2014 Football Roster

14 Ben Rhyne

  • Position Punter
  • Class Sixth Year
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 197
  • Hometown Charlotte, N.C.
  • High School Charlotte Country Day
  • Major Biomechanical Engineering

Biography

As a Fifth-Year Senior (2014) • Game-by-Game Statistics
• Capital One Academic All-District
• Pac-12 All-Academic first team
• Ray Guy Award candidate
• Athlon preseason All-Pac-12 fourth team
• Phil Steele preseason All-Pac-12 third team
• 13 games played
• 56 punts (39.8 yards/punt)
     • Seven punts of 50+ yards
     • 14 punts inside the 20-yard line
• Four punts (36.8 yards/punt) vs. UC Davis
• Four punts (42.8 yards/punt), including 51-yarder, vs. Army
    • Four inside 20-yard line
• Five punts (42.0 yards/punt) at Washington
• Seven punts (38.7 yards/punt) at Notre Dame
• Four punts (35.8 yards/punt) vs. Washington State
• Seven punts (40.9 yards/punt), including 52-yarder, at Arizona State
• Four punts (43.5 yards/punt), including career-long 61-yarder, vs. Oregon State
• Two punts (35.0 yards/punt) at Oregon
• Eight punts (40.2 yards/punt), including 53-yarder, vs. Utah
• Three punts (47.3 yards/punt) at Cal
• Four punts (40.8 yards/punt) at UCLA

As a Senior (2013) • Game-by-Game Statistics
• Pac-12 Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• All-Pac-12 honorable mention
• Pac-12 All-Academic first team
• Ray Guy Award candidate
• Stanford's Academic Achievement Award (Tommy Vardell Award)
• 14 games played
• 52 punts
• 42.9 yards/punt
• Two touchbacks
• 13 fair catches
• 12 punts over 50 yards
• 15 punts inside 20-yard line
• Season-long 60-yard punt vs. Michigan State in Rose Bowl
• Starting punter in season opener against San Jose State, but did not attempt single punt
    • First game without Stanford punting since Sept. 17, 1994 (224-game span)
• Two punts (48.5 yards/punt) at Army
• First-quarter punt at Army was first by Stanford since 2013 Rose Bowl (span of 78:04)
• Six punts (44.5 yards/punt), including 58-yarder, vs. Washington
     • Three punts over 50 yards
• Six punts (43.0 yards/punt), incluing 54-yarder, vs. UCLA
• Seven punts (40.0 yards/punt), including 53-yarder, at Oregon State
     • Three punts over 50 yards
• One punt for 43 yards vs. Oregon
• Five punts (45.8 yards/punt) at USC
• Three punts (47.0 yards/punt) vs. Cal
• Five punts (49.8 yards/punt) vs. Michigan State in Rose Bowl

As a Junior (2012) • Game-by-Game Statistics
• Reserve specialist
• Called into punting and holding duties for two games
• First career punt (42-yarder in third quarter) at UCLA
• 39.0-yard average on three punts and one tackle at UCLA
• Six punts (42.2 yards/punt) in Pac-12 Football Championship Game with 56-yard touchback

As a Sophomore (2011) • Game-by-Game Statistics
• Saw action in five games
• Averaged 59.8 yards on 18 kickoffs with one touchback
• One kickoff for 70 yards during collegiate debut in home state North Carolina against Duke
• Handled kickoff duties for final three games of regular season
• Six kickoffs for 364 yards against Oregon
• Six kickoffs for 377 yards against Cal
• Five kickoffs for 265 yards against Notre Dame

As a Freshman (2010)
• Did not see action

The Rhyne File
• Graduated from Charlotte Country Day (N.C.) and played for head coach Bob Witman
• NCISAA all-state punter
• CISAA all-conference
• 13 of 16 on field goals, 50 of 51 point after attempts, 40.0 yards/punt as a senior
• School record holder for single-season field goals made (13) and best field goal percentage (81.3)
• School record holder for most single-season punting yards (1,885)
• Lettered in swimming
     • NCISAA all-state
     • CISAA all-conference
     • Team captain
     • 2010 three-time relay state champion
• Lettered in lacrosse
     • 2009 and 2010 state champion
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Award (school’s top math and science student)
• Most outstanding math student award
• Top science student award
• Top scholar-athlete award
• Charlotte Observer Athlete of the Year
• Graduated in top-10 percent of class
• Cum Laude Society
• National Honor Society president
• Born in Charlotte, N.C.
• Full name is Benjamin Greer Rhyne
• Son of Al and June Rhyne
     • Father played football at Davidson (1976-79)
• One older brother, Bo, two younger sisters, Haley and Anna
• Grandfather played football at North Carolina (1952-55)
• Earned undergraduate degree in biomechanical engineering
• Pursuing master's degree in management, science and engineering

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2011Sophomore

    Punter
    0 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2012Junior

    Punter
    6'2" 202 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2013Senior

    Punter
    6'2" 203 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2014Sixth Year

    Punter
    6'2" 197 lbs
    14