The Augusta Sports Council has announced the nominees for the 2015 Ray Guy Award, which identifies the nation’s top collegiate punter. Among the 79 candidates is the 2014 Ray Guy Award winner Tom Hackett, Utah and the two other 2014 finalists, JK Scott, Alabama and Austin Rehkow, Idaho. Candidates were nominated for the award by their school’s sports information department.

The list will be narrowed to ten semifinalists to be announced on November 13. Following the semifinalists announcement, a national body of Football Bowl Subdivision sports information directors, coaches, media representatives and previous Ray Guy Award winners will vote for the top three finalists, who will be identified on November 23. The voting body will then cast ballots to select the winner.

The presentation of the Ray Guy Award will be featured live on ESPN during The Home Depot College Football Awards, Thursday, December 10, at 7pm.

2015 Ray Guy Award Candidates:

Zach Paul, Akron
JK Scott, Alabama
Bentlee Critcher, Appalachian State
Drew Riggleman, Arizona
Matthew Haack, Arizona State
Toby Baker, Arkansas
Luke Ferguson, Arkansas State
Alex Tardieu, Army
Kevin Phillips, Auburn
Drew Galitz, Baylor
Alex Howell, Boston College
Joseph Davidson, Bowling Green
Jonny Linehan, Brigham Young
Sam Geraci, Cincinnati
Hayden Hunt, Colorado State
Will Monday, Duke
Worth Gregory, East Carolina
Austin Barnes, Eastern Michigan
Johnny Townsend, Florida
Dalton Schomp, Florida Atlantic
Cason Beatty, Florida State
Garrett Swanson, Fresno State
Wil Lutz, Georgia State
Rigoberto Sanchez, Hawai‘i at Manoa
Logan Piper, Houston
Austin Rehkow, Idaho
Dillon Kidd, Iowa
Colin Downing, Iowa State
Nick Walsh, Kansas State
Anthony Melchiori, Kent State
Landon Foster, Kentucky
Steven Coutts, Louisiana (at Lafayette)
Jamie Keehn, LSU
Tyler Williams, Marshall
Logan Laurent, Massachusetts
Spencer Smith, Memphis
Justin Vogel, Miami
Blake O'Neill, Michigan
Peter Mortell, Minnesota
Logan Cooke, Mississippi State
Corey Fatony, Mizzou
Sam Foltz, Nebraska
Alex Boy, Nevada
Eric Keena, North Texas
Tyler Newsome, Notre Dame
Cameron Johnston, Ohio State
Austin Seibert, Oklahoma
Zach Sinor, Oklahoma State
Satchel Ziffer, Old Dominion
Will Gleeson, Ole Miss
Nick Porebski, Oregon State
Ryan Winslow, Pittsburgh
James Farrimond, Rice
Joey Roth, Rutgers
Tanner Blain, San Diego State
Michael Carrizosa, San Jose State
Sean Kelly, South Carolina
Mattias Ciabatti, South Florida
Kris Albarado, Southern California
Tyler Sarrazin, Southern Miss
Alex Robinson, Stanford
Riley Dixon, Syracuse
Trevor Daniel, Tennessee
Drew Kaser, Texas A&M
Lumi Kaba, Texas State
Taylor Symmank, Texas Tech
Dalton Parks, Tulsa
Caleb Houston, UCF
Logan Yunker, UNLV
Tom Hackett, Utah
Alan Luna, UTEP
Nicholas Conte, Virginia
A.J. Hughes, Virginia Tech
Alex Kinal, Wake Forest
Korey Durkee, Washington
Nick O'Toole, West Virginia
J. Schroeder, Western Michigan
Jake Collins, WKU
Ethan Wood, Wyoming