 40.6 yard average landing one punt inside the 20 … Against Wyoming, had five punts for 179 yards and landed one inside the 20 … Against Pittsburgh, punted five times for 204 yards and an average of 40.8 yards per kick … At West Virginia, had seven punts that totaled 275 yards sticking one inside the 20 … Against Louisville, punted four times for 169 yards and an average of 42.3 yards … At Cincinnati, had eight punts for 343 yards, an average of 42.9 yards per punt and landed one kick inside the 20 … At South Florida, punted four times for 194 yards and landed one kick inside the 20 … Against Connecticut, had seven punts for 317 yards, a 45.3 yard average and placed a season-high four kicks inside the 20 and earned BIG EAST Special Teams Player of the Week … At Rutgers, punted six times for 255 yards and dropped three inside the Rutgers 20.Junior Year (2005): One of 36 players to see action in all 11 games … Handled punting and kickoff duties … All-BIG EAST First Team selection… Ranked 24th nationally and first in the BIG EAST in punting average (42.6) … Set new school records in single season punts (82) and most punting yardage (3,491) … Averaged 42.6 yards per punt for 18 fair catches and nine inside the 20 … Against West Virginia, punted for 481 yards on 11 punts … His 11 punts were one shy of the school record 12 punts, which he shares … Against Buffalo, had three punts, averaging 49.9 yards per punt, pinning the Bulls inside the 20 once … Against Virginia, punted seven times for 260 yards including one inside the 20 … At Florida State, had nine punts for 412 yards, including a career-long 71-yard boot … At Connecticut, punted nine times for and average of 42.4 yards, while pinning the Huskies inside the 20 once … Against Rutgers, had six punts for an average of 49.0 yards … At Pittsburgh, punted the ball six times for an average of 43.5 … Against Cincinnati, had five punts for an average of 36.2 yards, including one that pinned the Bearcats inside the 20 … Against South Florida, punted six 10 times for an average of 43.6 yards, including three that stuck inside the 20 … At Notre Dame, had six punts for an average of 33 yards including one inside the 20 … At Louisville, punted nine times for an average of 43.4 yards to move to first all-time in single-season punts (82) and punting (3,491) yardage.
Sophomore Year (2004): One of 31 players to play in all 12 games … Handled the punting and kickoff duties … Second-team All-BIG EAST … Averaged 42.4 yards per punt, the 10th-highest single-season average in school history … Ranked second in the BIG EAST in punting … Averaged at least 40 yards per punt in nine of the Orange’s last 10 games … Had eight touchbacks and put nine punts inside the 20-yard line … Was 7-for-7 on extra point tries … Was 0-for-2 on field goal attempts … Named BIG EAST Special Teams Player of the Week on Oct. 11 after averaging 46.8 yards on six punts against Florida State … Also had a career-long 65-yard punt against the Seminoles … Won his second BIG EAST Special Teams Player of the Week award on Nov. 1 after averaging 50.0 yards on four punts and making 6-of-6 PATs against Connecticut … Averaged 42.7 yards and put four of his seven punts inside the 20 at Buffalo … Punted three times for a 52.0-yard average against Rutgers … Put three of his five punts inside the 20 against Pittsburgh … Averaged 40.4 yards on five punts at Boston College … Recorded six punts for 241 yards and averaged 40.2 yards vs. Georgia Tech in the Champs Sports Bowl.
Freshman Year (2003): One of 39 players to participate in all 12 games … Second-team All-BIG EAST selection … Named to The Sporting News BIG EAST All-Freshman Team … Established SU freshman records for punts (60), punting yards (2,581) and punting average (43.0) … Tied for 12th on SU’s single-season punts lists … Finished fifth on the SU season punting yards list and sixth on the punting average list … Tied the SU single-game record with 12 punts at Virginia Tech (Rich Panczyszyn vs. Penn State, 1968; Larry King vs. Pittsburgh, 1975) … Established the eighth-highest single-game punting average with 50.4 yards per punt at Miami, marking the 10th time an SU punter has averaged 50-or-more yards on at least three punts … The 50.4 average ranks eighth on SU’s single game record list … Punted four times for 147 yards and an average of 36.8 yards per punt, and landed one inside the 20, in his first collegiate game at North Carolina … Against Louisville, punted four times for 177 yards, including one 51-yard boot, and two touchbacks, averaging 44.2 yards per punt … Punted four times for 190 yards, an average of 47.5 yards per punt, against Central Florida … Punted two times for 105 yards and one touchback against Toledo … At Virginia Tech, punted 12 times for 462 yards, an average of 38.5 yards per punt, including one of 55 yards, and had two land inside the 20 … Against Boston College, punted two times for 103 yards and one touchback and made 3-of-4 extra points kicking in place of an injured Collin Barber … At Pittsburgh, punted seven times for 306 yards, an average of 43.7 yards, and landed three inside the 20 … Against Temple, punted two times for 71 yards and landed both inside the 20-yard … Punted seven times for 353 yards and one touchback at Miami, an average of 50.4 yards per punt … Longest punt versus Miami was a 64-yarder – SU’s first 60-yard punt since Mike Shafer hit a 68-yarder against Rutgers in 2001 … Three punts were for 50 yards or more and two punts landed inside the 20-yard line … Against West Virginia, punted seven times for 332 yards and one touchback and averaged 47.4 yards per punt … Four punts were 50-or-more yards and two landed inside the 20-yard line … Recorded one solo tackle on a punt return against the Mountaineers … Punted seven times for 247 yards at Rutgers, including two of 50-or-more yards and two inside the 20 … Punted two times for 88 yards and one touchback against Notre Dame.
High School: Won the Maxwell Club Award as a senior … Philadelphia Inquirer High School Sports Show All-American … First-team All-South Eastern Pennsylvania punter, all-city, and first-team All-Chester County as a punter and kicker as a junior and senior … Averaged 40 yards per punt, hit 5-of-7 on field goals and 40 percent of his kickoffs reached the endzone on a 10-0 team as a senior … Averaged 38.6 yards per punt, made 13-of-17 on field goals, scored 150 points and 35 percent of his kickoffs reached the endzone in his high school career … Inter-AC champions from 1999-2001 … Second-team all city punter and second-team All-Chester County punter and kicker as a sophomore … Recruited by assistant coach Chris White.
Personal: Brendan Thomas Carney … Born December 23, 1982, Abington, Pa. … Son of Thomas and Kathleen Carney … Four sisters … Majoring in economics.
Carney's Career Statistics
| Punting | ||||||||
| Punts | Yds. | Avg. | Long | TB | FC | I-20 | Blkd | |
| 2003 |
60 |
2,581 |
43.0 |
64 |
7 |
3 |
18 |
5 |
| 2004 |
57 |
2,441 |
42.8 |
65 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
2 |
| 2005 |
82 |
3,491 |
42.6 |
71 |
9 |
18 |
9 |
2 |
| 2006 |
72 |
3,021 |
42.0 |
66 |
7 |
14 |
17 |
0 |
| Totals |
271 |
11,534 |
42.6 |
71 |
32 |
45 |
55 |
9 |
| Kickoffs | ||||
| Kicks | Avg. | TB | I-10 | |
| 2003 | 42 | 62.4 | 12 | 17 |
| 2004 | 61 | 63.4 | 17 | 17 |
| 2005 | 39 | 62.6 | 13 | 10 |
| 2006 | 47 | 63.3 | 17 | 3 |
| Totals | 181 | 64.3 | 59 | 47 |
Carney's Career Bests
| Punts | Number | 12 vs. Virginia Tech, 2003 |
| Longest | 71 vs. Florida State, 2005 | |
| Yards | 481 vs. West Virginia, 2005 | |
| Average | 50.4 vs. Miami, 2003 | |
| PATs | Made | 6 vs. Connecticut, 2004 |
| Attempted | 6 vs. Connecticut, 2004 |
