Kyle Dougherty Class: Junior Hometown: Merrit Island, Fla. High School: Merrit island Height / Weight: 5-10 / 185 Position: K Birthdate: 11/22/1988 Experience: 3rd

Updated July 9, 2009

2008: MVFC Special Teams Player of the Week for his game-winning 40-yard field goal as time expired versus Northern Iowa...Hit a career-long 52-yard field goal at Illinois State...Named honorable mention all-MVFC...Led SIU in scoring with 85 points.

2007: Led the conference and ranked third in the nation with 108 points (kicking)...Ranked among the league's best in several categories, including field goals (4th), field goal percentage (2nd) and PAT kicking percentage (4th)...His 63 PATs led the conference...Accumulated 5,771 yards on 95 kickoffs, averaging 60.7 yards per kick...Went 4-of-5 on field goals of 40 or more yards, including a career-long 44 against Illinois State...Strung together a streak of 42 consecutive PATs from Sept. 22 to Dec. 1...Named the league's Special Teams Player-of-the-Week on Nov. 11.

High School: High-profile kicker who was ranked second in the state by Florida Football Magazine...Three-year varsity starter...First-team all-district pick in 2006...Rated as the #2 kicker in the One-on-One Kicking Combine and finished second at the 2007 National Kicking and Punting Competition Expo held by One-on-One Kicking in San Antonio, Texas...Was also the kicker for the North/South Breard County All-Star Game...Held a 3.68 grade point average in the classroom.

Worth Knowing: Born November 22, 1988, in Boca Raton, Fla....Son of Dennis and Andrea Dougherty...Father is a software engineer, mother is a bank auditor...Pre-major.