Bryce Baringer Earns Consensus All-America Honors from NCAA
12/15/2022 1:28:00 PM | Football
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State sixth-year graduate senior punter Bryce Baringer has garnered consensus All-America honors from the NCAA, the organization announced on Thursday. Baringer is just the second Spartan punter and 29th player in program history to earn that distinction.
To be named to the consensus All-America team by the NCAA, players have to be listed on more than half of the five official All-America teams used in the official compilation. Baringer was named a first-team All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, Associated Press (AP) and the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), and picked up second-team honors from The Sporting News and Football Writers Association of America (FWAA).
Brandon Fields (2004) is the only other Spartan punter to land on the consensus All-America team.
A finalist for the Ray Guy Award, Baringer leads the FBS in punting with a school-record 49.0-yard average, which is also the second-best single-season average in Big Ten history (Iowa's Reggie Roby had a 49.8-yard average in 1981). Michigan State also ranks No. 1 in the FBS in net punting (45.5-yard average) as Baringer had only four touchbacks this season while placing 22 of his 50 punts (44 percent) inside the 20, including eight inside the 10. The sixth-year graduate senior also had a Big Ten-best 24 punts of 50-plus yards (48 percent), including 10 of 60-plus yards.
Baringer was recognized as the Eddleman-Fields Punter of the Year by the Big Ten while earning first-team all-league honors from the coaches.
A two-time Ray Guy Award National Punter of the Week (vs. Ohio State and Illinois), Baringer made five appearances on the "Ray's 8" weekly honor roll (vs. Western Michigan, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Illinois, Rutgers).
Baringer's career punting average of 46.0 yards per punt (161 punts for 7,406 yards) is not only a school record, but the best in Big Ten history (Reggie Roby of Iowa previously held the Big Ten career record with a 45.5 average from 1979-82). Last season, Baringer set a school record with his 48.4-yard punting average, only to be eclipsed by this year's 49.0-yard average.
Baringer is currently preparing for the NFL Draft and has accepted an invite to the Reese's Senior Bowl.
MICHIGAN STATE CONSENSUS ALL-AMERICANS (33 total, 29 different players; as officially recognized by the NCAA)
1915: Neno Jerry DaPrato, halfback
1935: Sidney Wagner, guard
1949: Edward Bagdon, guard
1951: Robert Carey, end; Don Coleman, tackle
1953: Donald Dohoney, end
1955: Norman Masters, tackle; Earl Morrall, quarterback
1957: Daniel Currie, center; Walter Kowalczyk, halfback
1958: Sam Williams, end
1962: George Saimes, fullback
1963: Sherman Lewis, halfback
1965: Charles "Bubba" Smith, defensive end; George Webster, roverback
1966: Clinton Jones, halfback; Charles "Bubba" Smith, defensive end; George Webster, roverback
1972: Brad Van Pelt, safety
1985: Lorenzo White, tailback
1987: Lorenzo White, tailback
1988: Tony Mandarich, offensive tackle
1989: Bob Kula, offensive tackle; Percy Snow, linebacker
2002: Charles Rogers, wide receiver
2004: Brandon Fields, punter
2008: Javon Ringer, running back
2009: Greg Jones, linebacker
2010: Greg Jones, linebacker
2011: Jerel Worthy, defensive tackle
2013: Darqueze Dennard, cornerback
2021: Kenneth Walker III, running back
2022: Bryce Baringer, punter
To be named to the consensus All-America team by the NCAA, players have to be listed on more than half of the five official All-America teams used in the official compilation. Baringer was named a first-team All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, Associated Press (AP) and the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), and picked up second-team honors from The Sporting News and Football Writers Association of America (FWAA).
Brandon Fields (2004) is the only other Spartan punter to land on the consensus All-America team.
A finalist for the Ray Guy Award, Baringer leads the FBS in punting with a school-record 49.0-yard average, which is also the second-best single-season average in Big Ten history (Iowa's Reggie Roby had a 49.8-yard average in 1981). Michigan State also ranks No. 1 in the FBS in net punting (45.5-yard average) as Baringer had only four touchbacks this season while placing 22 of his 50 punts (44 percent) inside the 20, including eight inside the 10. The sixth-year graduate senior also had a Big Ten-best 24 punts of 50-plus yards (48 percent), including 10 of 60-plus yards.
Baringer was recognized as the Eddleman-Fields Punter of the Year by the Big Ten while earning first-team all-league honors from the coaches.
A two-time Ray Guy Award National Punter of the Week (vs. Ohio State and Illinois), Baringer made five appearances on the "Ray's 8" weekly honor roll (vs. Western Michigan, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Illinois, Rutgers).
Baringer's career punting average of 46.0 yards per punt (161 punts for 7,406 yards) is not only a school record, but the best in Big Ten history (Reggie Roby of Iowa previously held the Big Ten career record with a 45.5 average from 1979-82). Last season, Baringer set a school record with his 48.4-yard punting average, only to be eclipsed by this year's 49.0-yard average.
Baringer is currently preparing for the NFL Draft and has accepted an invite to the Reese's Senior Bowl.
MICHIGAN STATE CONSENSUS ALL-AMERICANS (33 total, 29 different players; as officially recognized by the NCAA)
1915: Neno Jerry DaPrato, halfback
1935: Sidney Wagner, guard
1949: Edward Bagdon, guard
1951: Robert Carey, end; Don Coleman, tackle
1953: Donald Dohoney, end
1955: Norman Masters, tackle; Earl Morrall, quarterback
1957: Daniel Currie, center; Walter Kowalczyk, halfback
1958: Sam Williams, end
1962: George Saimes, fullback
1963: Sherman Lewis, halfback
1965: Charles "Bubba" Smith, defensive end; George Webster, roverback
1966: Clinton Jones, halfback; Charles "Bubba" Smith, defensive end; George Webster, roverback
1972: Brad Van Pelt, safety
1985: Lorenzo White, tailback
1987: Lorenzo White, tailback
1988: Tony Mandarich, offensive tackle
1989: Bob Kula, offensive tackle; Percy Snow, linebacker
2002: Charles Rogers, wide receiver
2004: Brandon Fields, punter
2008: Javon Ringer, running back
2009: Greg Jones, linebacker
2010: Greg Jones, linebacker
2011: Jerel Worthy, defensive tackle
2013: Darqueze Dennard, cornerback
2021: Kenneth Walker III, running back
2022: Bryce Baringer, punter
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