Kirk Konert

Photo by: WG Sports, Willis Glassgow

Position:
Wide Receiver/Punter
Height:
6-0
Weight:
195
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Bolivar, N.Y.
High School:
Bolivar Richburg Central

Notes: One of the most versatile players on the team… slated to be a starter at a wide receiver position and the team’s punter… also returns kicks.

2007: Named first-team Academic All-PFL… caught four passes for 100 yards vs. Lenoir-Rhyne, including a 52-yarder that set up the game-winning TD… had four receptions for 94 yards and a TD at Jacksonville; also returned three kicks for 91 yards… caught six passes for 99 yards and a TD and returned six kicks for 132 yards vs. Morehead State… caught five passes for 63 yards at Wingate… posted six receptions for 40 yards and a score at Dayton… averaged 41.1 yards on seven punts with a long of 56 against Lenoir-Rhyne; put two punts inside the 20-yard line… placed three punts inside the 20 at Jacksonville… averaged 47.5 yards in two punts with a career-long of 63 yards vs. Morehead State… ranked third in the PFL in punting with 38.2 yards a kick.

2006: Set the Davidson record for kick return yardage with 616 markers... averaged 22.8 yards a return... played in all 10 games... racked up 134 all-purpose yards in the opener at VMI; had three receptions for 35 yards and four returns for 99 yards... longest return of the year was 43 yards vs. Wingate... also had a 42-yarder against San Diego... caught a 16-yard pass against Wingate and had one reception for nine yards vs. Jacksonville.

2005: Served as the team’s punter in the first nine games of the season … four times averaged at least 40 yards per punt in a game … booted a 51-yarder and dropped two inside the 20 against Greensboro … placed two more inside the 20 at Lenoir-Rhyne … had a 52-yard punt and put three inside the 20 at Jacksonville among his season-high seven punts, averaging 42.1 yards … boomed a season-long 58-yard punt versus Dayton … ran a fake punt four times, making the first down all but once … also returned a kickoff 26 yards at Valparaiso … PFL Honor Roll.

Prep Years: Three-time team MVP and senior team captain for coach Dave Baron … N.Y. State Class D Scholar-Athlete of the Year … Big 30 and N.Y. State Section V Player of the Year … two-time all-county … Big 30 All-Star … Allegany County Scholar-Athlete of the Year … N.Y. State Team Scholar-Athlete for football and basketball … National Honor Society … valedictorian … President’s Award … National Grid Scholarship … Elks Scholarship … Belva Waite Scholarship … Junior Class President.

Personal: Born March 23, 1987, in Jamestown, N.Y. … cousin Bob Torrey played for Penn State and in the NFL … son of Glenda and Sean… brother, Kam, is a freshman football player at Davidson.


RECEIVING   G   Rec    Yds  TD  Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G
2005........9     0      0   0   0   0.0   0.0   0.0
2006.......10     5     60   0  17   0.5  12.0   6.0
2007........8    27    438   3  52   3.4  16.2  54.8
TOTAL......27    32    498   3  52   1.2  15.6  18.4


KICK RET    G   No.    Yds  TD  Lg Avg/R Avg/G
2005........9     1     26   0  26  26.0   2.9
2006.......10    27    616   0  43  22.8  61.6
2007........8    18    414   0  35  23.0  51.8
TOTAL......27    46   1056   0  43  23.0  39.1


PUNTING     G   No.   Yards  Lg   Avg
2005........9    41    1550  58  37.8
2006.......10     0       0   0   0.0
2007........8    23     879  63  38.2
TOTAL......27    64    2429  63  38.0