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POSITION: K
HOMETOWN: FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
HEIGHT: 6'
WEIGHT: 205
SCHOOL: UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING
PROFILE:
Colorado Ice: 2008: Played seven games for the Ice at kicker before signing with the Arena Football League’s Colorado Crush on April 29…went 12-of-30 on field goals with a long of 53 yards against Sioux Falls on March 17…ranked third on the team in scoring with 61 points…kicked off 44 times for 2089 yards for an average of 47.5…tied for second in the league with three made field goals in a game against Bloomington on March 28 and Sioux City on April 5…was 100% on field goal attempts (three with a long of 51) and 4-for-5 on PAT attempts at Bloomington and earned United Indoor Football League Special Teams Player of the Week honors for his effort…also posted three tackles.2007: Played all 16 games for the Ice at kicker…went 27-for-67 on field goals and kicked off 97 times for 4,520 yards…hit a season-high four field goals in game one against Billings on March 23 and against Omaha on July 14…nailed a league record 60-yarder in game 15 against Omaha on July 14…finished fifth in the league in field goal percentage…went 48-for-55 on point after attempts to lead the league…ranked tenth in the league with average points per game with 8.1 and third in kicking scoring…tried out with the AFL’s San Jose SaberCats in mid-April.
University of Wyoming: Finished career ranked No. 6 in UW history in scoring with 219 career points…earned a BA in Physical Education. 2005: Ranked No. 13 in the nation for the 2004 season in field goals made, averaging 1.5 per game…ranked No. 6 among all NCAA Division I active placekickers in career field goals…national media recognized Yaussi among their preseason best entering the 2005 campaign…Sporting News ranked him as the No. 9 best place-kicker in the country…Street & Smith’s named him a preseason honorable mention All-American…Phil Steele’s ranked him as the No. 9 best place-kicker in the nation. 2004: Selected to the first team All-MWC…led the MWC in virtually all place-kicking categories…ranked No. 2 in the league (No. 1 among kickers) and No. 38 in NCAA in scoring, with a 7.5 point-per-game average…ranked No. 1 in the MWC and No. 13 in the nation in field goals, averaging 1.5 field goals per game…led the league in both field goal percentage (72.0 percent, 18 of 25) and PAT percentage (100.0 percent, 36 of 26)…named MWC Special Teams Player of the Week vs. San Diego State on Oct. 9, 2004…hit two of three field goals vs. SDSU and converted two PATs for eight total points. 2003: In first season as UW’s kicker, he led the MWC in PAT percentage, hitting 97.1 percent of his attempts (34 of 35)…ranked No. 5 in the league in field goal percentage, converting 12 of 17 field goal attempts (70.6 percent)…earned honorable mention All-MWC honors as a sophomore…ranked No. 9 overall in scoring in the conference…seventh in the MWC in field goals made per game (1.00 per game) and No. 54 in the NCAA in that category. 2002: Played in three games as a true freshman…didn’t attempt any field goals or extra points, but kicked-off in three games…earned first varsity letter.
Poudre HS: Played football and basketball and ran track for the Impalas…earned two varsity letters in football, two in basketball and four in track…earned second team All-Conference honors in 2001 in football and first team All-Conference selection in basketball and track and field…was named academic All-Conference…named the All-Sports Athlete of the Year for the 2001-02 academic year by the Fort Collins Coloradoan.
Personal: Graduated in 2006 with a degree in Physical Education…born August 13, 1983.
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