Georgia Bulldogs Punter Drew Butler Is Not Just Another Guy
by T Kyle King on Dec 11, 2009 5:03 PM EST
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PrintI was gently (and fairly) chided in the comments for failing to mention this fact, but the second-best Bulldog specialist in the Butler family is now officially the best punter in the country, as Drew Butler has brought home the Ray Guy Award.
Butler, the son of Hall of Fame placekicker Kevin Butler, consistently drew praise in Dawg Sports comment threads as one of the three best players on the 2009 Georgia squad. (Drew was deemed the Bulldogs' best special teams player while A.J. Green on offense and Rennie Curran on defense were regarded as the top players on their respective units.)
While we were glad to see Drew take the night off against Georgia Tech, all of us in Bulldog Nation were proud of his performance, as the Red and Black punter was one of the few consistent bright spots of the autumn.
No word yet on whether any Georgia fans plan to name a son "Drew" in Butler's honor, although I have a five-year-old nephew named Drew, and I plan to tell him he was named after the Bulldog punter and hope the boy is bad at math.
Congratulations, Drew Butler.
Go 'Dawgs!
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That's is fantastic!
Everyone knows I said all year “Our best player is the punter.” And I meant it sincerely as a compliment to him, although I also thing it summed up the season and each game with some satire. He is well deserving of the award and I hope the other players realize that even the punter can get an award if you do your job well. We had few leaders this year on the team – but he is on of them.
And hey, he is probably the only punter to get a facemask PF in the backfield this year. That’s not easy to do.
"Why are we in shotgun on 3rd and 3 against the blitz?" - me
Don't drink and blog
Eat a whole stick of butter instead!
Go 'Dawgs!
by T Kyle King on Dec 12, 2009 12:06 PM EST up reply actions
Go Drew...
You are so right. He was a joy to watch. We have 2 kickers that are super. Too bad Walsh got screwed out of the SEC first team and somehow the voters missed the stats on awarding the Groza to UCAL’s Kai. Someone splain how they vote to me….please.
Go Butler…Go Dawgs.
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