AUGUSTA, Ga. – HBU senior punter Brady Buell has been selected as one of 10 semifinalists for the 2021 FCS Punter of the Year Award, presented annually by the Augusta Sports Council.
 
Buell was selected as the All-Southland Conference First Team punter. The Traverse City, Michigan, native averaged 42.0 yards on 71 punts, the second-most in the FCS. He set a new school record by averaging 50.9 yards on nine punts in the opener at New Mexico. He also averaged 47.8 yards on 10 attempts at Nicholls. Buell had the longest punt of the season with a 79-yarder against Northern Colorado. He led the league in punts inside the 20 with 24 and punts of 50 or more yards with 17. He was named Special Teams Player of the Week twice.
 
The other semifinalists are JT Bohlken (Illinois State), Brian Buschini (Montana), Matthew Campbell (The Citadel), Sam Clark (Sacramento State), Jack Colquhoun (Southern Illinois), Andrew Foster (Morehead State), Zach Haynes (Southeast Missouri), Brady Schutt (South Dakota) and Daniel Whelan (UC Davis).
 
A national voting body of Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) sports information directors, conference representatives and sports writers will choose the winner from the lists of semifinalists. The winner will be announced on Monday, December 13.