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2007: Signed with the Tigers in December 2007 and was able to work out with the squad in the spring...Came in to fill the spot vacated by senior Michael Gibson who was a candidate for the Ray Guy Award in 2006...Had a steady first season with the Memphis, handling 52 of the Tigers' 62 punts...His average of 40.7 yards per punt ranked 11th all-time in single season average...Ranked eighth in Conference USA in punting average...Played in all 13 games in 2007...Recorded five punts over 50 yards with a long of 70...Had a 50-yard or more punt in each of his first three games...Dropped 12 punts inside the 20-yard line...Credited with one punt for 51 yards in his first game as a Tiger in the season opener against Ole Miss...Punted three times against Jacksonville State with one falling inside the 20...Had a long punt of 55 yards and none of the three kicks were returned...Booted six punts and logged an average of 41.5 yards per punt against UCF...Punted a career high nine times against Middle Tennessee and placed a career best three inside the 20...MTSU only returned one of the nine punts in the game...Registered two punts versus Rice with a then career-high 61 yarder...Logged four punts against both Tulane and East Carolina...Placed two punts inside the 20 and had six total kicks for an average of 40.2 yards against SMU...Registered an average of 45.2 yards on six punts in the New Orleans Bowl versus Florida Atlantic...The 45.2 yards was a season best in games with more than two punts...Upped his career high with a 70-yard punt in the fourth quarter of the post-season contest...Dropped three punts inside the 20 and only had one returned in the game...Ended the season ranked 64th nationally.
Junior College: Punted two seasons at Hinds Community College...Started as a freshman and averaged 42 yards per punt and pinned his opponent inside their 20-yard line 16 times...Was a third-team selection on the 2006 JC Grid-Wire All-America Team and was an NJCAA preseason Honorable Mention All-America pick, heading into the 2006 season...Totaled 1,650 yards on 45 punts with a long of 52 yards and ranked fifth in the MACJC Region 23 as a sophomore.
Academic Highlights: Named to Tiger 3.0 Club and UM Dean's List for spring 2007 semester.
Prep: A three-year starter for Coach David Coates at Northwest Rankin High School...Averaged 40.9 yards on 43 punts as a senior...Earned three letters in both football and soccer at Northwest Rankin...Helped his squad to a District 3-5A championship in 2004 and 2005...Named first-team all-state after leading team to an 11-2 record...Had an outstanding showing in 2004 against Picayune High, averaging 48.6 yards on six punts...Excelled in the classroom with a 4.0 grade point average...Was a member of the Beta Club and the Mu Alpha Theta honors society.
Personal: Brent Sutherland is the son of Bruce and Ann Sutherland...Born November 26, 1986, in Jackson, Miss.
Sutherland's Career Punting Statistics
YR G No. Yds Avg TB FC I20 LG 50+ BL
2007 13 52 2115 40.7 4 8 12 70 6 3
Sutherland's Career Highs
Most Punts: 9 vs. Middle Tennessee (`07)
Longest Punt: 70 vs. Florida Atlantic (`07)
Most Inside 20: 3 vs. Middle Tennessee, FAU (`07)
Sutherland's Game-By-Game Statistics
Punting Opponent No Yds Avg LG BL TB FC I20
9/1/07 Ole Miss 1 51 51.0 51 1 1 0 0
9/15/07 JSU 3 133 44.3 55 0 1 1 1
9/22/07 UCF 6 249 41.5 53 0 0 0 0
9/27/07 ASU 4 160 40.0 48 0 0 0 0
10/2/07 Marshall 3 116 38.7 42 0 1 0 0
10/13/07 MTSU 9 338 37.6 49 0 0 0 3
10/20/07 Rice 2 106 53.0 61 0 0 0 1
10/27/07 Tulane 4 151 37.8 48 0 1 1 0
11/3/07 ECU 4 144 36.0 42 1 0 0 1
11/10/07 USM 3 112 37.3 45 0 0 2 1
11/17/07 UAB 1 43 43.0 43 0 0 1 0
11/24/07 SMU 6 241 40.2 49 0 2 1 2
12/21/07 FAU 6 271 45.2 70 1 0 2 3
