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2024 Football Roster

25 Daton Montiel

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 182
  • Position Kicker/Punter
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Pompano Beach, Fla.
  • Previous School Marshall
  • High School Cardinal Gibbons

Biography

2024 All-CUSA Preseason Second Team (Athlon)
2024 All-CUSA Preseason Third Team (Phil Steele)
2023 Ray Guy Watch List

2023 Phil Steele Preseason All-CUSA Team (Fourth)
2023 Athlon Preseason All-CUSA Team (Second)
2023 Conference USA Preseason Watch List
2022 All-Conference USA (Honorable Mention)
2022 Ray Guy Watch List

2023: Served as the Panthers’ primary punter…ripped a total of 72 kicks for 2,820 yards and an average of 39.2 per attempt…recorded a long punt of 58 yards and boomed a total of nine for 50 or more yards…placed 10 kicks inside the 10 and forced 41 fair catches…did not have a kick blocked…punted a season-high eight times twice.

2022: Named to the Ray Guy Award Watch List...earned All-CUSA honorable mention...saw action in all 12 games as the primary punter….punted 69 times for a total of 2,907 yards…ranked 56th nationally with an average of 42.1 yards per boot…placed 17 punts inside the 20 and forced 37 fair catches…blasted a total of 13 punts over 50 yards, including a season-long 64 yarder at New Mexico State (10/1)…placed four punts inside the 20 at Western Kentucky (9/24)…averaged a season-high of 45 yards per punt at Texas State (9/10).

2021: Appeared in six games.

2020 (Marshall): Played in two games… Logged six kickoffs for an average 54 yards with one touchback… Had two punts on the year for an average of 33 yards with one inside of the 20.
 
2019 (Marshall): Redshirted.
 
Prep: Product of Cardinal Gibbons… Posted 55 touchbacks as a senior at Cardinal Gibbons with a kickoff average of 57.5... Punted 38 times for an average of 38.3 with a long of 59, while landing eight kicks inside the 20... Made 10 of 12 career field goals and 57 of 62 extra points.

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Historical Player Information

  • 25

    2021Redshirt Freshman

    K/P
    5'11" 189 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2022Redshirt Sophomore

    Kicker/Punter
    5'11" 189 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2023Redshirt Junior

    Kicker/Punter
    5'11" 189 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2024Redshirt Senior

    Kicker/Punter
    5'11" 182 lbs
    25