2010 Football Roster

35 Patrick Dolan

  • Position P/K
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 200
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Mobile, Ala.
  • Highschool McGill Toolen

Biography

2010 Season (Senior): Left as Nicholls’ all-time career leader in punting average (43.1)… named first-team All-Southland and All-Louisiana… Southland Conference All-Academic and Football Student Athlete of the Year… FCS ADA Academic All-Star… named Nicholls Outstanding Special Ops Player… garnered Phil Steele's FCS Postseason All-American fourth-team honors… started all 11 games as the punter… had 63 punts for 2,721 yards, leading the SLC and ranking sixth in FCS with a 43.2 average… had a career-long 74-yard punt against Southeastern La… punted for a career-high 336 yards on eight punts… had 17 50-plus yard punts and 26 inside the 20-yard line.

As a junior (2009) – Played in all 11 games for the Colonels… Had 59 punts for 2,521 for a 42.7 average with a long of 64… Named All-Southland First Team punter, while also notching All-LSWA First Team honors… Was named LSWA Special Teams Player of the Week once…Voted to the Capital One Bank/Southland All-Academic Team… Had a career game against the Air Force Academy with seven punts for 327 yards with three going 50-plus… Had one land inside the 20-yard line in the game… Had two tackles on the season, both coming at Sam Houston State… Of his 59 punts, 13 went over 50 yards and 17 landed inside the 20-yard line… His career long of 64 yards came against Jacksonville State.

As a sophomore (2008) - Played in all nine games for the Colonels... Had 38 punts for a 42.4 average and a long of 57 yards against Memphis... Punted 10 times inside the opponents 20 yard line... Had 30 kickoffs averaging 53.7 yards and one touchback... Named SLC and LSWA Special Teams Player of the Week following his performance against Sam Houston State... Named All-SLC First Team Punter and LSWA Second Team Punter... Member of the SLC All-Academic Team.

As a redshirt freshman (2007) - Played in four games... Had five punts for a 49.6 average and a long of 65 yards against Northwestern State... Registered two kickoffs for a 56.0 average and a no touchbacks.

As a true freshman (2006) - Received a medical redshirt.

At McGill Toolen High School - Prepped under Coach Steve Savarese at McGill-Toolen High School ... A First-Team All-State punter ... First-Team All-Region punter and kicker ... Averaged 41.8 yards per punt ... 75% of his kickoffs were touchbacks ... Was 6-of-9 in field goal attempts with his longest being a 48-yarder ... Was 31-of-33 in extra point attempts ... Was chosen to play in the Alabama North-South All-Star Game ... A four-year honor roll student.

Personal - Born August 1, 1988 in Mobile, Alabama... Son of Danny and Linda Dolan... Majoring in Marketing.

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