2019 Football Roster
Roster
Dane Roy
- Position:
- P
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 240
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bunyip, Australia
- High School:
- St. Paul's ASG
• 2019 Ray Guy Finalist
• 2019 Phil Steele All-American Third Team
• 2019 American Athletic Conference Co-Special Teams Player of the Year
• 2019 American Athletic Conference First Team
• 2019 Athlon Sports Preseason American Athletic Conference Third Team
• 2018 Ray Guy Award Watch List
• 2018 Athlon Sports Preseason American Athletic Conference Second Team
• American Special Teams Player of the Week (Sept. 18, 2017)
• 2017 Athlon Sports Preseason American Athletic Conference Third Team
• 2016-17 American All-Academic Team
• American Special Teams Player of the Week (Nov. 14, 2016)
2019: Became Houston's first-ever finalist for the Ray Guy Award ... was named the American Athletic's Co-Special Teams Player of the Year ... First-team all-conference selection ... set school single-season record, averaging 46.9 yards per punt ... finished with 54 punts for 2,531 yards ... Had 22 punts of 50-plus yards and logged 30 punts down inside the 20 ... helped the Cougars to the No. 2 ranking nationally in net punting (43.5) ... recorded five punts for 228 yards with a long of 69 yards and two inside the 20 in at No. 4/4 Oklahoma (Sept. 1)... had four punts for 180 yards with a long of 56 and one inside the 20 in win vs. Prairie View A&M (Sept. 7)... tagged three punts inside the 20 for 144 yards vs. Washington State in the AdvoCare Texas Kickoff (Sept. 13)... finished with four punts for 181 yards with a long of 57 and three inside the 20 at Tulane (Sept. 19)... booted five punts for 231 yards with a long of 58 and three inside the 20 in win at North Texas (Sept. 28)... broke the Houston single-game record averaging 54.0 yards per punt vs. No. 25 Cincinnati (Oct. 12)... recorded four punts for 216 yards with three falling inside the 20... tallied six punts for 285 yards with three inside the 20 in win at UConn (Oct. 19)... posted five punts for 232 yards with two inside the 20 vs. SMU (Oct. 24)... finished with six punts for 286 yards, including two over 50 yards, with one inside the 20 at UCF (Nov. 2)... also had one kickoff for 60 yards... recorded four punts for 193 yards, booting two over 50 yards and placing three inside the 10 vs. Memphis (Nov. 16)... booted with eight punts for 355 yards, sending three over 50 yards and placing six inside the 20 to break Houston record for career punt yards in win at Tulsa (Nov. 23)... also broke record for single-season punt average at 46.9 yards... appeared in 50th career game in season finale vs. Navy (Nov. 30).
2018: Second in The American with 22 punts inside his opponents’ 20-yard line ... forced 24 fair catches … helped Houston rank second in The American with an average of 8.4 yards per return given up ... recorded three punts for 136 yards with a long of 47 yards and two inside the 20 in win at Rice ... had six punts for 248 yards with a long of 45 and two inside the 20 in win against Arizona ... added a 54-yard kickoff ... had six punts for 237 yards with a long of 53 and two inside the 20 at Texas Tech ... had four punts for 162 yards with a long of 45 yards and one inside the 20 in win against Tulsa ... had 10 punts for 430 yards with a long of 49 and five inside the 20 in win at ECU .... had one punt for 38 yards in win at Navy ... had two 46-yard punts for 92 yards in win over No. 21/20 USF ... also had a 58-yard kickoff ... had seven punt for 304 yards with a long of 56 and three inside the 20 at SMU ... had four punts for 182 yards with a long of 59 and two inside the 20 against Temple ... had five punts for 184 yards with a long of 46, one inside the 20 and one touchback in win over Tulane ... had seven punts for 315 yards with a long of 49 and three inside the 20 at Memphis.
2017: Appeared in all 12 games at punter ... totaled 58 punts for a season average of 41.8 yards ... drilled 25 inside his opponents' 20-yard line to lead The American and had eight 50+ yard punts ... ended the year by dropping two of his five punts inside Fresno State's 20-yard line in the Hawaii Bowl, averaging 43.4 yards per punt ... tallied two punts for an average of 47.5, both of which fell inside the 20 at Tulane ... had three punts for an average of 46.0 yards in win vs. ECU ... tallied eight punts for an average of 48.0 yards in win at No. 17 USF ... had six punts for 269 yards for an average of 44.8 yards vs. Memphis including a career-long 59-yard punt ... had a 52 yard punt vs. Texas Tech ... had three punts for 121 yards for an average of 40.3 yards in win over Rice (Sept. 16) ... dropped all three of his punt attempts inside the Rice 20-yard line, including one inside the 10, forcing the Owls into two fair catches and no returns ... tallied six punts for a total of 260 yards, an average of 43.3 yards in season opener at Arizona ... had two punts inside the 20 and one touchback in 19-16 win.
2016: Houston’s starting punter in all 13 games ... tallied 59 punts for an average of 40.6 yards ... totaled six 50+ yard punts and placed 20 punts inside the 20-yard line ... had two punts for an average of 44 yards and ran for a first down of 11 yards on a fake punt at Memphis ... threw a 15-yard pass to Byron Simpson and had seven punts for 299 yards with a long of 47 yards in a home win vs. No. 3 Louisville ... tallied a career-long 53 yard punt and totaled 11 punts for 486 yards in a home win vs. Tulane ... had six punts for an average of 41.8 yards at SMU ... tallied seven punts for an average of 42.1 yards in a home win vs. UConn ... had six punts and four inside the 20 in a road win at Cincinnati ... tallied a 50-yarder in both wins over Lamar and No. 3 Oklahoma.
Prior to Houston: A 27-year old former ice cream salesman from Bunyip, Australia, Roy comes to Houston after picking up the art of punting at ProKick Australia.
Roy, an Australian rules football player for Richmond Central, won the longest kick competition at the AFL grand final in Melbourne, Australia, after booting a torpedo 73 meters, which equates to 79 yards. Roy, who stands 6-7, also has a personal-best hang time of 5.4 seconds.
CAREER HIGHS
Punts: 11, Tulane (11/12/16)
Punt Average: 54.0, Cincinnati (10/12/19)
Long Punt: 69, at Oklahoma (9/1/19)
Punts Inside 20: 6, at Tulsa (11/23/19)
Kickoffs: 1, 2x, last vs. USF (10/27/18)
Kickoff Average: 58.0, USF (10/27/18)
Pass Attempts: 1, Louisville (11/17/16)
Pass Completions: 1, Louisville (11/17/16)
Long Pass: 15, Louisville (11/17/16)
Passing Touchdowns: 1, Louisville (11/17/16)
Rushing Attempts: 1, at Memphis (11/25/16)
Rushing Yards: 11, at Memphis (11/25/16)
Long Rush: 11, at Memphis (11/25/16)
Tackles: 1, vs. Army (12/22/18)
