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Cobb Named Special Teams Player Of The Year


[URL=”http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/022511aaa.html”]Full story at UK Athletics here.[/URL]

UK Athletics announced earlier that Kentucky’s Randall Cobb has been awarded the Bill Hartman Award as the Southeast Special Teams Player of the Year, by the Touchdown Club of Atlanta.

The award will be bestowed Saturday during the TD Club’s annual awards ceremony, a ceremony Randall will not be able to attend due to his involvement in the 2011 NFL Scouting Combine.

Excerpt from UK Athletics:

[QUOTE]Cobb earned the honor based on his remarkable all-around performance in 2010 as a punt returner, kickoff returner, holder, wide receiver and quarterback:

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[*] Averaged 7.8 yards on punt returns, including one return for a touchdown
[*]Averaged 23.7 yards per kickoff return
[*]Served as the team’s placekick holder and threw a touchdown pass on a fake field goal
[*]Led the Southeastern Conference in pass receiving with 84 catches for 1,017 yards and seven touchdowns
[*]Rushed for 424 yards and five touchdowns
[*]Threw three touchdown passes during the season, including the fake field goal TD.
[*]SEC single-season record with 2,396 all-purpose yards.
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The Southeast Special Teams Player of the Year adds to the list of honors for Cobb that includes first-team All-America as chosen by The Associated Press, ESPN.com and SportsIllustrated.com[/QUOTE]Randall’s NFL Combine workout is scheduled for Sunday and can be viewed live by clicking here.

Congratulation’s to Randall and Go Cats!!!

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