Pressley Harvin III

Pressley Harvin III is an American football punter for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.

Pressley Harvin
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets – No. 27
PositionPunter
ClassSenior
Career history
College
High schoolSumter
(Sumter, South Carolina)
Personal information
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight255 lb (116 kg)
Career highlights and awards
  • Ray Guy Award (2020)
  • Unanimous first team All-American (2020)
  • First team All-ACC (2020)
  • Second team All-ACC (2018)
  • Third team All-ACC (2017)
  • USA Today All-American (2016)

Early life and high school

Harvin grew up in Alcolu, South Carolina and attended Sumter High School.[1] As a senior, he punted for an averaged of 42.5 yards and was named All-State for a second straight season.[2]

College career

Pressley became Georgia Tech's starting punter as a true freshman and led all Division I freshman with 44.1 yards per punt and was named third team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).[3] As a sophomore, Pressley was named second team All-ACC. He punted for 3,583 yards on 80 punts for an average of 44.8 yards in his junior season.[4][5] As a senior, Harvin punted 45 times for an average of 48.0 yards, breaking both the school and ACC record, and was named first team All-ACC.[6] He was also a unanimous first team All-America selection and won the Ray Guy Award as the nation's top collegiate punter, becoming the first African American player to win the award.[7]

References
  1. Brunson, Dennis. "Georgia Tech punter Harvin, former Sumter High player, All-ACC first-team selection". The Item.
  2. "Incoming freshman Pressley Harvin forges to Georgia Tech". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. June 2, 2017.
  3. "What the switch to Adidas means for punter Pressley Harvin". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. August 7, 2018.
  4. "Explaining the superlative performance of Pressley Harvin". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
  5. Staples, Andy (September 18, 2020). "'Absolute unit': Why everyone is talking about Georgia Tech punter Pressley Harvin III". The Athletic.
  6. "Georgia Tech's Pressley Harvin chosen first-team All-ACC". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. December 22, 2020.
  7. Sugiura, Ken (January 7, 2021). "Pressley Harvin wins Ray Guy Award as nation's top punter". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved January 8, 2021.


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