Paul Assad Specialist Scouting: Colt David, LSU

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Colt David, LSU K
POSITION: Placekicker
HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 173
CLASS: Senior EXPERIENCE: 3L
HIGH SCHOOL: Grapevine HS
HOMETOWN: Grapevine, Texas
Updated 09/04/2007

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Scouting (Staff):
Personally Training with Paul Assad, Pro College Football Player Development and Scouting comments: Outsanding Field Goals. NFL ability length, accuracy and trajectory. Developing Kick Off ability. Good from 3 steps has to build footwork to ball. Player to watch.

Career:
2008 Preseason First-Team All-SEC (SEC Coaches, SEC Media)2007 First-Team All-SEC (AP, SEC Coaches)
One of the most prolific kickers in school history ... Has a shot a setting nearly every LSU kicking record this season ... One of the most consistent kickers to play for the Tigers, having made .745 percent (38-of-51) of his field goal attempts and .988 percent (158-of-160) of his point-after attempts ... Enjoyed a record-breaking season a year ago, setting the SEC’s all-time scoring mark with 147 total points in 2007 ... Broke a total of five LSU single-season records in 2007, including field goals (26), field goal attempts (33), and points by kicking (141) ... Rides a streak of 72 consecutive successful PATs into the 2008 season ... Ranks fourth in LSU history in career field goals attempted (51) and is third in career field goals (38) ... Holds the LSU career mark in PATs with 158 and ranks fifth in school history in points scored with 278.

JUNIOR SEASON
(2007)Has had one of the most successful seasons in school history for a kicker ... Handled all of LSU’s placekicks for the second-straight year ... Ranked second in the SEC and sixth in the country in scoring, averaging 10.5 points a game ... Connected on 26-of-33 field goals, both school records ... Made all 63 of his PATs ... Set the SEC record for points in a season with 147 and for total points scored by kicking with 141 ... Capped season by making five-straight field goals of 40 yards or longer ... Was successful on a career-long 49-yard attempt as well as a 43 yarder vs. Alabama ... Matched that 49-yard effort vs. Arkansas ... Was perfect on kicks of 48 and 43 yards against Ole Miss ... Scored the first touchdown of his career on a fake field goal attempt – holder and QB Matt Flynn flipped the ball over his shoulder to a sprinting David – who raced untouched 15 yards for the score against South Carolina ... David became the first LSU player since Doug Moreau against Tulane in 1965 to score a TD and kick the ensuing extra point ... The play was named the week’s Pontiac Game Changing Performance by ESPN ... Scored a season-high 16 points on a career-high three made field goals (31, 44, 28) and seven PATs against Middle Tennessee . .. Kicked three field goals in games against Middle Tennessee, Auburn and Kentucky.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2006)Handled all of LSU’s placekicks ... Finished the season ranked seventh in the SEC in scoring, averaging 5.7 points per game ... Was successful on 50 of his 51 PATs during the year ... Only miss came when his fourth quarter attempt against Ole Miss was blocked ... Miss snapped a streak of 77 successful PATs, a streak that ranks as the second-longest in school history ... Was 8-of-13 on field goals attempts ... Sealed the Tigers’ victory against Ole Miss, connecting on a 26-yarder in overtime ... Was successful on a season-long 45-yard field goal attempt against Florida ... Hit a 44-yarder against Fresno State and was successful from 42 yards out against Auburn ... Was responsible for 10 points in the Tigers’ win over Notre Dame in the Allstate Sugar Bowl, successfully connecting on field goals of 25 and 37 yards as well as four PATs.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2005)Made an immediate impact with the Tigers, handling PAT duties and short-range field goal attempts ... Finished the year by making 45-of-46 PATs and was 4-of-5 on field goals ... Capped season by making 35-straight PATs ... Last PAT miss came in the second half against Mississippi State ... Hit a season-long 35-yard field goal in win over Miami in Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl ... The 45 PATs ranked as the third-highest single-season total in school history ... It also ranked as the second-most in the SEC in 2005 ... Other field goals came against Tennessee (31 yards), Mississippi State (30 yards) and Arkansas (26 yards) ... The 26-yard field goal against Arkansas proved to be the winning points against the Razorbacks, a victory that put the Tigers into the SEC Championship game.

HIGH SCHOOLThree-year letterwinner at Grapevine High School ... Converted on 27-of-36 field goals during his prep career, with a long of 50 yards ... Also served as the team's punter, averaging 43.7 yards per punt as a senior ... Set a school record with an 81-yard punt ... Also played on the soccer team ... Coached by Scott Blanton.

PERSONAL
Full name is Colt Justin David ... Born Nov. 26, 1985, in Bedford, Texas ... Parents are Gary and Kathy David ... Has one sister, Kelsey ... Majoring in construction management.
DAVID’S CAREER HIGHSFG attempted: 4 vs. Kentucky, 2007FG made: 3, four timesLong: 49 vs. Alabama, 2007

DAVID’S CAREER PLACEKICKING

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