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The University of Utah Athletics
Tom Hackett Clinches Position on Consensus All-America Team
12/15/2015 12:00 AM | Football
Dec. 15, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY--
Utah senior punter Tom Hackett will be announced as a consensus All-American by the NCAA on Thursday after today's selection to the Sporting News' first team. Hackett will become the first two-time consensus All-American in school history, having also made the team in 2014.
Five teams count toward consensus All-American and Hackett clinched a berth early by making the first four released (first-team Walter Camp, AP, FWAA and Sporting News). Should he make the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) team-issued tomorrow-he will add 'unanimous' to his title. Hackett, the 2014 and 2015 Ray Guy Award winner as the country's best punter, has also been named a USA Today, Sports Illustrated and ESPN.com first-team All-American.
When it is officially announced on Thursday by the NCAA, Hackett will become the fifth Ute to make the consensus All-America team and the first to do it twice. Utah's other consensus All-Americans were defensive lineman Luther Elliss (1994), offensive lineman Jordan Gross (2002), defensive back Eric Weddle (2006) and Louie Sakoda (unanimous consensus kicker in 2008).
Hackett is the seventh Utah player to earn Sporting News' first-team All-America honors, joining Roy Jefferson (1964, defensive back), Marv Bateman (1971-70, punter), Erroll Tucker (1985, return specialist), Eric Weddle (2006, defensive back), Louie Sakoda (2008, kicker) and Kaelin Clay (2014, returner).
Utah leads the nation in net punting (43.67) behind Hackett, whose 47.8 punt average leads the Pac-12 and ranks third in the nation. The two-time Ray Guy Award winner as the nation's best punter and three-time first-team All-Pac-12 selection has placed 24 of his 55 punts inside the 20-yard line (43.6%), 11 inside the 10-yard line and two inside the five and leads the Pac-12 in punts of 50+ yards with 20.
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