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  Ben Arndt

Ben Arndt

Player Profile

Hometown:
Young Harris, GA

High School:
Union County

Last College:
Tusculum

Height / Weight:
6-0 / 180

Position:
Punter

Birthdate:
09/25/1982

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AT TECH: Tech's starting punter for two seasons after earning the job in the preseason of 2004 . . . Transfer who enrolled at Tech in the fall of 2003, and then joined the football program as a walk-on for spring practice in 2004 . . . Earned a scholarship for his senior season.

Career average of 39.0 yards per punt with a career net of 35.9. . . Ranks sixth in Tech history with 160 career punts and 6,246 career yards . . . Career average is eighth best in Tech history . . . Had just eight touchbacks on 160 career punts.

2005: Punting average of 39.5 yards per kick ranked just 10th in the ACC but Tech's net of 35.9 was third in the ACC and 27th nationally . . . Put 29 punts inside the 20-yardline with just one touchback in 87 kicks . . . Had 15 kicks of 50 or more yards . . .

Named ACC Specialist of the Week and National Special Teams Player of the Week by the Master Coaches Survey for his performance in Tech's win at third-ranked Miami . . . Boomed a 78-yard punt (fifth longest in school history) to back Miami to its 11-yard line late in the fourth quarter . . . Also made a crucial tackle to prevent a possible touchdown return by the Hurricanes . . . Averaged 40.3 yards on nine punts against Miami with four punts inside the 20 . . .

Punted a career-high 11 times for 464 yards and a 42.2-yard average against Virginia Tech . . . That marks the third-most punting yards in a game in school history . . . Had a career-best 47.4-yard average on seven punts in Tech's win over North Carolina, including four kicks of 50 yards or more.

2004: Averaged 38.5 yards per punt, but downed 20 punts inside the 20-yard line . . . Net of 35.9 yards . . . Best game was Virginia Tech, when he punted six times for a 45.8-yard average, including three punts inside the 20 and three kicks of at least 50 yards . . . Punted 10 times for a 42.0-yard average in Tech's win at Clemson . . . Longest kick of the season was a 64-yard boot against Miami . . . Season total of 73 punts ranks fourth on Tech's season list, while 2,813 yards ranks fifth.

AT TUSCULUM: Transferred to Tech from Tusculum, an NCAA Division II school in Greenville, Tenn., where he spent two years . . . In 2002, punted nine times for a 39.7-yard average with a long of 42 yards.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in football and soccer at Union County High . . . Tabbed to the Alltel All-Area team in football as a senior . . . Booted a school record 55-yard field goal as a junior . . . In soccer, set school record for goals in a season and career.

PERSONAL: Full name is Benjamin Forrest Arndt . . . Born September 25, 1982 . . . Parents are Eldon and Cheryl Arndt . . . Majoring in Industrial Engineeering . . . Graduated May 2006.

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
2005	No.	Yds	Avg	LP	Ret	Yds	Net	TB	I20	+50
Auburn*	5	208	41.6	55	1	12	39.2	0	2	2
UNC*	7	332	47.4	55	4	47	40.7	0	2	4
UConn*	7	305	43.6	52	4	28	39.6	0	3	1
Va Tech*	11	464	42.2	55	6	41	38.5	0	2	3
NC State*	7	273	39.0	51	1	6	38.1	1	2	1
Duke*	6	243	40.5	51	2	12	38.5	0	3	1
Clemson*	7	259	37.0	46	1	11	35.4	0	2	0
Wake*	6	191	31.8	50	2	12	29.8	0	2	1
Virginia*	5	180	36.0	38	2	9	34.2	0	1	0
Miami*	9	363	40.3	78	4	20	38.1	0	4	2
Georgia*	9	349	38.8	49	4	79	30.0	0	4	0
Utah*	8	266	33.2	44	1	5	32.6	0	2	0

2004 No. Yds Avg LP Ret Yds Net TB I20 +50 Samford* 4 159 39.8 48 2 13 36.5 0 1 0 Clemson* 10 420 42.0 54 3 3 41.6 3 2 2 UNC* 5 200 40.0 50 4 22 35.6 0 0 1 Miami* 8 206 38.2 64 4 34 34.0 0 2 1 Maryland* 8 268 33.5 46 3 24 30.5 1 1 0 Duke* 5 181 36.2 47 0 0 36.2 1 3 0 Va Tech* 6 275 45.8 54 2 12 43.8 2 3 3 NC State* 8 306 38.2 55 4 25 35.1 0 2 1 UConn* 5 194 38.8 50 3 29 33.0 0 2 1 Virginia* 6 226 37.7 41 5 24 33.7 0 0 0 Georgia* 6 207 34.5 41 0 0 34.5 0 4 0 Syracuse* 2 71 35.5 39 2 8 31.5 0 0 0

CAREER STATISTICS Punting No. Yds Avg LP Ret Yds Net TB I20 +50 2004 73 2813 38.5 64 33 195 35.9 7 20 9 2005 87 3433 39.5 78 32 282 36.0 1 29 15 Total 160 6246 39.0 78 65 477 35.9 8 49 24

CAREER HIGHS Punts: 11 vs. Virginia Tech, 2005 Punting Yards: 464 vs. Virginia Tech, 2005 Punting Avg: 47.4 vs. North Carolina, 2005 (7 punts) Long: 78 vs. Miami, 2005

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