The Texas Longhorns were riding high after winning their third-straight game after defeating West Virginia 17-13. However, it isn’t all sunshine and daffodils for the Longhorns special teams unit. According to multiple reports, punter Ryan Bujcevski will miss the remainder of the 2020 college football season. He suffered a torn ACL during the Texas-West Virginia game at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.
Current kicker Cameron Dicker was seen warming up as the punter late in the game against the Mountaineers. The severity of the injury was not yet known at the time. Dicker will now have dual duties moving forward as the placekicker and the punter for the season.
Brutal news for UT: "Longhorn punter Ryan Bujcevski sustained a torn anterior cruciate ligament during Saturday’s game against West Virginia, will undergo surgery and be out indefinitely. With his loss, place kicker Cameron Dicker will also assume the punting duties."
— Nick Moyle (@NRMoyle) November 9, 2020
The other aspect of Dicker taking over punting duties is the holder on field goal attempts. Bujcevski handled those duties as well. The Longhorns will have to find another player to take on those duties. Could be a backup quarterback or even a receiver since the team doesn’t have another punter on the roster.
This could mess with the timing of the hold and kick. Bujcevski handled the duties for the last three seasons. A blow to the special teams as Ryan was having his best season to date in his Longhorns career. He averaged a career-high 43.3 yards per punt. Against the Mountaineers he downed two punts inside the 10-yard line. He ranked second in the conference in yards per punt.
It will be a situation to monitor when they take the field against the Kansas Jayhawks on Nov. 21 in Lawrence.
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