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AT TECH: Four-time first-team Academic All-America and four-year starter at punter . . . Outstanding student who came to Georgia Tech on a President’s Scholarship . . . Joined the program as a walk-on in the spring of 1999 and then won a preseason battle to earn the punting job that fall. Career average of 41.37 yards per kick with a net of 37.4 . . . His career punting average is the second-best mark in Tech history, just five one-hundreths of a yard (less than two inches) behind the school record of 41.42 yards, set by Rodney Williams from 1995-98 . . . Has three of the top eight season averages in Tech history . . . Ranks seventh in Tech history in career punting yardage (5,461) and seventh in career punts (132).
2002: Named to Verizon Academic All-America football first team for the fourth straight year, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America . . . Punted 39 times for a 39.3-yard average . . . Ranked fourth in the ACC in punting average . . . Had 12 punts that were downed inside the 20-yard line with just three touchbacks . . . Winner of the 2002 Anson Mount Scholar-Athlete Award by Playboy magazine . . . Named to the ACC All-Academic football team for the fourth straight year.
2001: Named to Verizon Academic All-America football team for the third straight year . . . Punted 29 times for a 41.2-yard average . . . Net of 37.6 yards per punt . . . Put five punts inside the 20-yard line. . . . Averaged 43.4 yards with a net of 41.0 on five punts against Florida State . . . Member of the Academic All-ACC team for the third year in a row.
2000: Named to Verizon Academic All-America football team for the second time . . . Also tabbed to the Academic All-ACC team for the second straight year . . . Averaged 41.8 yards per punt with a net of 37.7 . . . Had 13 of 34 punts downed inside the 20 . . . Best game was against Florida State, when he punted seven times for a 47.4-yard average . . . Longest kick was a 68-yarder against the Seminoles . . . Put three punts inside the 20 in Tech’s win at Georgia.
1999: First-team GTE Academic All-America . . . Also named to the Academic All-ACC team . . . Average of 43.8 yards per punt would have ranked second in the ACC but Tech’s high-powered offense did not give him enough punts to qualify . . . Average was the third-best season mark in school history . . . Tech’s net of 39.5 ranked third in the ACC and 12th in the nation . . . Ten of his 30 punts were inside the 20-yard line and he allowed only one touchback.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned all-conference honors his junior and senior seasons at Oviedo High School . . . Lettered three years for coach Greg Register . . . Also lettered three times in soccer.
PERSONAL: Full name is Daniel Roland Dyke . . . Parents are Daniel and Carmela Dyke . . . Born July 24, 1980 . . . Earned his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering on Dec. 14, 2002 and will begin graduate school in January . . . Maintained a 3.87 grade point average . . . Worked a teaching assistant in the mathematics department, teaching Calculus for the fall semester, 2002. . . Had a section of about 40 students, mostly freshmen, that met twice a week; also held office hours to meet with his students individually.
GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS2002 Punts Yds Avg. LP Ret Net I20 TB Vandy‡ 5 206 41.2 55 2-26 36.0 1 0 UConn DNP Clemson‡ 9 370 41.1 53 5-96 30.4 2 1 BYU DNP UNC‡ 1 26 26.0 26 0-0 26.0 1 0 WFU 2 84 42.0 46 1-3 40.5 2 0 Maryland 2 81 40.5 43 1-(-7) 44.0 1 1 Virginia‡ 6 245 40.8 50 5-38 34.5 3 0 NC State 4 146 36.5 41 1-(-7) 38.3 1 0 FSU‡ 2 79 39.5 47 0-0 39.5 1 1 Duke‡ 2 81 40.5 44 2-13 34.0 0 0 Georgia 3 111 37.0 39 2-16 31.7 0 0 Fres St.‡ 3 102 34.0 37 2-0 34.0 0 0
2001 Punts Yds Avg. LP Ret Net I20 TB Syracuse‡ 3 106 35.3 41 -2 36.0 1 0 Citadel‡ 1 42 42.0 42 0 42.0 0 1 Navy DNP Clemson‡ 2 111 55.5 60 3 54.0 0 1 Duke‡ 1 46 46.0 46 0 46.0 0 1 Maryland‡ 5 211 42.2 55 0 42.2 0 2 NC State‡ 2 82 41.0 42 41 20.5 0 0 UNC‡ 2 77 38.5 43 26 25.5 0 0 Virginia‡ 4 166 41.5 48 19 36.8 1 0 WFU‡ 4 138 34.5 49 7 32.8 1 0 Georgia DNP FSU‡ 5 217 43.4 62 12 41.0 2 1 Stanford# 2 89 44.0 48 -2 45.5 1 0
2000 Punts Yds Avg. LP Ret Net I20 UCF DNP FSU‡ 7 332 47.4 68 20 44.6 3 Navy‡ 4 153 38.2 53 -10 40.8 3 NC State‡ 3 149 49.7 57 15 44.7 0 UNC‡ 3 131 43.7 49 5 42.0 1 WFU‡ 3 130 43.3 59 2 42.7 0 Duke‡ 3 151 50.3 52 1 50.0 2 Clemson 3 113 37.7 41 88 8.3 1 Virginia DNP (Tech did not punt) Maryland‡ 2 50 25.0 29 8 21.0 0 Georgia‡ 6 211 35.2 47 10 33.5 3 LSU‡# 5 241 48.2 56 18 44.6 1
1999 Punts Yds Avg. LP Ret Net I20 Navy‡ 2 89 44.5 59 1 40.5 1 FSU‡ 2 80 40.0 45 0 40.0 1 C. Fla‡ 4 178 44.5 48 2 39.3 3 Maryland‡ 4 188 47.0 54 3 38.0 1 UNC‡ 3 131 43.7 51 1 43.7 1 Duke‡ 2 109 54.5 59 0 54.5 1 NCSU‡ 1 33 33.0 33 1 29.0 1 Virginia‡ 2 87 43.5 45 1 39.0 0 Clemson‡ 2 80 40.0 43 1 39.0 1 WFU‡ 4 170 42.5 47 2 38.0 0 Georgia‡ 4 169 42.3 55 1 41.3 0 Miami‡# 5 157 31.4 40 3 24.2 0
CAREER STATISTICS
Year G-GS No. Yds Avg. LP Ret Net I20 TB 1999 11-11 30 1,314 43.8 59 102 40.4 10 1 2000 9-8 34 1,420 41.8 68 139 37.7 13 5 2001 10-10 29 1,196 41.2 62 106 37.6 5 6 2002 11-7 39 1,531 39.3 55 178 34.7 12 3 Total 41-36 132 5,461 41.4 68 525 37.4 40 15
CAREER HIGHS
Punts: 7 vs. Florida State, 2000 Yards: 332 vs. Florida State, 2000 Long: 68 vs. Florida State, 2000 Punting Average: 55.5 vs. Clemson, 2001 (2 punts)
‡ Game started # Bowl game statistics from 1999-2001 do not count in season or career totals
