Oklahoma State University Athletics
Sharp is Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week
October 15, 2012 | Cowboy Football
Oct. 15, 2012
STILLWATER, Okla. - Oklahoma State kicker/punter Quinn Sharp is this week's Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week, it was announced by the conference today.
Sharp was perhaps the Cowboys' most valuable player in their 20-14 win at Kansas last Saturday, blasting two field-changing punts of 70 yards or longer and connecting on field goals of 42 and 49 yards. Sharp even made a difficult open-field tackle that perhaps saved a touchdown by KU kick returner Tre' Parmalee in the fourth quarter. Additionally, a roughing the punter penalty induced by Sharp in the waning minutes of the game put the final dagger into the Jayhawks' comeback hopes. All tolled, Sharp averaged a staggering 53 yards per punt and added four touchbacks on kickoffs.
On the year, Sharp's punting average of 47.5 yards would be third in the country, but he is five punts short of having enough attempts to be listed in the NCAA statistics. Thanks largely to Sharp, OSU is second in the country in net punting (43.23 yards).
Sharp was the 2011 Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year and has earned All-America honors as both a kicker and a punter during his time at Oklahoma State.
