Troy University Athletics
2021 Football Roster
Roster
Brooks Buce
- Position:
- K
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 175
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Johns Creek, Ga.
- High School:
- Greater Atlanta Christian
- Prev School:
- Georgia
Troy
2021 (Junior): Made 8-of-9 field goal attempts … Averaged 61.8 yards on his 32 kickoff attempts with 16 touchbacks before an injury limited him to just field goals and extra points for the final five games of the season … Made his first eight field goal attempts on the year, only miss was a 45-yard attempt in the season finale at Georgia State (made a 48-yard kick earlier in the game) … Made 24 straight extra-point attempts to end the season (two misses came due to poor protection) … First field goal of the season – at ULM – came 1,751 days after his last attempt in a game (at Greater Atlanta Christian High School) … Sun Belt Player of the Week after hitting a pair of kicks, including the game-winner against Georgia Southern … Held opponents to an average starting field position of the 26.8-yard line on his kickoffs … Ranked 13th nationally among kickers with nine attempts with his 88.9 success rate on field goals
Georgia
2019 (Sophomore): Team’s No. 2 placekicker behind Rodrigo Blankenship ... Handled two kickoffs vs. Murray State, both resulting in touchbacks ... Also kicked off twice vs. Arkansas State, with one touchback ... Honored as one of the special teams recipients for the 2019 Hugh Hendrix Award for the player who most “strains his potential”
2018 (RS-Freshman): Team’s No. 2 place kicker throughout the season ... Saw his first action with two second-half kickoffs vs. UMass, both resulting in touchbacks
2017 (Freshman): Walked on the team and took a redshirt
High School: Greater Atlanta Christian … First team all-state placekicker his senior year …. Broke his own school record for longest field goal at 54 yards … Owns school record for field goals in a season (12 of 17), career field goals (24) and touchbacks in a game (9 )… Senior Elite Classic and all-metro first teams … Region Specialist of the Year by the AJC … Named First-Team All-State punter by the AJC and the Associated Press his junior year with 63 touchbacks on the season … In addition to football, played lacrosse and baseball
Personal: Full Name: Brooks Ryan Buce ... Son of Kristi and Doug Buce … Two brothers, Trevor and Sawyer ... Majoring in interdisciplinary studies; on track to graduate this fall
