SALT LAKE CITY-Early Tuesday morning, Utah punter Mitch Wishnowsky became the first three-time finalist in the history of the Ray Guy Award which annually honors the top collegiate punter in the nation.
The other finalists for the award are Texas A&M’s Braden Mann and James Smith of Cincinnati.
The winner will be announced at the Home Depot College Football Awards Show in Atlanta December 6.
The Utes have captured three of the past four Ray Guy awards as Tom Hackett won in 2014 and 2015 with Wishnowsky earning the honor in 2016.
Wishnowsky leads the Pac-12 and is sixth nationally in net punting average at 45.9 yards per boot.
This season, Wishnowsky has placed 18 punts inside the 20-yard line, including nine punts at the 10-yard line.
Wishnowsky is a 2-time All-American (2016, 2017) and has a career net punting average of 46 yards
