Ryan Succop, P

An all-conference selection throughout his career, handling kickoff, place-kicking and punting responsibilities. Succop entered his senior season in 2008 highly regarded by NFL scouts. Struggles with an abdominal strain from mid-October through early November resulted in the worst statistical year of his career. Succop had as many missed FGs in one game this season (four against Kentucky) as he had in any other season. After missing 6-of-9 attempts by midseason, Succop reverted back to his accurate ways, making 6-of-7 to close the regular season.

Positives: Versatile and is experienced as a place-kicker, punter and on kickoffs. … Legitimate NFL leg strength. … Has a career long field goal of 55 yards and improved his kickoff depth considerably as a senior. … Accurate. … Entered the 2008 season with a 94.1 accuracy rate on attempts of 39 yards and in. … Mentally strong. … Regained accuracy once he'd recovered from abdominal strain in '08. … Rare size and athleticism for the position. … Athletic enough to break down in space and make the tackle in the open field.

Negatives: May lack the speed from catch to kick to punt in the NFL. … Was relieved of the punting duties in 2008 after having three punts blocked in 2007. … Can drive the ball low for long field goal attempts but had three kicks blocked in his career. … Very accurate within 40 yards over his career, but is only 3-of-7 from 50-plus.

Carolina's punter and placekicker … was an Associated Press honorable mention All-SEC selection in 2007 … earned 2007 SEC first team pre-season honors as a placekicker by the media and was a second-team selection by the coaches … . also earned preseason second team All-SEC honors as a punter by both the media and coaches … named to the 2007 pre-season Lou Groza Award watch list after being a semi-finalist for the award in 2006 … also named to the Ray Guy Award watch list … was 13-for-17 in field goal attempts in 2007 … three of his four misses came from at least 47 yards out (47, 48 and 50) … kicked three field goals in the 16-12 win at Georgia, earning SEC Special Teams Player of the Week honors … also punted seven times for a 40.7 yard average against the Bulldogs … punted five times for a 44.8 yard average against LSU … averaged 42.0 yards on six punts in the win over Kentucky, including a 52-yarder … matched his career-high with a 58-yard punt against Vanderbilt … hit a season-long 49-yard field goal at Tennessee with just under two minutes remaining to give the Gamecocks' a 24-21 lead.

Earned second-team All-SEC honors as selected by the league's coaches … a semi-finalist for the Groza Award … connected on 16-of-20 of his field goal tries … his 80.0 percent accuracy was fourth in the SEC … actually only missed two - a 51-yarder that hit the left upright against Georgia and a 33-yarder against Houston in the Liberty Bowl … other two misses were blocked … was 10-for-11 from inside 47 yards … booted a 50-yarder against Tennessee and a career-high 55-yarder - the second longest in school history - against Vanderbilt … also had a 55-yarder taken off the board against Florida due to a penalty … averaged 42.8 yards per field goal attempt and 40.1 yards per field goal made … connected on 37-of-39 extra points for 85 points overall … his 85 points led the team and was the third-highest single-season total in school history … averaged 6.5 points per game, fourth in the SEC and the third-highest mark among kickers … 29 of 73 kickoff attempts (40 percent) were touchbacks … averaged 43.7 yards per punt, which would have ranked third in the SEC with enough punts to qualify … was the SEC Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts against Mississippi State when he connected on all three of his field goal attempts (39, 35 and 47 yards) and punted six times for a 48.7 yard average … also averted a certain blocked punt and scrambled 16 yards for a first down, leading to a Carolina score.

Handled the kickoff chores as a true freshman and was the backup placekicker and punter … kicked off 59 times for a 62.3 yard average with 29 touchbacks (49 percent) … attempted two field goals, missing from 50 yards against UCF and missing from 46 yards against Georgia.

Graduated from Hickory (N.C.) High in 2005 … Played for Coach John Worley … Four-time all-conference and two-time all-state performer … Three-time conference Special Teams Player of the Year … In 2004, averaged 41 yards per punt, put 98 percent of his kickoffs in the end zone, was 12-14 FG and 42-42 on PATs … In 2003 he was 7-10 on field goals (long of 53 yards) and made all 38 of his PATs … Three-time all-state selection in soccer … Scored 104 career goals in soccer … Rated the 4th-best kicker in the nation and the 16th-best prospect in the state of North Carolina by Rivals.com.

Ryan B. Succop was born Sept. 19, 1986 … Pursuing a degree in business.