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Ryan Kopec and Ben Rosenblatt Named CoSIDA Academic All-District
11/16/2017 12:00:00 AM | Football
Providence, R.I. - Brown University senior kicker Ben Rosenblatt (Newton Center, MA) and junior punter Ryan Kopec (Alpharetta, GA) have been selected to the CoSIDA 2017 Academic All-District Football Team. Both names will be placed on the national ballot for Academic All-American consideration.
An Economics concentrator with a 3.88 gpa, Rosenblatt connected on a 19-yard field goal in Brown's win over Rhode Island, and his deep kick-offs have Brown ranked fourth nationally in kickoff return defense. Rosenblatt, Brown's leading scorer in 2017, also booted a 27-yard field goal vs. Dartmouth at Fenway Park. A transfer from Trinity, who joined the Brown squad for its last three games of 2016, Rosenblatt was named Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week after games vs. Yale and at Dartmouth last season. His 52-yard field goal at Dartmouth was the 9th-longest in Ivy League history and 2nd-longest in Brown history.
Kopec has punted 75 times for a 39.8 yards per punt average, third best in the Ivy League, including a long boot of 69 yards against Harvard. Kopec, a Business Economics concentrator with a 3.67 gpa, punted 10 times for a 41.8-yard average vs. the Crimson. He had a big day vs. Penn, punting for a 47.8 yards per punt average, including a 59 yarder. Kopec took over the punting duties at midseason last year and punted 38 times for a 36.8 yards per punt average.
