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Logan named to Ray Guy Award Watch List
8/14/2026 11:00:00 AM | Football
Augusta, GA (August 14, 2026) - The Augusta Sports Council is pleased to announce the Preseason Watch List for the 2026 Ray Guy Award. Named for football's premier punter, the Ray Guy Award honors the nation's top collegiate punter in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Middle Tennessee's Ashton Logan made the prestigious list.
Logan, a senior from Anaheim Hills, Calif., ended his first year with the Blue Raiders last season averaging 44.7 yards a punt while placing 29 inside the 20-yard line and seeing 19 of his kicks go for 50 or more yards. His 44.7-yard average went down as the second-best at MTSU for a single-season.
2026 Ray Guy Award Preseason Watch List
Dante Atton, Temple
Oscar Bird, Ole Miss
Grant Chadwick, LSU
John Hoyet Chance, TCU
Alec Clark, Florida
Evan Crenshaw, Troy
Oscar Doyle, Boise State
Bart Edmiston, Wyoming
Hunter Green, Washington
Bryan Hansen, West Virginia
Daniel Hughes, Florida State
Dylan Joyce, Miami
Ashton Logan, Middle Tennessee
Bryce McFerson, Maryland
Grayson Miller, Oklahoma
Ethan Pulliam, Mississippi State
Jackson Ross, Tennessee
Daniel Sparks, Virginia
Pierse Stainton, Miami (Ohio)
Tyler White, Texas A&M
Palmer Williams, Baylor
The candidates on the list incorporate a broad spectrum of FBS punters and were compiled based on previous Ray Guy Award Semifinalists, 2025 All-American, and All-Conference selections, top performing punters, and 2026 Preseason All-American, and Preseason All-Conference selections.
This is not a final list as the winner of the Ray Guy Award does not need to appear on the preseason watch list. The number of eligible candidates for the award will grow when the award opens nominations. A final watch list will be announced in early November, and the Ray Guy Award committee will meet to select the ten semifinalists in mid-November.
A national body of Football Bowl Subdivision sports information directors, media representatives, and previous Ray Guy Award winners will vote for the top three finalists to be announced in late November. After the finalists are named, the voting body will cast ballots again to select the nation's top punter. The winner will be announced live during The Home Depot College Football Awards airing on ESPN in December.
Logan, a senior from Anaheim Hills, Calif., ended his first year with the Blue Raiders last season averaging 44.7 yards a punt while placing 29 inside the 20-yard line and seeing 19 of his kicks go for 50 or more yards. His 44.7-yard average went down as the second-best at MTSU for a single-season.
2026 Ray Guy Award Preseason Watch List
Dante Atton, Temple
Oscar Bird, Ole Miss
Grant Chadwick, LSU
John Hoyet Chance, TCU
Alec Clark, Florida
Evan Crenshaw, Troy
Oscar Doyle, Boise State
Bart Edmiston, Wyoming
Hunter Green, Washington
Bryan Hansen, West Virginia
Daniel Hughes, Florida State
Dylan Joyce, Miami
Ashton Logan, Middle Tennessee
Bryce McFerson, Maryland
Grayson Miller, Oklahoma
Ethan Pulliam, Mississippi State
Jackson Ross, Tennessee
Daniel Sparks, Virginia
Pierse Stainton, Miami (Ohio)
Tyler White, Texas A&M
Palmer Williams, Baylor
The candidates on the list incorporate a broad spectrum of FBS punters and were compiled based on previous Ray Guy Award Semifinalists, 2025 All-American, and All-Conference selections, top performing punters, and 2026 Preseason All-American, and Preseason All-Conference selections.
This is not a final list as the winner of the Ray Guy Award does not need to appear on the preseason watch list. The number of eligible candidates for the award will grow when the award opens nominations. A final watch list will be announced in early November, and the Ray Guy Award committee will meet to select the ten semifinalists in mid-November.
A national body of Football Bowl Subdivision sports information directors, media representatives, and previous Ray Guy Award winners will vote for the top three finalists to be announced in late November. After the finalists are named, the voting body will cast ballots again to select the nation's top punter. The winner will be announced live during The Home Depot College Football Awards airing on ESPN in December.
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