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#19
Mike
Weber
Junior
P
Cedar
Grove, NJ/ Cedar Grove
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At
Delaware:
2004:
Junior who will handle Blue Hens' punting
chores for the second straight
season...former walk-on...38.5 career
punt-ing average is No. 4 all-time at
Delaware...averaged 45.6 yards on eight
punts in spring game with long punt of 47
yards...
2003:
Took over punting duties in the spring
for third team AII-Atlantic 10 Conference
pick Ryan Bleiler who graduated and had a
solid season...punted 67 times for 2,577
yards and a 38.5 average...had 20 punts
fall inside 20-yard line...had three
touchbacks and seven fair catches and did
not have a punt blocked...ranked ninth in
the Atlantic 10 and 54th in NCAA I-AA in
punting average...67 punts were the fifth
highest in school history, 2,577 yards
were fifth highest, and average was 11th
best in school history...Delaware led
Atlantic 10 in punt coverage (2.1 yards
per return) and fourth in net punting
(36.3)...had season-best 45.6 average vs.
West Chester was the sixth best single
game mark in school history...also
averaged 43.3 yards on six punts vs.
Hofstra...hit six punts of 50 or more
yards, including a career-long 54-yarder
in NCAA championship game vs.
Colgate...also had 53-yarders vs.
Northeastern and Southern Illinois...had a
59-yard punt in the spring
game...
2002:
Did not see game action as backup
punter behind Ryan Bleiler...
2001:
Sat out redshirt season and retained
freshman eligibility...
High
School Honors: Three-sport standout at
Cedar Grove HS, earning eight letters in
football, basketball, and
baseball...played defensive back, wide
receiver, defensive end, punter, and
kicker for head coach Ed Sadloch in
football...three-year starter...two-time
all-conference punter...earned first team
all-area, second team All-Essex County,
and third team All-State honors at punter
as a senior when he averaged 42 yards per
punt...also con-verted 40 extra points as
a senior and had nine career field
goals...holds school records for longest
punt (67 yards) and longest field goal (40
yards)...team won three straight league
titles and won state title his senior
year...as a senior competed in Paul
Robeson Football Classic and Governor's
Bowl All-Star Game...National Football
Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award
winner...played first base in baseball and
earned all-conference honors as a
senior...led team to three straight league
titles and two state titles...
Personal:
Michael Brian Weber ("web-ur")...born
Aug. 17, 1983...son of Alan and Barbara
Weber...health and physical
education-major...avid golfer...has two
brothers...older brother, Matt, played
defensive back at the College of New
Jersey...father played college football at
Montclair (NJ) State and later went on to
coach there...father is a 30-year veteran
of coaching and currently assists at Cedar
Grove HS.
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