Gunter Earns Spot on 2014 CFPA Watch List

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Miami Hurricanes senior DB Ladarius Gunter is one of 42 FBS defensive backs named to the 2014 CFPA Defensive Back Trophy Watch List. Gunter is also one of only eight ACC players on the preseason list.

The Montgomery, Ala., native started the Hurricanes’ first 12 games in 2013, missing only the Russell Athletic Bowl due to injury. He recorded 46 tackles (36 solo) with two TFL, six pass break-ups and three interceptions. He was named ACC Defensive Player of the Week for Oct. 7, 2013, after returning an INT 30 yards for a TD in a win over Georgia Tech. He was then named ACC Specialist of the Week for Oct. 21, 2013, after returning a blocked FG for a TD in a comeback road win at North Carolina.

Miami’s Leonard Hankerson won the 2010 CFPA Wide Receiver of the Year Award and Pat O’Donnell won the 2013 CFPA Punter of the Year Award.

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About College Football Performance Awards
The goal of College Football Performance Awards is to provide the most scientifically rigorous conferments in college football. Recipients are selected exclusively based upon objective scientific rankings of the extent to which individual players increase the overall effectiveness of their teams.

As prominent scholars from a wide variety of disciplines note, CFPA eliminates the politics and biases that vitiate balloting-based awards. Furthermore, CFPA has received praise from both Republican and Democratic White House officials for promoting objectivity and fairness in college football.

CFPA is now in its seventh season of player and team performance recognition. Twenty-eight CFPA winners have been first-round NFL Draft selections.