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Spencer Saunders
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    165
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Springfield, Ohio
  • High School:
    Southeastern Local
  • Position:
    K
  • Major:
    Integrated Social Studies
  • fg
    3-6
  • pat
    26-31
  • pts
    35

Bio

Senior (2014): Played in all 10 games as team's top placekicker ... made three-of-six field goals ... Had a season-long field goal of 37 yards ... also converted 26-of-31 extra point attempts ... Ended the season with 35 total points, which ranked third highest on the team ... His 35 points ranked eighth amongst kickers in the HCAC ... Also saw time as a punter ... averaged 36.5 yards per kick in 33 attempts ... Recorded a season-long kick of 59 yards ... had five touchbacks and four punts inside the 20-yard line.

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 11 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 37-23
Oct 18 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 28-12
Oct 25 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 45-21
Nov 1 Anderson (Ind.) W, 48-7
Nov 8 Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-14
Nov 15 at Bluffton L, 44-23
  Total Conference
Field goals made 3 3
Field goal attempts 6 5
Field goal % 50% 60%
Field goal long 37 37
P-A-T made 26 24
P-A-T attempts 31 28
P-A-T % 84% 86%
Points 35 33

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 6 Adrian (Mich.) L, 35-13 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 Centre (Ky.) L, 34-7 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 Mt. St. Joseph L, 24-21 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 31-28 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 37-23 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 28-12 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 45-21 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 1 Anderson (Ind.) W, 48-7 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-14 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 at Bluffton L, 44-23 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 6 Adrian (Mich.) L, 35-13 - - - - - - -
Sep 13 Centre (Ky.) L, 34-7 - - - - - - -
Sep 20 Mt. St. Joseph L, 24-21 - - - - - - -
Sep 27 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 31-28 - - - - - - -
Oct 11 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 37-23 - - - - - - -
Oct 18 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 28-12 - - - - - - -
Oct 25 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 45-21 - - - - - - -
Nov 1 Anderson (Ind.) W, 48-7 - - - - - - -
Nov 8 Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-14 - - - - - - -
Nov 15 at Bluffton L, 44-23 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 6 Adrian (Mich.) L, 35-13 - - - - - - -
Sep 13 Centre (Ky.) L, 34-7 - - - - - - -
Sep 20 Mt. St. Joseph L, 24-21 - - - - - - -
Sep 27 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 31-28 - - - - - - -
Oct 11 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 37-23 - - - - - - -
Oct 18 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 28-12 - - - - - - -
Oct 25 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 45-21 - - - - - - -
Nov 1 Anderson (Ind.) W, 48-7 - - - - - - -
Nov 8 Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-14 - - - - - - -
Nov 15 at Bluffton L, 44-23 - - - - - - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 6 Adrian (Mich.) L, 35-13 0 1 0 1 2 1
Sep 13 Centre (Ky.) L, 34-7 - - - 1 1 1
Sep 20 Mt. St. Joseph L, 24-21 - - - 3 3 3
Sep 27 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 31-28 - - - 3 3 3
Oct 11 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 37-23 1 1 37 2 2 5
Oct 18 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 28-12 0 1 0 0 2 0
Oct 25 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 45-21 1 2 29 6 6 9
Nov 1 Anderson (Ind.) W, 48-7 - - - 6 7 6
Nov 8 Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-14 - - - 2 2 2
Nov 15 at Bluffton L, 44-23 1 1 21 2 3 5

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 6 Adrian (Mich.) L, 35-13 12 408 34.0 44 1 1 1 0
Sep 13 Centre (Ky.) L, 34-7 11 399 36.3 49 1 2 2 0
Sep 20 Mt. St. Joseph L, 24-21 10 397 39.7 59 2 0 2 0
Sep 27 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 31-28 - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 37-23 - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 28-12 - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 45-21 - - - - - - - -
Nov 1 Anderson (Ind.) W, 48-7 - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-14 - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 at Bluffton L, 44-23 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 6 Adrian (Mich.) L, 35-13 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 Centre (Ky.) L, 34-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 Mt. St. Joseph L, 24-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 31-28 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 37-23 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 28-12 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 45-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 1 Anderson (Ind.) W, 48-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 at Bluffton L, 44-23 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 6 Adrian (Mich.) L, 35-13 1 - - - - 0
Sep 13 Centre (Ky.) L, 34-7 1 - - - - 0
Sep 20 Mt. St. Joseph L, 24-21 1 - - - - 0
Sep 27 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 31-28 1 - - - - 0
Oct 11 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 37-23 1 - - - - 0
Oct 18 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 28-12 1 - - - - 0
Oct 25 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 45-21 1 - - - - 0
Nov 1 Anderson (Ind.) W, 48-7 1 - - - - 0
Nov 8 Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-14 1 - - - - 0
Nov 15 at Bluffton L, 44-23 1 - - - - 0

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 6 Adrian (Mich.) L, 35-13 1 - - - - - - 1 0 - 0 -
Sep 13 Centre (Ky.) L, 34-7 1 - - - - - - 1 - - 0 0
Sep 20 Mt. St. Joseph L, 24-21 3 - - - - - - 3 - - 0 0
Sep 27 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 31-28 3 - - - - - - 3 - - 0 -
Oct 11 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 37-23 5 - - - - - - 2 1 - 0 0
Oct 18 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 28-12 0 - - - - - - 0 0 - 0 -
Oct 25 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 45-21 9 - - - - - - 6 1 - 0 -
Nov 1 Anderson (Ind.) W, 48-7 6 - - - - - - 6 - - 0 -
Nov 8 Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-14 2 - - - - - - 2 - - 0 0
Nov 15 at Bluffton L, 44-23 5 - - - - - - 2 1 - 0 0

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 6 Adrian (Mich.) L, 35-13 1 0 1.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 13 Centre (Ky.) L, 34-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 20 Mt. St. Joseph L, 24-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 27 at Hanover (Ind.) W, 31-28 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 11 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 37-23 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 18 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 28-12 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 25 at Earlham (Ind.) W, 45-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 1 Anderson (Ind.) W, 48-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 8 Franklin (Ind.) L, 48-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 15 at Bluffton L, 44-23 - - 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 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result                      
Wins 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 7 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month                      
September 4 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event                  
Total 10 - - - - - - - -
Conference 8 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 6 - - - - - - - -
Away 4 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 3 - - - - - - - -
Losses 7 - - - - - - - -
Month                  
September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 3 - - - - - - - -
November 3 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event                
Total 10 - - - - - - -
Conference 8 - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 6 - - - - - - -
Away 4 - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 3 - - - - - - -
Losses 7 - - - - - - -
Month                
September 4 - - - - - - -
October 3 - - - - - - -
November 3 - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event                  
Total 10 3 6 50% 37 26 31 84% 35
Conference 8 3 5 60% 37 24 28 86% 33
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location                  
Home 6 0 2 0% 0 13 17 76% 13
Away 4 3 4 75% 37 13 14 93% 22
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result                  
Wins 3 1 2 50% 29 15 16 94% 18
Losses 7 2 4 50% 37 11 15 73% 17
Month                  
September 4 0 1 0% 0 8 9 89% 8
October 3 2 4 50% 37 8 10 80% 14
November 3 1 1 100% 21 10 12 83% 13

Splits Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event                  
Total 10 33 1204 36.5 59 4 3 5 0
Conference 8 10 397 39.7 59 2 0 2 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 6 33 1204 36.5 59 4 3 5 0
Away 4 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 3 - - - - - - - -
Losses 7 33 1204 36.5 59 4 3 5 0
Month                  
September 4 33 1204 36.5 59 4 3 5 0
October 3 - - - - - - - -
November 3 - - - - - - - -

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 6 - - - - 0 .0
Away 4 - - - - 0 .0
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result              
Wins 3 - - - - 0 .0
Losses 7 - - - - 0 .0
Month              
September 4 - - - - 0 .0
October 3 - - - - 0 .0
November 3 - - - - 0 .0

Splits Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event                        
Total 35 3.5 - - - - - - 26 3 0 0
Conference 33 4.1 - - - - - - 24 3 0 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location                        
Home 13 2.2 - - - - - - 13 0 0 0
Away 22 5.5 - - - - - - 13 3 0 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result                        
Wins 18 6.0 - - - - - - 15 1 - 0
Losses 17 2.4 - - - - - - 11 2 0 0
Month                        
September 8 2.0 - - - - - - 8 0 0 0
October 14 4.7 - - - - - - 8 2 0 0
November 13 4.3 - - - - - - 10 1 0 0

Splits Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event                                
Total 10 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Conference 8 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location                                
Home 6 1 0 1.0 .2 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result                                
Wins 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 7 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Month                                
September 4 1 0 1.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
October 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
November 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -

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