Pressley Harvin III
| Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets – No. 27 | |
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| Position | Punter |
| Class | Senior |
| Personal information | |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 255 lb (116 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Sumter (Sumter, South Carolina) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Pressley Harvin III is an American football punter for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
Early life and high school
Harvin grew up in Alcolu, South Carolina and attended Sumter High School.[1] As a senior, he punted for an averaged of 42.5 yards and was named All-State for a second straight season.[2]
College career
Pressley became Georgia Tech's starting punter as a true freshman and led all Division I freshman with 44.1 yards per punt and was named third team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).[3] As a sophomore, Pressley was named second team All-ACC. He punted for 3,583 yards on 80 punts for an average of 44.8 yards in his junior season.[4][5] As a senior, Harvin punted 45 times for an average of 48.0 yards, breaking both the school and ACC record, and was named first team All-ACC.[6] He was also a unanimous first team All-America selection and won the Ray Guy Award as the nation's top collegiate punter, becoming the first African American player to win the award.[7]
References
- ^ Brunson, Dennis. "Georgia Tech punter Harvin, former Sumter High player, All-ACC first-team selection". The Item.
- ^ "Incoming freshman Pressley Harvin forges to Georgia Tech". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. June 2, 2017.
- ^ "What the switch to Adidas means for punter Pressley Harvin". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. August 7, 2018.
- ^ "Explaining the superlative performance of Pressley Harvin". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
- ^ Staples, Andy (September 18, 2020). "'Absolute unit': Why everyone is talking about Georgia Tech punter Pressley Harvin III". The Athletic.
- ^ "Georgia Tech's Pressley Harvin chosen first-team All-ACC". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. December 22, 2020.
- ^ Sugiura, Ken (January 7, 2021). "Pressley Harvin wins Ray Guy Award as nation's top punter". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
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