Owen Daffer

Position:
Placekicker
Height:
6-0
Weight:
170
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Wilmington
High School:
New Hanover
Major:
Business Management

Prior to 2022 season: Set to open the 2022 season as the Pirates top kick specialist … Successfully converted 19 of 23 FGAs (82.3 percent) and 39 of 41 PATs (95.1) earning First-Team All-American Athletic Conference accolades in 2021 … Enters 2022 season opener having made at least on FG in nine-straight contests … Tied for ninth on ECU’s single-season scoring charts with 96 points … Tallied five career multi-FG games (2/Appalachian State, 3/UCF, 3/Memphis, 3/Navy, 2/Cincinnati) – all in 2021 … Earned scholarship after kicking game-winning field goal (54 yard career-long) at Navy (2021) as time expired in a 38-35 victory … Kicked off 72 times for 4, 280 yards with 19 touch backs … Fifty one of 72 KOs have gone for 60-plus yards (23 for 65 yards) with a career-long of 70 at Houston in the fourth quarter ... Named to Lou Groza Watch List for the nation’s top field goal kicker … A 2022 Second-Team All-AAC selection by Phil Steele’s College Football Preview and Athlon Sports.

2022: Hit two of three extra point attempts while missing his lone field goal try against No. 13 NC State ... Recorded 245 yards on four kickoffs (61.2 ypk) ... Connected on both of his field goal attempts while converting three of five extra-point tries versus Old Dominion ... Tied his career high in point-after attempts, connecting on all seven in the win over Campbell ... Averaged 56.9 yards on eight kickoffs ... Converted both PATs and hit two of three field goal attempts with a long of 26 yards against Navy ... Registered four kickoffs (64.5 average) and tallied two touchbacks ... Converted six of seven PATs versus South Florida ... Registered eight kickoffs for 503 yards (62.9 average) and tallied three touchbacks ... Went 0-for-1 on point-after attempts while converting on a 27-yard field goal try at Tulane ... Registered three kickoffs for 171 yards (57.1 average) ... Recorded six kickoffs for 369 yards (61.5 average) and three touchbacks in the quadruple-overtime triumph over Memphis ... Recorded seven kickoffs for 416 yards (59.4 average) and one touchback in the win over UCF ... Recorded five kickoffs for 318 yards (63.6 average) and one touchback at BYU ... Recorded five kickoffs for 292 yards (58.4 average) at Cincinnati.

2021: Named First-Team All-AAC by the leagues head coaches becoming the second Pirate to earn top specialist honors since Jake Verity in 2018 … Two-time league specialist-of-the-week selection (11/15 and 11/22) … Appeared in all 12 games tallying 96 points tying for ninth on the ECU single-season charts … Connected on 19 of 23 three-pointers and 39 of 41 PATs (1/ASU, 2/SC, 6/MAR, 4/CSU, 7/TLN, 1/UCF, 3/HOU, 2/USF, 6/TEM, 3/MEM, 3/Navy, 1/CIN) ... Tallied five multi-FG games (2/ASU, 3/UCF, 3/MEM, 3/Navy, 2/CIN) … Kicked game-winning FG of 54 yards at Navy as time expired (career-long) ... Notched three 3-FG games in his career (UCF, MEM, Navy) ... Established new career-highs in PATs (7), KOs (9) and KO yards (563) vs. Tulane ... Had career-best five TBs at Marshall (9/18/21) ... Made at least one FG in 11 of 12 games (nine-straight to close out the season) ... Tallied career-best 12 points in a game twice (MEM, Navy) ... Recovered onside kick at Marshall setting up game-winning drive w/2:16 remaining … Led The American in field goal attempts (23), kick scoring (8.0) and tied for first in field goals made (19) … Stood among the NCAA leaders in FGs per game (18th/1.58), FG percentage (26th/82.6) and scoring (38th/8.0 ppg).

2020: Did not experience game-day action as a true freshman (redshirted) … Joined the ECU program as a walk-on from nearby Wilmington.

High School: A First-Team All-Mideastern Conference performer at New Hanover High School as a senior … Converted a combined 90.0 percent of kicks (PATs and field goals) in 2019 … Responsible for 105 points during senior campaign, three of those coming on a career-best 50-yard field goal … Invited to play in the 2020 Polynesian Bowl (Honolulu), a prestigious annual all-star game featuring some of the nation’s top prep standouts.

Personal: A business management major … Earned inclusion on the ECU Dean’s List for classroom excellence during both the 2020 fall semester and 2021 spring term.