ShareThe Florida State defense was outstanding on Friday night, but it was a special teams player that was perhaps most special in the Seminoles’ 14-0 victory over Boston College to open ACC play.
Senior punter Cason Beatty is the Florida State Football Player of the Week for Week 3 after helping FSU win the field position battle on a night when points were hard to come by.
Though he’s been maligned for much of his career, Beatty was invaluable on Friday. Beatty averaged better than 52 yards-per-punt on seven punts including a 58-yard kick that was downed at the FSU 1-yard-line. Four of Beatty’s seven punts were downed inside the 20.
After a largely inconsistent career, Beatty looks to finally be emerging as a senior. For the year, Beatty is averaging 44.6 yards-per-punt, which ranks third in the ACC.
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Mike Ferguson is a Bloguin contributor, the editor of Noled Out and a lifetime Florida State sports enthusiast. Mike vividly remembers watching Warrick Dunn run down the sideline in Gainesville in 1993, the "Choke at Doak" in 1994 and Monte Cummings' driving layup to beat #1 Duke in 2002. Mike has worked as a sports reporter in both print and online. For isportsweb in 2013, Mike gave press coverage of Florida State football's run to the 2013 national championship. Mike has been featured on SI.com, FoxSports.com and Yahoo Sports while interviewing major sports stars such as 2013 National League MVP Andrew McCutchen. Mike graduated from Florida State University in 2009 with a major in Religion and a minor in Communications. Mike currently resides in Haines City, Florida with his wife Jennifer and daughters Trinity and Greenly. Mike is a full-time reporter at Polk County's newspaper, The Ledger, in Lakeland, Florida. Mike can be followed on Twitter @MikeWFerguson.
