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2007: As a true freshman, ranked No. 9 in the Big 12 and No. 86 nationally with a 39.1-yard average on 66 punts en route to honorable mention freshman All-America honors from The Sporting News and All-Big 12 freshman honors from same publication ... Also had 12 boots inside the 20, 17 that were fair caught and three touchbacks ... Recorded eight punts of 50-plus yards on year with a career-long 63-yarder vs. Texas Tech ... Averaged 40.0 yards or better in five games as a rookie, including a 40.8-yard mark against Oklahoma State in season finale ... Over final four games averaged 40.6 yards per punt (38.1 average in first eight games) ... On career-high tying eight punts vs. Texas Tech averaged 42.2 yards per kick ... Averaged 40.3 yards on seven kicks at Kansas State ... Placed two of five punts inside the 20 vs. No. 19 Texas and averaged 37.6 yards per punt (net 37.4 ypp) ... Averaged 40.3 yards on career-high eight punts at Texas A&M with a career-best three inside the 20 and long of 53 ... Averaged career-best 46.5 yards on four boots vs. Texas State with one inside the 20 and a long of 52 ... Fall Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll selection ... Saw action on 70 snaps as a rookie to earn first Baylor letter. High School: Keller High School, Keller, Texas ... Rated 82nd on The Dallas Morning News Area Top 100 list ... Averaged 43 yards per boot as a senior en route to first-team District 5-5A honors ... Had eight punts inside the 20 as a senior for the Indians ... 5A academic all-state elite selection ... Also a Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Area Top 50 recruit ... Placed third in kickoff completion at 2006 Randy Rogers' Lone Star Kicking Challenge ... As a junior, averaged 42 yards per punt with a hang time of 4.3-4.5 seconds ... Also handled kickoff chores for the Indians ... Selected Baylor over Northwestern and Rice ... National Honor Society member ranked 15th in 650-person senior class ... Listed in Who's Who Among America's High School Students ... Coached by Kevin Atkinson at the District 5-5A school. Personal: The son of Jeff and Laura Epperson, Derek Andrew Epperson was born April 28, 1989, in Houston, Texas ... Would like to become an orthopedic doctor after punting in the NFL ... Business major. |
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