Alonso Rojas

Career Honors: 2010: All-Big12 Honorable Mention, KUspecial teams playerof the year, KU specialist of the year, KU special teams player of the week vs. Georgia Tech and Baylor. 2009: All-Big 12 Honorable Mention, Ray Guy Award candidate, KU special teams player of the week vs. Duke, Southern Mississippi, Texas Tech and Nebraska. 2008: KU special teams player of the week vs. Colorado.

2010 (Sr.): Was All-Big 12 Honorable Mention… Selected KU special teams player of the year… Tabbed as KU specialist of the year… Named KU special teams player of the week vs. Georgia Tech and Baylor… Finished his career with the sixth-best punting average in school history at 41.5… In 2010 he averaged 42.41 yards per punt to rank seventh in the Big 12 and 40^th in the NCAA… Matched his career long with a 77-yarder at Iowa State, to tie for the ninth-longest punt in KU history… Also had a 70-yard punt against Texas A&M… Had Punted 64 times with five 60-plus yard and 14 50-plus yard punts… Landed 14 inside the 20 and had 14 fair caught… Had at least one 50-yard punt in 11 of 12 games.

2009 (Jr.): Earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention honors… Was a Ray Guy Award candidate… Named KU[apos]s special teams player of the week vs. Duke, Southern Mississippi, Texas Tech and Nebraska… Posted a 41.4 average on 52 punts… Landed 16 inside the 20-yard line with 10 fair catches… Had eight punts of at least 50 yards, including a 72-yarder at Texas Tech… Posted better than a 44-yard average on punts from his own side of the 50-yard line on the year.

2008 (So.): Was the team[apos]s punter in his first year at Kansas… Posted a 40.7 average on 58 punts… Had a long of 77 vs. Colorado, which tied for the ninth-longest punt in school history… That 77-yarder tied 2007 punter Kyle Tucker, who served as a student-assistant coach with the kickers in 2008… Had 11 50-plus yard punts on the season, including four in the last three games… Landed 15 punts inside the 20, including three vs. Missouri and two vs. Minnesota in the last two games … Was the team[apos]s placekicker in the season opener against Florida International… Hit both of his field goal attempts in that game, including a 47-yarder and a 37-yarder.

Previous College: Sat out the 2007 season… Was Bowling Green[apos]s punter in 2006… Punted 56 times for a 35.6 average… Had a long of 62 yards… Had five 50-plus yard punts… Landed 12 punts inside the 20-yard line on the season… Made two of three PATs and kicked off four times as well… Best punting game average was four punts for a 47.0 average at Florida International.

High School: Earned Special Teams Player of the Year honors three straight years… Served as his school[apos]s punter and kicker for four years… Averaged 46 yards per punt with a long of 75… Was rated the nation[apos]s top punting prospect by Scout.com….Also played soccer for two seasons.

Personal: Born in Miami, Fla… Major is communication studies with a minor in business… Would like to be a lawyer… Likes to go to the beach, ski and travel… Son of Carlos and Maritza Rojas… Has two siblings.