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Kyle Hooper

 

Kicker

Sr. 45-10 4160

Fort Myers, Fla./Bishop Verot

2006 Outlook — Will be looked upon to continue his solid efforts on field goals and PAT’s as well will get a look at kickoff responsibilities ... Will be given additional opportunities as a senior as his kicking range has increased.

2005 — Earned All-Gateway Football Conference Honorable Mention and Gateway All-Academic First Team honors for the second consecutive year ... Finished the year with 174 career points scored, good enough for fourth best in the record book ... Needs just 27 points to break Vincent Allen’s school record of 200 points scored ... Led the team with 53 points scored, the 18th-highest single-season total by a Sycamore in school history ... His .729 career field goal percentage, is currently a school best ... Holds the school’s record for career PAT percentage with a perfect mark of 1.000 (69-of-69) ... Just 11 consecutive PAT’s away from the school record of 80 consecutive made PAT’s ... He saw action in all 11 contests, connecting on 10-of-14 field goal attempts ... Put together a string of 14 consecutive made field goals — a streak that began in 2004. He booted a career-best 47-yard field goal against Southern Illinois, and made his first six field goal attempts of the season ... Was a Preseason All-American selection by CollegeSportsReport.com.

2004 — All-Gateway Football Conference Honorable Mention and Gateway All-Academic First Team selections ... Connected on 16-of-20 field goal attempts, a school-record breaking percentage of .800 ... Drilled two game-winners, both in overtime, at Eastern Illinois and versus Illinois State ... Concluded the season by connecting on his last eight field goal attempts, and his 16 field goals were just two shy of the school’s single-season record ... Was a perfect 27-of-27 on PATs ... Paced the team with 75 points scored ... Ranked in the Gateway’s Top 10 in scoring.

2003 — Burst onto the scene, hitting a perfect 19 of 19 on PAT conversions ... Was nine of 14 on field goals, including a perfect 2-2 on efforts from 20-29 yards ... Was 70% (7-10) on attempts from 30-39 yards, with his season-best 39-yarder coming at SMS ... Enjoyed his best day during a 3-for-3 outing at home against Eastern Illinois in which he hit from 31, 34 and 26 yards on the day ... Had five games in which he did not miss any attempts .... Used a fake field goal alignment to drop a perfect 21-yard punt inside the Ball State five-yard line during the season opening contest.

High School — A three-year letterwinner at Bishop Verot High School, Hooper made 24 of 30 (82 percent) field goals, including a perfect 7-for-7 on attempts of 40 yards or more ... His longest field goal measured at 47 yards. Scoring a career 192 points, Hooper was near perfect on PAT’s, connecting on 120 of 125 (96 percent) ... Doubling as a punter, he placed 50 percent of his punts into the end zone for touchbacks ... Hooper was named Gatorade Player of the Week as well as Friday Night’s Brightest Light ... Outside of football, he was a member of the 2001 State Champion soccer squad.

Personal — Born Kyle Matthew Hooper on January 29, 1985 to Robert and Terri Hooper in Fort Myers, Fla. ... Majoring in Business.