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AS A FRESHMAN (2016): Saw action in seven games … Converted on all six kicking attempts, including a 5-for-5 clip on PAT tries … Also registered a 24-yard field goal at West Virginia State … Recorded 747 yards on 14 kickoffs (53.4 average) … Also punted 14 times for 508 yards (36.3 average) … Connected on lone PAT try at Shaw and all four PAT attempts against North Greenville … Registered a 59-yard punt in the opener with Winston-Salem State and tallied a 51-yard punt at Shaw.

HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at A.L. Brown High School for coach Mike Newsome … Earned special teams player of the year laurels as a senior … Averaged 51.2 yards per kickoff (32 attempts) and was 56-for-58 on point after attempts … Also converted four of five field goal attempts, including a season-long 42-yard field goal … Also lettered in wrestling and track & field for the Wonders.

PERSONAL: The son of Kristie and Steve Southworth … Has an older brother, Gage … Maintained a 3.1 cumulative grade point average at A.L. Brown High School and graduated in the top 25 percent of his 400-member senior class … An accounting major at UNCP.