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Bucknell's Alex Pechin Prepares for East-West Shrine Bowl
1/14/2020 10:44:00 AM | Football
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Bucknell consensus All-American punter Alex Pechin is currently preparing for the East-West Shrine Bowl, which will be held on Saturday, Jan. 18 at Tropicana Field.
The longest running college all-star football game in the nation, this year's East-West Shrine Bowl will be televised live on the NFL Network at 3 p.m. Pechin will punt for the West Team, which is helmed by Ben Steele of the Atlanta Falcons. The special teams coach is Anthony Blevins of the New York Giants.Â
Among the most decorated players in Bison football history, Pechin is the Patriot League's 14th consensus All-American, the inaugural FCS Punter of the Year and the 2019 STATS FCS Doris Robinson Award Winner as the FCS's top scholar-athlete. In addition, he was recognized on six All-America teams, became the fourth Patriot League student-athlete to make four All-Patriot League First Teams and became the first Patriot League football player to earn three-straight Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards.
Pechin's career awards haul is extensive. Following the 2019 season alone, he has captured 16 individual awards; over the course of his career, he has made 14 All-America squads.
Pechin put an exclamation mark on his legendary career in 2019, shattering his own school record in punting average by 2.2 yards. His 47.3 punting average led the FCS by 1.3 yards, broke the Patriot League record by 1.3 yards and slotted him seventh in FCS history; in addition, it raised his career average to 44.5, a figure good for fifth in the FCS annals.
In large part due to Pechin's efforts, the Bison led the FCS with a 43.43 net punting average, more than a yard better than the second-place team. In 2019, they were one of only eight FCS squads that posted a net punting average north of 40.0 and the only one from the Patriot League ranks.
Established in 1925, the East-West Shrine Bowl gives top collegiate players the opportunity to showcase their talents to NFL scouts and a national television audience. For more than 90 years, some of football's greatest athletes and coaches have contributed to the tradition of the East-West Shrine Bowl, including Tom Brady, Dick Butkus, Walter Payton, Dick Vermeil and Paul "Bear" Bryant. The East-West Shrine Bowl benefits Shriners Hospitals for Children and its mission to provide advanced care for children with orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries and cleft lip and palate regardless of the families' ability to pay for services.
The longest running college all-star football game in the nation, this year's East-West Shrine Bowl will be televised live on the NFL Network at 3 p.m. Pechin will punt for the West Team, which is helmed by Ben Steele of the Atlanta Falcons. The special teams coach is Anthony Blevins of the New York Giants.Â
Among the most decorated players in Bison football history, Pechin is the Patriot League's 14th consensus All-American, the inaugural FCS Punter of the Year and the 2019 STATS FCS Doris Robinson Award Winner as the FCS's top scholar-athlete. In addition, he was recognized on six All-America teams, became the fourth Patriot League student-athlete to make four All-Patriot League First Teams and became the first Patriot League football player to earn three-straight Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards.
Pechin's career awards haul is extensive. Following the 2019 season alone, he has captured 16 individual awards; over the course of his career, he has made 14 All-America squads.
Pechin put an exclamation mark on his legendary career in 2019, shattering his own school record in punting average by 2.2 yards. His 47.3 punting average led the FCS by 1.3 yards, broke the Patriot League record by 1.3 yards and slotted him seventh in FCS history; in addition, it raised his career average to 44.5, a figure good for fifth in the FCS annals.
In large part due to Pechin's efforts, the Bison led the FCS with a 43.43 net punting average, more than a yard better than the second-place team. In 2019, they were one of only eight FCS squads that posted a net punting average north of 40.0 and the only one from the Patriot League ranks.
Established in 1925, the East-West Shrine Bowl gives top collegiate players the opportunity to showcase their talents to NFL scouts and a national television audience. For more than 90 years, some of football's greatest athletes and coaches have contributed to the tradition of the East-West Shrine Bowl, including Tom Brady, Dick Butkus, Walter Payton, Dick Vermeil and Paul "Bear" Bryant. The East-West Shrine Bowl benefits Shriners Hospitals for Children and its mission to provide advanced care for children with orthopaedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries and cleft lip and palate regardless of the families' ability to pay for services.
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