Joe Kristosik

Joe Kristosik
Career information
Position(s): Punter
College: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
High school: Bishop Gorman High School
Organizations
As player:
1995-1998 UNLV Rebels
Career highlights and awards
Consensus All-American (1998)

Joe Kristosik (born c. 1974) is a former American football player. After graduating from Bishop Gorman High School in Summerlin, Nevada, he entered the working world as a door-to-door salesman and a valet before enrolling at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He was a walk-on to the UNLV Rebels football team and, after a redshirt season in 1994, he became the starting punter for the Rebels from 1995 to 1998.[1] As a senior, he led the NCAA with an average of 46.2 yards on 76 punts.[1][2] His average of 46.2 yards per punt was, at the time, the second-highest in NCAA history for a punter with at least 75 career attempts. [1] Kristosik was a consensus first-team selection for the 1998 College Football All-America Team.[3][2] He was inducted into the UNLV Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Christopher Drexel (September 18, 2008). "UNLV Hall of Fame inductee walked onto football team". Las Vegas Sun.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Kristosik Picks up Final All-America Honor: AP nod means Rebel punter is school's first unanimous choice". UNLVRebels.com. CBS Interactive. December 15, 1998.
  3. "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections". National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 6. Retrieved August 16, 2014.