A boy dreaming of one day becoming a big-time college football player is very common. It is rare though to find a young man who has vast aspirations of specifically becoming a punter.Colin Downing represents this atypical situation. Downing, who Kohl’s Kicking Camp ranks a...
AMES --- If you’re hanging out at CycloneFanatic.com on a Monday morning, I don’t need to tell you how big of a week this is for the Iowa State football program. Forget about a bowl game. Don’t even think about when Texas comes to town on a week from Thurs...
The media throng said it all. Iowa State suits up a star on its roster.Print, online and television reporters all wanted an interview and photo. No, it’s not the usual suspects. This player plays a much more unheralded position – punter. That’s right. Kirby Van...
AMES --- It wasn’t horrible, but Paul Rhoads wasn’t especially pleased with his football team’s first day of hitting in preparation for the 2013 season that will kick off on Aug. 31 vs. the Northern Iowa Panthers. “I was not happy with the overall tempo of our...
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The media released its All-Big 12 team on Wednesday and only one Cyclone was a part of it. That man is punter Kirby Van Der Kamp. The 2013 Preseason All-Big 12 team is listed below. Offensive Player of the Year: Lache Seastrunk, Baylor, RBDefensive Player of...
Iowa State's senior punter Kirby Van Der Kamp has landed on the 2013 Ray Guy Award Preseason Watch List. Van Der Kamp, who hails from West Des Moines, had 10 punts of 50-yards or more in 2012 while averaging 41 yards on 77 attempts. Van Der Kamp's career punting a...
According to an Iowa State press release, punter Kirby Van Der Kamp and kicker Edwin Arceo have been added to the College Football Performance Award Watch List. According to the release, "All CFPA recipients are selected based upon objective rankings of t...
The one and only Phil Steele announced his Preseason All-Big 12 picks on Friday morning. Other than Kirby Vander Kamp and Edwin Arceo, Iowa Staters were hard to find. Steele listed Vander Kamp as the league's best punter entering 2013. Surprisingly, Arceo was lis...
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