CAREER: A true junior kicker who enrolled at Florida in January of 2008...Named a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award in 2009...Has handled all kickoff duties the past two years and was the team’s primary placekicker in 2009...Is 22-for-30 on field goal attempts and 44-for-47 on PATs...Kicked a career-long 56-yard field goal against Georgia in 2009, the longest in the SEC on the season.

2009: Named a semifinalist for the 2009 Lou Groza Award, given to the nation’s top placekicker...Finished 22-for-30 on field goal attempts in 2009, including six-for-nine beyond 40 yards...Made a career-long 56-yard field goal against Georgia, the longest field goal in the SEC on the season...Made two or more field goals in seven of eight SEC regular-season games this season, and added a pair against Alabama in the SEC title game...Booted a 40-yard field goal in the Sugar Bowl win over Cincinnati, making him 4-for-4 on the year between 40-49 yards...Was 2-for-2 on field goal attempts, connecting from 48 and 32 yards against Alabama in the SEC Championship Game. Converted on his only PAT of the game and amassed 277 yards on four kickoffs (69.2 avg.) versus the Crimson Tide...Connected on a 37-yarder and amassed 433 yards on seven kickoffs while going 4-of-5 on PATs versus Florida State...Tallied 649 yards on 10 kickoffs (64.9 average)and was 8-of-8 on PATs, but missed a 53-yarder against FIU...Was 1-for-4 on field goals, connecting on a 32-yarder but missing from 52, 54 and 29 yards at South Carolina. Averaged 66.6 yards on kickoffs (333 yards on five kicks) and was 2-for-2 on PATs in the road win at South Carolina...Went 2-for-2 with field goals from 27 and 45 yards against Vanderbilt and also went 3-for-3 on extra points...Nailed a career-long 56-yard field goal in the first half against Georgia, while also connecting on a 44-yard attempt. It was the second-longest FG in school history. Amassed 546 yards on eight kickoffs (68.2) in with win...His 56-yarder against the Bulldogs was the longest field goal in the SEC on the season. He is the only Gator since 1984 to connect on two field goals over 51 yards in the same season...Connected a field-goal attempt from 27 yards and twice from 21, but missed a 37-yard attempt against Mississippi State. Tallied 451 yards on seven kickoffs (64.4 average) and was 2-for-3 on PATs in the road victory...Made the game-winning field goal in the closing seconds of the game versus Arkansas from 27 yards out. Also connected on 30 and 51-yard field-goal attempts. Was named the SEC Special Teams Player of the Week and the Lou Groza Placekicker “Star of the Week” for his efforts...Was 2-for-3 in field goal attempts, connecting from 28 and 32 yards, but missed from 20 at LSU. Also averaged 60.2 yards by amassing 241 yards on four kickoffs in the win...Remained perfect on the season with two field goals at Kentucky and was one of four kickers in the SEC who had not missed a FG this season to that point...Was 3-for-3 on his first-career field goal attempts and 2-for-2 on PATs against Tennessee...Collected nine kickoffs for 557 yards while also chipping in two extra-point attempts against Troy...Tallied 10 kickoffs for 642 yards in the Gators’ win over Charleston Southern...Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll in the fall of 2009.

2008: Handled the kickoff duties for the Gators, averaging 63.7 yards on 90 kicks this season, including 12 touchbacks...Kicked off six times for 412 yards, a 68.7 average, in the SEC Championship Game against Alabama...Had a career-high 10 kickoffs in the win over The Citadel...Kicked off nine times against Kentucky, averaging 67.2 yards per kick, including three touchbacks...Was 2-for-2 on PAT attempts for the season.

PREP: Played in the Under-Armour High School All-American Game...First-team Class 3A all-state honoree at placekicker...Converted 13-of-25 field goal attempts his senior year and made 63-of-64 PAT’s...Offensive Player of the Week in the Jacksonville area by the Florida Times-Union after connecting on 32, 37 and a 50-yard field goals...Booted field goals of 42, 40 and 46 yards against Ponte Vedra Beach (Nease)...Made 8-of-16 field goal attempts in junior year, but six misses were beyond 56 yards...Made 54 of 57 point-after attempts...Named one of the most outstanding kickers by One-On-One Kicking...Averaged over 70 yards on kickoff distance at the kicking expo with Mike McCabe and kicked a long field goal of 55 yards...Also played forward on St. Augustine’s soccer squad and competed for Julington Creek...Two-star recruit by Rivals.com and earned three-star status by Scout.com...Scout.com’s No. 3 kicker nationally...Coached by Joey Wiles.

MAJOR: Sport Management

STURGIS’ CAREER HIGHS

FG Attempted: 4 (3x, last at South Carolina, 2009)

FG Made: 3 (3x, last at. Miss. St., 2009)

FG Long: 56 (vs. Georgia, 2009)

Kickoffs: 10 (3x, last vs. FIU, 2009)

Kickoff Yards: 658 (vs. The Citadel, 2008)

Kickoff Average: 69.2, 4 kicks (vs. Alabama, 2009)

Career Kicking StaTISTICS

Year    XPM     XPA     Pct.      FGA/M Pct.      Lng      Pts.

2008    2          2          1.00     0/0       .000     --          2

2009    44        47        .936     22/30   .733     56        110

Totals: 46        49        .939    22/30 .733    56        112

Career Kickoff StaTISTICS

Year    No.       Yds      Avg      TB        OB

2008    90        5733    63.7     12        8

2009    99        6377    64.4     10        4

Totals: 189     12,110            64.1    22        12