Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Jackson's Grant Ressel Honored By Big XII

Former Jackson, MO kicker Grant Ressel is honored today as the Big XII's special teams player of the week.

Ressel was deadly accurate in Saturday nights 41-39 come-from-behind win over rival Kansas.... going four for four on field goals (43, 28, 37 and 27 yards).

The sophomore kicker won the job during preseason drills and took advantage of then opportunity missing only one of his 25 field goal attempts while nailing all 38-extra points.

He leads the big 12 and ranks third in the NCAA with an average of two field goals a game.

Ressel is a Semi-Finalist for the the Lou Groza Award given to the Nations top kicker. The award will be handed out December 10th.


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