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Spencer Saunders
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    165
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Springfield, Ohio
  • High School:
    Southeastern Local
  • Position:
    K
  • Major:
    Integrated Social Studies
  • fg
    7-11
  • pat
    24-27
  • pts
    45

Bio

Junior (2013): Played in all 10 games ... Made 7-of-11 field goals attempted on the season … Made a long of 32 yards … Kicked off 41 times on the season for a total of 2145 yards … Averaged 52.3 yards per kickoff … Had one kickoff for touchback ... Had one kickoff out-of-bounds ... Made one assisted tackle.

Sophomore (2012): Played in 10 games this season … Made one solo tackle … Made four of seven field goals attempted on the season … Made a long of 33 yards … Had three field goal attempt blocked … Kicked off 37 times on the season for a total of 1754 yards … Averaged 47.4 yards per kickoff … Had one kickoff go for touchbacks … HCAC Special Teams Player of the Week (Sep. 17-23) … OCF D-III Special Teams Player of the Week (Sep. 17-23).

Freshman (2011): Saw action in 10 games as DC’s primary kicker … Averaged 48.1 yards per kickoff over 34 tries … Logged pair of touchbacks … Split the uprights on 19-of-22 point-after tries … Connected on first three field goal attempts of collegiate career … Hit a career-long 33-yard field goal on October 15 in Jackets’ 26-10 win over Earlham … Ranked first among all Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference freshmen and sixth overall with 28 points … Also led all HCAC freshmen and ranked fourth overall with 19 made PAT’s.

High School: Lettered twice on gridiron at Southeastern Local High … Played for head coach Greg Bonifay … Named Second-Team All-Clark County … Member of Academic Honor Roll.

Personal: Son of Dave and Lynne Saunders … Majoring in integrated social studies.

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Oct 5 Earlham (Ind.) W, 43-7
Oct 12 Manchester (Ind.) W, 27-12
Oct 19 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 44-31
Oct 26 Hanover (Ind.) L, 25-21
Nov 2 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 41-7
Nov 16 Bluffton L, 17-10
  Total Conference
Field goals made 7 6
Field goal attempts 11 9
Field goal % 64% 67%
Field goal long 32 32
P-A-T made 24 22
P-A-T attempts 27 25
P-A-T % 89% 88%
Points 45 40

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 7 at Albion (Mich.) L, 32-29 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Adrian (Mich.) L, 14-0 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 23-19 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 34-0 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 Earlham (Ind.) W, 43-7 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 Manchester (Ind.) W, 27-12 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 19 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 44-31 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 Hanover (Ind.) L, 25-21 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 41-7 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 Bluffton L, 17-10 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 7 at Albion (Mich.) L, 32-29 - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Adrian (Mich.) L, 14-0 - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 23-19 - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 34-0 - - - - - - -
Oct 5 Earlham (Ind.) W, 43-7 - - - - - - -
Oct 12 Manchester (Ind.) W, 27-12 - - - - - - -
Oct 19 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 44-31 - - - - - - -
Oct 26 Hanover (Ind.) L, 25-21 - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 41-7 - - - - - - -
Nov 16 Bluffton L, 17-10 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 7 at Albion (Mich.) L, 32-29 - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Adrian (Mich.) L, 14-0 - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 23-19 - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 34-0 - - - - - - -
Oct 5 Earlham (Ind.) W, 43-7 - - - - - - -
Oct 12 Manchester (Ind.) W, 27-12 - - - - - - -
Oct 19 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 44-31 - - - - - - -
Oct 26 Hanover (Ind.) L, 25-21 - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 41-7 - - - - - - -
Nov 16 Bluffton L, 17-10 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 7 at Albion (Mich.) L, 32-29 1 2 32 2 2 5
Sep 14 Adrian (Mich.) L, 14-0 - - - - - 0
Sep 21 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 23-19 2 2 32 1 2 7
Sep 28 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 34-0 2 2 31 4 4 10
Oct 5 Earlham (Ind.) W, 43-7 0 1 0 5 6 5
Oct 12 Manchester (Ind.) W, 27-12 - - - 3 4 3
Oct 19 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 44-31 1 1 22 4 4 7
Oct 26 Hanover (Ind.) L, 25-21 - - - 3 3 3
Nov 2 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 41-7 - - - 1 1 1
Nov 16 Bluffton L, 17-10 1 3 29 1 1 4

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 7 at Albion (Mich.) L, 32-29 - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Adrian (Mich.) L, 14-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 23-19 - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 34-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 Earlham (Ind.) W, 43-7 - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 Manchester (Ind.) W, 27-12 - - - - - - - -
Oct 19 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 44-31 - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 Hanover (Ind.) L, 25-21 - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 41-7 - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 Bluffton L, 17-10 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 7 at Albion (Mich.) L, 32-29 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Adrian (Mich.) L, 14-0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 23-19 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 34-0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 Earlham (Ind.) W, 43-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 Manchester (Ind.) W, 27-12 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 19 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 44-31 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 Hanover (Ind.) L, 25-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 41-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 Bluffton L, 17-10 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 7 at Albion (Mich.) L, 32-29 1 - - - - 0
Sep 14 Adrian (Mich.) L, 14-0 1 - - - - 0
Sep 21 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 23-19 1 - - - - 0
Sep 28 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 34-0 1 - - - - 0
Oct 5 Earlham (Ind.) W, 43-7 1 - - - - 0
Oct 12 Manchester (Ind.) W, 27-12 1 - - - - 0
Oct 19 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 44-31 1 - - - - 0
Oct 26 Hanover (Ind.) L, 25-21 1 - - - - 0
Nov 2 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 41-7 1 - - - - 0
Nov 16 Bluffton L, 17-10 1 - - - - 0

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 7 at Albion (Mich.) L, 32-29 5 - - - - - - 2 1 - 0 -
Sep 14 Adrian (Mich.) L, 14-0 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 21 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 23-19 7 - - - - - - 1 2 - 0 -
Sep 28 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 34-0 10 - - - - - - 4 2 - 0 -
Oct 5 Earlham (Ind.) W, 43-7 5 - - - - - - 5 0 - 0 -
Oct 12 Manchester (Ind.) W, 27-12 3 - - - - - - 3 - - 0 0
Oct 19 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 44-31 7 - - - - - - 4 1 - 0 -
Oct 26 Hanover (Ind.) L, 25-21 3 - - - - - - 3 - - 0 -
Nov 2 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 41-7 1 - - - - - - 1 - - 0 -
Nov 16 Bluffton L, 17-10 4 - - - - - - 1 1 - 0 -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 7 at Albion (Mich.) L, 32-29 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Adrian (Mich.) L, 14-0 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 23-19 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Anderson (Ind.) W, 34-0 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 5 Earlham (Ind.) W, 43-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 12 Manchester (Ind.) W, 27-12 0 1 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 19 at Mt. St. Joseph L, 44-31 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 26 Hanover (Ind.) L, 25-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 2 at Franklin (Ind.) L, 41-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 16 Bluffton L, 17-10 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2011-12 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2012-13 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2013-14 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2014-15 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 40 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2011-12 10 - - - - - - - -
2012-13 10 - - - - - - - -
2013-14 10 - - - - - - - -
2014-15 10 - - - - - - - -
Total 40 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2011-12 10 - - - - - - -
2012-13 10 - - - - - - -
2013-14 10 - - - - - - -
2014-15 10 - - - - - - -
Total 40 - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2011-12 10 3 5 60% 33 19 22 86% 28
2012-13 10 4 7 57% 33 21 23 91% 33
2013-14 10 7 11 64% 32 24 27 89% 45
2014-15 10 3 6 50% 37 26 31 84% 35
Total 40 17 29 59% 37 90 103 87% 141

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2011-12 10 - - - - - - - -
2012-13 10 - - - - - - - -
2013-14 10 - - - - - - - -
2014-15 10 33 1204 36.5 59 4 3 5 0
Total 40 33 1204 36.5 59 4 3 5 0

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2011-12 - - - - - - - - - -
2012-13 - - - - - - - - - -
2013-14 - - - - - - - - - -
2014-15 - - - - - - - - - -
Total - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2011-12 10 - - - - 0 .0
2012-13 10 - - - - 0 .0
2013-14 10 - - - - 0 .0
2014-15 10 - - - - 0 .0
Total 40 - - - - 0 .0

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2011-12 28 2.8 - - - - - - 19 3 - 0
2012-13 33 3.3 - - - - - - 21 4 0 0
2013-14 45 4.5 - - - - - - 24 7 0 0
2014-15 35 3.5 - - - - - - 26 3 0 0
Total 141 3.5 - - - - - - 90 17 0 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2011-12 10 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2012-13 10 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2013-14 10 0 1 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2014-15 10 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Total 40 3 1 4.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event                      
Total 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location                      
Home 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result                      
Wins 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 7 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month                      
September 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event                  
Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 8 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 3 - - - - - - - -
Losses 7 - - - - - - - -
Month                  
September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event                
Total 10 - - - - - - -
Conference 8 - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 5 - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 3 - - - - - - -
Losses 7 - - - - - - -
Month                
September 4 - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event                  
Total 10 7 11 64% 32 24 27 89% 45
Conference 8 6 9 67% 32 22 25 88% 40
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location                  
Home 5 1 4 25% 29 12 14 86% 15
Away 5 6 7 86% 32 12 13 92% 30
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result                  
Wins 3 2 3 67% 31 12 14 86% 18
Losses 7 5 8 63% 32 12 13 92% 27
Month                  
September 4 5 6 83% 32 7 8 88% 22
October 4 1 2 50% 22 15 17 88% 18
November 2 1 3 33% 29 2 2 100% 5

Splits Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event                  
Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 8 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 3 - - - - - - - -
Losses 7 - - - - - - - -
Month                  
September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event                    
Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location                    
Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result                    
Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
Month                    
September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event              
Total 10 - - - - 0 .0
Conference 8 - - - - 0 .0
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location              
Home 5 - - - - 0 .0
Away 5 - - - - 0 .0
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result              
Wins 3 - - - - 0 .0
Losses 7 - - - - 0 .0
Month              
September 4 - - - - 0 .0
October 4 - - - - 0 .0
November 2 - - - - 0 .0

Splits Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event                        
Total 45 4.5 - - - - - - 24 7 0 0
Conference 40 5.0 - - - - - - 22 6 0 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location                        
Home 15 3.0 - - - - - - 12 1 0 0
Away 30 6.0 - - - - - - 12 6 - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result                        
Wins 18 6.0 - - - - - - 12 2 0 0
Losses 27 3.9 - - - - - - 12 5 - 0
Month                        
September 22 5.5 - - - - - - 7 5 - 0
October 18 4.5 - - - - - - 15 1 0 0
November 5 2.5 - - - - - - 2 1 - 0

Splits Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event                                
Total 10 0 1 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Conference 8 0 1 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location                                
Home 5 0 1 1.0 .2 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result                                
Wins 3 0 1 1.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 7 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Month                                
September 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
October 4 0 1 1.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -

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