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Bojorquez Earns Honorable Mention All-America

College Football News All-America Team

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Another day, another honor for New Mexico’s record-setting punter Corey Bojorquez, One day after he was named to the All-Group of 5 college football team by The Athletic, he was named Honorable Mention All-America by College Football News.
 
It’s the first official All-America honor for Bojorquez, who was fourth nationally in punting.  He becomes just the second Lobo punter to earn All-America honors, and the first since 2002 when Tyler Gaus was named to the Sporting News Freshman All-America Third Team.  He is UNM’s first All-America selection since 2013 when Carlos Wiggins earned a host of honors as a kickoff returner and Dakota Cox was a Freshman All-America.  Corey was a semifinalist for the 2017 Ray Guy Award as the nation’s top punter.

Bojorquez had an amazing season, averaging a school record 47.3 yards per punt, the best among any Group of Five teams.  Bojorquez, who set UNM records for single-season average, career average, single-game average, single-game net average and most 70-yard punts in a season, saw 31 of his 67 punts travel at least 50 yards.  He also had 32 punts downed inside the 20.  His longest punt of the season was 78 yards, and that was one of four on the season to travel at least 70 yards.  He hit five such punts in his career.