88  Joe Mansour
	Class: Sophomore Hometown: LaGrange, Ga. High School: LaGrange Height / Weight: 6-2 / 188 Position: Kicker/Punter Experience: 1L

• National Kickoff Specialist of the Week for the Louisville game by the College Football Performance Awards (2010)

Versatile performer can handle placekicks, punting and kickoff off ... Handled kickoffs for much of his freshman season ... Hit 38-yard gamewinning field goal in the final minute of the Blue/White Spring Game.

High School: First-team All-America kicker among medium-sized high schools as selected by MaxPreps.com ... Also named first team on the Georgia "All-Decade" Team by MaxPreps ... Long-range kicker had six field goals over 50 yards during his career ... Made field goals of 59, 56 and 52 yards during his senior season at LaGrange High School ... The 59-yarder is the third-longest in Georgia high school history ... Had touchbacks on 84 percent of his kickoffs ... Punted for a 42.7-yard average ... First-team allstate by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Georgia Sports Writers Association for Class AAA ... The nation's No. 2 punter prospect by Scout.com and the No. 15 kicker as evaluated by Rivals.com ... Averaged 41.4 yards per punt as a junior, with 83 percent of his kickoffs in the end zone ... Four-year starter also hit field goals of 55 yards as a junior, 53 yards as a sophomore and 50 yards as a freshman ... LaGrange, a perennial power, advanced to the state playoffs each season, with a best finish of 11-3 in the state semifinals his junior year ... Continues the tradition of Grangers at UK, joining current Wildcats Randall Burden, Qua Huzzie, Tristian Johnson, Pat Simmons and Mychal Bailey ... Coached by Steve Pardue ... Played for the winning South team in the Georgia North-South All-Star Game, nailing a pair of field goals and all three extra points in a 27-20 victory ... Very good athlete in addition to his kicking skills ... "Joe is a tremendous talent," Pardue said. "He's a great athlete and could have played another position for us but he was just too valuable in the kicking game. His accuracy consistently improved over the years. He came in a good punter and left a great one." ... Played for the basketball and baseball teams, earning allregion honors in baseball ... Member of the student council and the school's service club ... Honor-roll student.

Personal: Born in LaGrange, Ga. ... Son of Nasor and Emily Mansour ... Name is pronounced "MAN-soo-er" ... Major is undeclared.