| High School: Three-sport standout at Cedar Grove High School, earning eight letters in football, basketball, and baseball...played defensive back, wide receiver, defensive end, punter, and kicker for head coach Ed Sadloch in football...three-year starter...two-time all-conference punter...earned first team all-area, second team All-Essex County, and third team All-State honors at punter as a senior when he averaged 42 yards per punt...also converted 40 extra points as a senior and had nine career field goals...holds school records for longest punt (67 yards) and longest field goal (40 yards)...team won three straight league titles and won state title his senior year...as a senior competed in Paul Robeson Football Classic and Governor's Bowl All-Star Game...National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award winner...played first base in baseball and earned all-conference honors as a senior...led team to three straight league titles and two state titles...
At Delaware: Senior and fourth-year member of the squad...former walk-on who is a two-year letterwinner...one of the top returning punters in the Atlantic 10...has great placement on his punts...has appeared in 29 straight games as Hens’ punter...will also serve as team’s backup holder on field goals and extra points behind wide receiver Joe Bleymaier...in two seasons has punted 132 times (No. 8 all-time at Delaware) for 4,998 yards (No. 7) and 37.9 average (No. 5)...has had just one punt blocked in his career...has landed 40 of his career punts inside the opponent 20-yard line (30 percent)...has had 10 punts travel over 50 yards in his career...averaged 42.0 yards on six punts in spring game...
2004: Second season as team’s punter...played in all 13 games for team that went 9-4, won the Atlantic 10 title, and advanced to the NCAA I-AA quarterfinals...punted 65 times for 2,421 yards and a 37.2 average...had four punts go for over 50 yards, including a career-long 60-yarder vs. Richmond...had five touchbacks, 10 fair catches, and 20 land inside the opponent 20-yard line...ranked eighth in the Atlantic 10 and 56th in NCAA I-AA with 37.2 average...landed four of eight punts inside the 20 vs. Towson and four of six inside the 20 vs. Navy...had season best 44.0 yard average on five punts, including a 53-yarder, in regular season win over William & Mary and averaged 41.8 yards on five punts in I-AA playoff setback to William & Mary...also had a 50-yard punt vs. Towson and a 52-yarder vs. West Chester...had first career punt blocked vs. James Madison, a game in which he played with an injured ankle suffered during the game...punted a season-high nine times in win over Hofstra and fumbled a snap in the end zone that Hofstra covered for a touchdown in the third quarter...averaged 45.6 yards on eight punts in spring game...
2003: Took over punting duties in the spring for third team ALL-Atlantic 10 Conference pick Ryan Bleiler who graduated and had a solid season in leading Delaware to a 15-1 record and the NCAA I-AA national title...punted 67 times for 2,577 yards and a 38.5 average...had 20 punts fall inside 20-yard line...had three touchbacks and seven fair catches and did not have a punt blocked...ranked ninth in the Atlantic 10 and 54th in NCAA I-AA in punting average...67 punts were the fifth highest in school history, 2,577 yards were fifth highest, and average was 11th best in school history...Delaware led Atlantic 10 in punt coverage (2.1 yards per return) and fourth in net punting (36.3)...had season-best 45.6 average vs. West Chester was the sixth best single game mark in school history...also averaged 43.3 yards on six punts vs. Hofstra...hit six punts of 50 or more yards, including a career-long 54-yarder in NCAA championship game vs. Colgate...also had 53-yarders vs. Northeastern and Southern Illinois...had a 59-yard punt in the spring game...
2002: Did not see game action as backup punter behind Ryan Bleiler...team went 6-6 under first-year head coach K.C. Keeler...2001: Sat out redshirt season and retained freshman eligibility...team went 4-6 for Hall of Fame head coach Tubby Raymond in his final season...
Personal: Michael Brian Weber ("web-ur”)...born Aug. 17, 1983...son of Alan and Barbara Weber...health and physical education-major...avid golfer...has two brothers...older brother, Matt, played defensive back at the College of New Jersey...father played college football at Montclair (NJ) State and later went on to coach there...father is a 30-year veteran of coaching and currently assists at Cedar Grove HS. |