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Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

2020 EKU Football Roster

8 Thomas Cook

  • Position Punter
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 193
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Moore, S.C.
  • High School Byrnes HS
  • Prev School Limestone University

Biography

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR IN 2019 AT LIMESTONE UNIVERSITY
Played in eight games … averaged 40.5 yards on 26 punts … his longest punt was 59 yards at Marshall (Sept. 5) … had four punts of 50 or more yards … placed three punts inside the 20 yard line … kicked off 20 times for an average of 60.1 yards and had eight touchbacks … averaged 52 yards on two punts at Troy (Oct. 17).

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR IN 2019 AT LIMESTONE UNIVERSITY
Named First-Team All-South Atlantic Conference and Honorable Mention All-America … set the program’s single-season record for PATs (27) and PAT attempts (29) … ended the season as Limestone’s career leader in field goals made (13), field goals attempted (18), and PATs attempted (34) … finished second all-time with 29 career PATs and a 72.2-percent field goal percentage … ranked third in the SAC in fields made and second in field goal percentage … led the league in punting average with 43.1 yards per boot … set the program’s career mark with 43.45 yards per punt average … went 2-for-2 on field goal attempts while averaging 43.4 yards per punt in season-opener at No. 24 West Alabama (Sept. 7) … placed four of his eight punt attempts inside the 20 against No. 14 West Georgia (Sept. 14) … registered a field goal, a PAT, and nine punts for 46.8 yards per punt against Tusculum (Sept. 21) … went 4-for-4 on PATs, punted the ball three times for 104 yards, and added three kickoffs for 168 yards in a 41-25 win at UNC Pembroke (Sept. 28) … set a program single-game record with seven extra point makes in a 52-24 win over Catawba (Oct. 5) … connected on a field goal while booming two 50-plus yard punts at No. 14 Wingate (Oct. 12) … went 4-for-4 on extra point tries while placing two 50-plus yard punts inside the 20 at Mars Hill (Oct. 19) … averaged a season-high 48.2 yards per punt while also recording two touchbacks on kickoff attempts and two field goals and two PATs against No. 7 Lenoir-Rhyne (Oct. 26) … averaged 64.6 yards per kickoff with two touchbacks, three extra point makes, and two field goals, including a career-long 49-yarder, in a 27-6 win at UVa-Wise (Nov. 2) … tallied nine points on two field goals and three PATs while logging a solo tackle against Carson-Newman (Nov. 9).
 
AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE IN 2018 AT LIMESTONE UNIVERSITY
Earned Don Hansen All-Super Region 2 honors … led the SAC with 43.8 yards per punt … finished fifth in the conference with 2,319 total yards with 14 punts placed inside the 20 … added four solo tackles on special teams … broke the program single-season record for punting average, and ended the 2018 campaign as the team’s all-time career leader in punting average … recorded 15 punts of 50 yards or longer … booted a career-long 57-yard punt in the season opener against Gardner-Webb (Sept. 1) … finished with four punts over 50 yards at No. 13 West Georgia (Sept. 8) … boomed three punts of 50-plus yards at Tusculum (Sept. 14) … placed three punts inside the 20-yard line against No. 23 West Alabama (Sept. 22) … averaged 47.33 yards per punt against Mars Hill (Sept. 29) … finished with a season-best 47.8-yards per punt average at Carson-Newman (Oct. 6) … placed two punts inside the 20 at Lenoir-Rhyne (Oct. 13) … recorded three punts inside the 20 at Catawba (Oct. 27).
 
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2017 AT LIMESTONE UNIVERSITY
Redshirt season … did not play in any games.
 
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2016 AT LIMESTONE UNIVERSITY
Appeared in four games during freshman season … went 2-of-3 on field goal attempts and 2-of-4 on extra point attempts … finished 2-for-2 between 20 and 29 yards … converted an extra point attempt in a 28-17 win over Brevard (Oct. 15) … finished with two field goals of 24 and 23 yards at Tusculum (Oct. 22).
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Byrnes High School ... majoring in sociology.

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