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Senior punter Brian Buschini named to Ray Guy Award watch list for third straight year

Senior punter Brian Buschini was named to the Ray Guy Award watch list.

A Husker enters the 2024 football season with his name on an award watchlist for the third straight year. Senior punter Brian Buschini was named to the Ray Guy Award watch list.

Buschini is one of 34 punters nationally named to the preseason watch list Friday. The Ray Guy Award is presented to the nation’s top punter in the FBS. The winner will be announced during ESPN’s Home Depot College Football Awards Show in December.

In his collegiate career, the Helena, Montana native has averaged 43.7 yards per punt. Buschini has been the starter for the Huskers in the past two seasons. Last year, he averaged 40.7 yards on 57 punts, landing 20 of his 57 punts inside the opponent’s 20-yard line.

In his first season at Nebraska, he averaged 44.0 yards per punt, ranking eighth in Husker history and 25th in the nation. He delivered 16 punts of 50 yards or longer, including a 74-yard punt against Wisconsin that ranked seventh-longest in school history.

Before arriving at Nebraska, Buschini spent three seasons at Montana from 2019 to 2021. In his final season with the Grizzlies, Buschini won FCS Punter of the Year and was named first-team All-American. He averaged 46.0 yards per punt and helped Montana lead the FCS in net punting average.

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Husker punter named semifinalist for prestigious award

A Nebraska punter has been named a semifinalist for a prestigious postseason award in college football.

A Nebraska punter has been named a semifinalist for a prestigious postseason award in college football. Brian Buschini was named a semifinalist for the 2023 William V. Campbell Trophy.

The William V. Campbell Trophy is awarded annually to “the absolute best in the country for his combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership, and the candidates also comprise the pool of nominees for the 2023 National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete Awards Presented by Fidelity Investments.”

In order to be eligible for the award, a player must have a GPA of at least 3.2 on a 4.0 scale and have the ability to earn first-team player honors. Buschini was one of 201 players across all levels of college football to earn eligibility for the award.

Should the punter win, he would become the third Husker to win the award, joining Rob Zatechka (1994) and Kyle Vaden Bosch (2000).