FSU punter Shawn Powell named consensus All-American

Tuesday was a very good day for Florida State punter Shawn Powell.

Early in the day, he told an FSU reporter that he had just learned he was invited to the East-West Shrine Game in St. Petersburg next month. An all-star bowl for invited draft eligible seniors, the game will give him another chance to impress NFL scouts — if his 2011 season hadn’t already done so. The game will be held at Tropicana Field on Jan. 21.

Late Tuesday night, school officials learned that the NCAA was granting Powell consensus All-America status, after he was listed earlier this preseason on several All-America teams, including the prestigious Walter Camp, the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and the Associated Press.

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Congratulations,

Coach Gran.

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by Dr.KennethNoisewater on Dec 21, 2011 3:59 PM EST reply actions 4 recs

Fisher deserves all the praise.

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by FrankDNole on Dec 21, 2011 3:59 PM EST up reply actions

Ha! Except for that one Shawn shanked a few games back.

That’s on Bowden.

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by Dr.KennethNoisewater on Dec 21, 2011 4:01 PM EST up reply actions

Thank you!

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by FrankDNole on Dec 21, 2011 4:02 PM EST up reply actions

You should write him an "Im sorry" note

For all the meanie things you said about him earlier in some of the games this year.

You probably hurt his feelings.

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by CornNole on Dec 21, 2011 7:04 PM EST up reply actions

I don't know how to feel...

Happy for Shawn for being MVP of the team.

Disappointed that our MVP is the punter.

by nbj08 on Dec 21, 2011 4:17 PM EST reply actions

When your punter is as incredible as our's is..

That’s not a bad thing.

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by shonole on Dec 21, 2011 4:41 PM EST up reply actions

ours*

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by shonole on Dec 21, 2011 4:44 PM EST up reply actions

Unconvinced.

by nbj08 on Dec 21, 2011 4:47 PM EST up reply actions

Field position value is masssssive

by jmnpb996 on Dec 21, 2011 5:10 PM EST up reply actions

I understand the argument,

and I agree he was a tremendous asset to our team. But a punter ought not be the most valuable player.

I don’t like this train of thought, but it has been the trend recently:

The Heisman trophy is awarded to the MVP of the best team. A punter, to my knowledge, has never been awarded the Heisman trophy. If our team’s MVP was the punter, then it doesn’t say many good things about the rest of the team.

Just disappointed with the (rest of the) team, that’s all.

by nbj08 on Dec 21, 2011 5:48 PM EST up reply actions

Alabama

Ask them if they would like to have Shawn Powell or Dustin Hopkins. Actually ask them after September the 9th.

by SarasotaSeminole on Dec 21, 2011 7:43 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

What if we'd had a player on the defense be our MVP?

Only one defensive player has ever won the Heisman. Does that mean there hasn’t been a plethora of defensive talent on the field?

Shawn is an fantastic punter, and a great teammate. The accolades are well deserved. I have no problem at all with him being our MVP. He continually set our defense up with exceptional field position. The only other player would had the same level of singular impact would be Dustin. Add to that Shawn is a senior, I say, MVP all the way.

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by shonole on Dec 21, 2011 10:32 PM EST up reply actions

The Heisman analogy was just an example

I tend to prefer offensive players for MVP, as it seems many do. But that’s a bit off topic.

I’m not questioning his worth to our team. I’m not even saying he shouldn’t be MVP of this year’s team.

All I’m trying to say is that, ideally, we should have an MVP either on defense (see: Troy Polamalu) or offense (see: Aaron Rodgers or Adrian Peterson).

But we didn’t have that type of player this year. Which is sad.

by nbj08 on Dec 21, 2011 10:51 PM EST up reply actions

Cheers to that.

It is sad that we don’t have that impact player on offense/defense.

I still think Shawn had one of those years, where, even if we had another impact player, he may well have been our MVP anyway.

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by shonole on Dec 21, 2011 11:14 PM EST up reply actions

pretty sure we had about 6

impact players on defense

by SoMD_Nole on Dec 22, 2011 9:45 AM EST up reply actions

Maybe that's the problem?

We’re spoiled with so much extraordinary defensive talent, that it’s hard to pick on that’s better than the others?

Although, for the record, I think we only had two true “impact” players. (Possibly three). Werner, Jernigan, (and Joyner)

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by shonole on Dec 22, 2011 12:45 PM EST up reply actions

I hear ya

but it beats being 7-5 or 6-6, with no MVP.

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by Dr.KennethNoisewater on Dec 21, 2011 5:12 PM EST up reply actions

Indeed

by nbj08 on Dec 21, 2011 5:48 PM EST up reply actions

Gano 2.0

Congrats to him. Gran is proving his worth yet again. Raise?

by CCDFSU07 on Dec 21, 2011 4:42 PM EST up reply actions

The Team MVP should be the entire defense.

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Jimbo Fisher is now 4-0 against UF and UM.

by pasadenanole22 on Dec 21, 2011 5:16 PM EST up reply actions

Was he concensus last year?

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by Jonathan Loesche on Dec 21, 2011 4:56 PM EST reply actions

I have to admit,

during Powell’s freshman/sophomore year, I feared he would get one blocked every time he punted. Really glad I have no football sense. Congrats to our MVP.

by MRMAGOO on Dec 21, 2011 4:56 PM EST reply actions