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HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Forestview High School for coach Chris Medlin … Averaged 35.3 yards per punt and registered a 4-of-7 success rate on field goal attempts, including a season-long 42-yard field goal … Played an integral part in the Jaguars’ run to a 9-3 record, as well as their first playoff win in school history … Kickoffs went for touchbacks 85 percent of the time … Earned second consecutive all-conference laurels, as well as conference special teams player of the year honors … Averaged 38.5 yards per punt as a junior en route to first all-conference laurels … Was also a standout soccer player for Forestview.

PERSONAL: The son of Debbie and Bill Florence was born on Feb. 8, 1992 … Maintained a 3.7 cumulative grade point average at Forestview High School and graduated in the top 31 percent of his 260-member senior class … A business major at UNCP.