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Mr. Tyler "Punts" Albrecht
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Home Phone: 985-764-8486 Football: Albrecht Named SBC Special Teams POW Courtesy: RaginCajuns.com Oct. 19, 2009 NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns junior kicker Tyler Albrecht was named the Sun Belt Conference Special Teams Player of the Week, as announced by the conference office on Monday. Albrecht had a fantastic game in the Cajuns eight-point win at Western Kentucky. Kicking in temperatures in the mid-40’s, Albrecht scored 12 points on a perfect 3-for-3 effort on both field goals and extra points. He nailed a 49-yard field goal and a pair of 25-yard kicks. For the season, Albrecht is 6-of-7 on field goal attempts. He is the only kicker in the Sun Belt Conference to make four field goals of 40? yards. His only miss this season is from 50 yards. This is the second time this season Albrecht has won the award, as he was named the SBC Special Teams Player of the Week on Sept. 14 after making his first career field goal attempt – a 48-yarder – to defeat Big XII-member Kansas State. Albrecht was also named the Louisiana Sportswriters Special Teams Player of the Week and was an Honorable Mention National Placekicker of the Week by College Football Performance Awards (http://collegefootballperformance.com/performers-of-the-week/). Tight End Ladarius Green earned Honorable Mention National Tight End of the Week by College Football Performance Awards. * * * * * * * * Football: Albrecht and Zanders Players of the Week Sept. 14, 2009 RaginCajuns.com Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns senior linebacker Antwyne Zanders and junior kicker Tyler Albrecht were named the Sun Belt Conference Defensive and Special Teams Player of the Week, respectively, as announced by the conference office on Monday. Zanders was the leader of a Cajuns defense that held Big XII-member Kansas State to just 15 points in a UL victory. K-State converted only 3-of-16 third downs, as the Cajuns forced a pair of turnovers. Zanders was everywhere on defense, finishing the night with 15 total tackles, including 14 solos, two pass break-ups and a quarterback hurry. Albrecht had never attempted a field goal in his college career before lining-up for a 48-yard attempt with 32-seconds remaining in the game, and his Cajuns trailing 15-14 to Big XII-member Kansas State. Albrecht’s kick had several yards to spare as it sailed through the uprights, sending Cajun Field into pandemonium. The kick sealed the Cajuns first win over an opponent from a conference with an automatic BCS bid. Albrecht was also named the Louisiana Sports Writers Association Special Teams Player of the Week. * * * * * * * * * * Football: Albrecht hits ‘winner’ Football: Albrecht’s wait was worth it Joshua Parrott � jparrott@theadvertiser.com � September 16, 2009 The junior made a field goal as a collegiate player. Albrecht’s 48-yard field goal with 32 seconds left catapulted the Ragin’ Cajuns to a 17-15 win over Kansas State. His kick gave the program its second win over a school from an automatic-berth BCS conference � and the first since upsetting No. 25 Texas A&M in 1996. “It was definitely a once-in-a-lifetime moment, and I’ll never forget it,” Albrecht said. “I think it’s starting to hit me now how big it was. I’m just happy I could do that for this university and this town. “In the preseason we talked about how this town has wanted a win like this.” Earlier this week, UL head coach Rickey Bustle admitted that he almost did not watch the kick. Ultimately he decided to watch � and was pleased after seeing the longest field goal this season by a Sun Belt kicker. That resulted in an interesting conversation at Bustle’s weekly media luncheon Monday as the Cajuns (2-0) looked ahead to Saturday’s game at No. 9 LSU (2-0). “I owe you an apology for all the things I had been saying about you not kicking the ball well (in the preseason),” Bustle said to Albrecht during the press conference. “I didn’t know if I was going to watch it (the kick), but I was afraid that if I didn’t, that nobody else would see the kick. I was going to hang in there with you, and you did a heck of a job kicking the ball.” For Albrecht, it was his first field goal attempt in a real game since his senior season at St. Thomas More in 2005. That season the Cougars advanced to the Class 4A state quarterfinals and had a shot to win in the final minute against Bastrop, but Albrecht missed an attempt from inside the 15-yard line as STM lost, 19-17. Albrecht, who handled kickoffs for the Cajuns as a redshirt freshman in 2007 but did not compete last year, says he didn’t think about his final prep kick while waiting on the sideline last week. Instead, he closed his eyes and imagined the ball going through the uprights. A few seconds later, he made sure it actually did. “After that happened to me in high school, I kind of swore to myself that the next time it came up that I would be ready,” Albrecht said. “I wasn’t even thinking about it at all.” Albrecht’s story is one of circumstance and determination. Back in 2005, he was set to punt as a senior at Holy Cross High School in New Orleans. Following a blowout win over L.W. Higgins in the first game, Hurricane Katrina struck the Louisiana coast and altered the lives of countless people. Forced to relocate, Albrecht ended up in Lafayette. He never expected Katrina’s damage to be so extensive. “I was in denial,” he said. “Our school was flooded under 10 feet of water. I was just thinking ‘Hey, I can go back.’ It didn’t hit me for a while.” When reality set in, Albrecht searched for a new school to attend that fall. He looked at Lafayette High, Comeaux and St. Martinville before going to STM. Albrecht enrolled in classes on a Wednesday and played that Friday night in Week 2 for the Cougars. He served as STM’s punter and kicker as a senior and went on to earn first team all-state honors in Class 4A after making 12 field goals, including kicks of 50 and 52 yards to beat Breaux Bridge and St. Martinville, respectively. After the season, Albrecht returned to Holy Cross for the second semester and graduated from the school. His four months in Lafayette also resulted in earning a scholarship to play football for the Cajuns after being recruited by former assistant Rob Christophel. Albrecht briefly thought about going to LSU as a walk-on but wanted to go “where I was wanted.” As he looks back on his journey to UL, Albrecht cannot help but feel truly blessed. “Hurricane Katrina had a huge affect on my life,” he said. “It happened for a reason. God works in mysterious ways, and I truly believe that now. It has all worked out for the best. I couldn’t have planned it out any better.” With UL trailing by one point in the final minute, Tyler Albrecht calmly trotted onto the field last Saturday and did what he had never done. The junior made a field goal as a collegiate player. Albrecht’s 48-yard field goal with 32 seconds left catapulted the Ragin’ Cajuns to a 17-15 win over Kansas State. His kick gave the program its second win over a school from an automatic-berth BCS conference � and the first since upsetting No. 25 Texas A&M in 1996. “It was definitely a once-in-a-lifetime moment, and I’ll never forget it,” Albrecht said. “I think it’s starting to hit me now how big it was. I’m just happy I could do that for this university and this town. “In the preseason we talked about how this town has wanted a win like this.” Earlier this week, UL head coach Rickey Bustle admitted that he almost did not watch the kick. Ultimately he decided to watch � and was pleased after seeing the longest field goal this season by a Sun Belt kicker. That resulted in an interesting conversation at Bustle’s weekly media luncheon Monday as the Cajuns (2-0) looked ahead to Saturday’s game at No. 9 LSU (2-0). “I owe you an apology for all the things I had been saying about you not kicking the ball well (in the preseason),” Bustle said to Albrecht during the press conference. “I didn’t know if I was going to watch it (the kick), but I was afraid that if I didn’t, that nobody else would see the kick. I was going to hang in there with you, and you did a heck of a job kicking the ball.” For Albrecht, it was his first field goal attempt in a real game since his senior season at St. Thomas More in 2005. That season the Cougars advanced to the Class 4A state quarterfinals and had a shot to win in the final minute against Bastrop, but Albrecht missed an attempt from inside the 15-yard line as STM lost, 19-17. Albrecht, who handled kickoffs for the Cajuns as a redshirt freshman in 2007 but did not compete last year, says he didn’t think about his final prep kick while waiting on the sideline last week. Instead, he closed his eyes and imagined the ball going through the uprights. A few seconds later, he made sure it actually did. “After that happened to me in high school, I kind of swore to myself that the next time it came up that I would be ready,” Albrecht said. “I wasn’t even thinking about it at all.” Albrecht’s story is one of circumstance and determination. Back in 2005, he was set to punt as a senior at Holy Cross High School in New Orleans. Following a blowout win over L.W. Higgins in the first game, Hurricane Katrina struck the Louisiana coast and altered the lives of countless people. Forced to relocate, Albrecht ended up in Lafayette. He never expected Katrina’s damage to be so extensive. “I was in denial,” he said. “Our school was flooded under 10 feet of water. I was just thinking ‘Hey, I can go back.’ It didn’t hit me for a while.” When reality set in, Albrecht searched for a new school to attend that fall. He looked at Lafayette High, Comeaux and St. Martinville before going to STM. Albrecht enrolled in classes on a Wednesday and played that Friday night in Week 2 for the Cougars. He served as STM’s punter and kicker as a senior and went on to earn first team all-state honors in Class 4A after making 12 field goals, including kicks of 50 and 52 yards to beat Breaux Bridge and St. Martinville, respectively. After the season, Albrecht returned to Holy Cross for the second semester and graduated from the school. His four months in Lafayette also resulted in earning a scholarship to play football for the Cajuns after being recruited by former assistant Rob Christophel. Albrecht briefly thought about going to LSU as a walk-on but wanted to go “where I was wanted.” As he looks back on his journey to UL, Albrecht cannot help but feel truly blessed. “Hurricane Katrina had a huge affect on my life,” he said. “It happened for a reason. God works in mysterious ways, and I truly believe that now. It has all worked out for the best. I couldn’t have planned it out any better.” * * * * * * * * * * August 20, 2006 – Dan McDonald OTHER KICKING: Brit Framel averaged 44.0 per punt in a kicking period that started the scrimmage, including one 50-yarder. Edmiston had a 47-yard punt and Albrecht a 42-yarder in his first punt attempt of fall camp. BEATING THE HEAT: Temperature at the 8:30 a.m. start of the scrimmage was 90 degrees and 51 percent humidity, providing a heat index of 99. The players were able to beat the heat somewhat after practice, thanks to organizer Hardy Edmiston and Glenn Murphree and his staff at Olde Tyme Grocery. They teamed to serve snowballs to the Cajun players out of Olde Tyme’s portable snowball stand. CATCHING UP: Defensive ends Tony Hills and Rodney Hardeway each had tackles for minus yardage in the scrimmage, Hardeway’s coming on a sack. The twosome missed the first week of UL’s fall drills on a suspension for undetermined violation of team rules, a suspension that carried over from the spring semester. “We’re pretty much caught up,” Hardeway said. “We were able to catch up fast. It felt just like last year … better than last year.” Hills said the summer conditioning program of UL strength and conditioning coach Rob Phillips was a big part of his quick comeback. “With what Coach Phillips had us doing,” he said. “We were pretty much on the same level as everyone else. We were ready … it just took a couple of days to get our feet back under us.” INJURIES: Probable starting center Junior Ramos was helped off the field with a leg injury early in the scrimmage. Linebackers Mark Risher and Derek Morel also left with first-half injuries, with Risher reportedly getting a concussion and Morel a minor knee injury. Center Brad Bryant, who had been hampered by a sore knee for almost a week, returned to full practice Saturday – just in time, since Ramos left early with his injury. Originally published August 20, 2006
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