Chris Koepplin is A10 Special Teams Player-of-the-Week

Chris Koepplin is the A10 Special Teams Player of the Week .

The UMass write-up is here . The A10's announcement is here (pdf).

Sometimes it is easy to overlook what a contribution kickers make to the team. Koepplin has been an excellent addition to the 2006 Minutemen.

On kickoffs Koepplin is:

62 kickoffs 3,717 yards 60 yards/kickoff w/13 Touchbacks.

On Field Goals:

13-18 for 72.2 %. Koepplin is tied with Steve Baylark for leading scorer for UMass with 78 points. Note three of his misses are from 40+ yards.

He is 13th nationally. Way to go Chris!