| Richmond McGee |
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Punter/Place-kicker
6-4 · 203
Garland, Texas (Garland)
#35
Strong-legged, five-year kicker who claimed UT's punting duties in the spring of 2003 ... also has handled kickoff duties for most of his career ... averaged 39.6 yards per kick on 130 punts in 51 career games ... of his 265 career kickoffs, 96 have been touchbacks (36%) ... punted 35 times for an average of 37.9 yards per kick and dropped 11 inside the 20-yard line in 2005 ... also kicked off 16 times with five touchbacks ... averaged 39.7 yards on 49 punts with 11 punts inside the 20 in 2004 ... also made the only FG attempt of his career (44 yards) ... had 28 touchbacks on 75 kickoffs (37%) in 2004 ... shared UT's Frank Denius Speical Teams MVP award in 2003 ... earned the Frank Denius Special Teams Player of the Week award four times that season ... averaged 40.9 yards on 46 punts with a long of 58 yards in his first season as punter ... significantly increased his touchback percentage on kickoffs to 42.0% (37-of-88) in 2003 ... did a solid job handling kickoffs in 2002 with 26 touchbacks in his 86 kickoffs (31.7%) ... joined the team as a walk-on in fall 2001 ... named first-team Academic All-Big 12 in 2004.
SENIOR (2005)
Handled punting duties in all 13 games ... punted 35 times for an average of 37.9 yards per kick and dropped 11 inside the 20-yard line in addition to 12 fair catches in 2005 ... also kicked off 16 times with five touchbacks ... opened with one punt for 44 yards and dropped it inside the 20 versus La.-Lafayette ... punted four times with a long of 44 yards at No. 4 Ohio State ... had a season-long 56-yard punt against Rice, while punting three times and dropping two inside the 20 ... punted twice with a long of 45 yards at Missouri ... had a season-high five punts versus Oklahoma and averaged 37.0 yards per kick with a long of 48 yards, while placing two inside the 20 ... punted three times versus No. 24 Colorado for a 39.7-yard average ... against punted three times against No. 10 Texas Tech for a 36.7-yard average and downed two inside the 20 ... had two punts at Oklahoma State for a 38.0-yard average ... matched his season-high of five punts against Kansas with a long of 44 with one touchback and one inside the 20 ... placed two-of-three punts inside the 20 at Texas A&M ... had two punts versus Colorado in the Big 12 Championship ... punted twice for a 34.0-yard average and dropped one inside the 20 in Texas' 41-38 victory over USC for the National Championship.
JUNIOR (2004)
Handled kickoffs and punting duties in all 12 games ... named first-team Academic All-Big 12 ... averaged 39.7 yards on 49 punts with 11 punts inside the 20 ... had 28 touchbacks on 75 kickoffs (37%) ... of his 49 punts, 11 were dropped inside the 20- yard line and 25 were not returned ... had eight punts at Arkansas with a long of 53 ... punted five times versus Baylor, including his season long of 57 yards ... averaged 43.6 ypp against the Bears ... put four of his seven punts inside the 20 against No. 2 Oklahoma ... with an average starting position of the 12-yard line in the first half, the Sooners managed just three first-half points in that game ... pinned a punt at the three-yard line setting up a UT interception return for a TD on the very next play versus Missouri ... averaged 42.3 yards on six punts and only had one punt returned (net average of 41.3 ypp) against the Tigers ... nailed a 55-yard punt at the 14-yard line at Texas Tech ... made a 44-yard field goal on the first attempt of his career at Texas Tech ... averaged 45.0 ypp at Colorado on three kicks ... had a 50-yard punt versus No. 19 Olahoma State ... against No. 22 Texas A&M, McGee averaged 44.5 ypp on four kicks ... had four punts with a long of 46 and two touchbacks for a 39.8 average versus No. 13 Michigan in the Rose Bowl.
SOPHOMORE (2003)
Handled kickoffs and punting duties in all 13 games ... shared UT's Frank Denius Most Valuable Special Teams Player honor ... kicked off 88 times and recorded 37 touchbacks (42%) with the opponents' average field position starting at the 21-yard line ... punted 46 times for an average of 40.9 yards per punt ... recorded five touchbacks on punts and 10 punts inside the opponents' 20-yard line ... registered a career-long 58 yarder twice (vs. Arkansas and No. 16 Kansas State) ... received UT's Frank Denius Special Teams Player of the Week three times ... first earned the award for his efforts against Tulane after averaging a season-high 49.0 yards on two punts and earning touchbacks on 5-of-10 kickoffs ... tabbed the Denius Special Teams Player of the Week after averaging 42.8 yards on four punts and recording touchbacks on 4-of-7 kickoffs at Iowa State ... earned the honor again after averaging 47.0 yards on four punts versus No. 12 Nebraska, while earning touchbacks on 3-of-6 kickoffs.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2002)
Handled all of the team's kickoffs ... shared UT's "Whatever It Takes" Award ... kicked off 86 times and recorded 26 touchbacks (31.7%) ... the opposition's average starting field position was the 26-yard line ... shared UT's Frank Denius Special Teams Player of the Game award following his performance against Oklahoma State after recording touchbacks on three of his four kickoffs ... had a season-high four touchbacks at North Carolina ... had three touchbacks against Texas A&M, Oklahoma State and at Tulane ... redshirted in 2001.
HIGH SCHOOL
Coached by Joe Martin at Garland High ... helped lead team to a 9-1 record as a senior ... a member of Garland's 1999 Texas 5A Division II State Championship team ... squad posted a 15-1 record that season ... also played soccer all four years and helped lead the Owls to the state playoffs as a junior.
PERSONAL
Born 4/25/83 in Garland, Texas ... full name is Richmond Lee McGee ... a petroleum engineering major ... a four-time member of UT's Athletics Director's Honor Roll ... named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll in fall 2003 ... active in UT's community service program ... lists playing soccer and golf, working with computers and playing the guitar as his hobbies ... says his greatest athletics thrill was kicking the game-winning field goal in the first game of his senior season ... active in Fellowship of Christian Athletes and has served as a summer camp counselor ... maintains his own Web site (RichmondMcGee.com).
CAREER STATISTICS
Punting
Year G No Yds Avg. Long BLK I20
2005 13 35 1,325 37.9 56/RU 0 11
2004 12 49 1,946 39.7 57/BU 0 11
2003 13 46 1,883 40.9 58/2x 1 10
2002 13 0 0 0.0 -- 0 0
2001 Redshirted
Career 51 130 5,154 39.6 58/2x 1 32
Kickoffs
Year G KO Yds Avg. Avg./Poss TB
2005 13 16 1,015 63.4 25.1 5
2004 12 75 4,626 61.7 25.0 28
2003 13 88 5,514 62.7 21.4 37
2002 13 86 5,015 59.7 26.3 26
2001 Redshirted
Career 51 265 16,170 61.0 24.2 96
