Q&A: UVa’s Newest Addition to 2005 Class

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Last week, Ryan Weigand became the 24th member of the 2005 UVa football recruiting class. Weigand is a 6-1 1/2, 175-pound punter who played for Pasadena City College (Pasadena, CA) last season. He played high school football for La Salle High School (Pasadena, CA) before heading to PCC.

Weigand averaged 40.3 yards on 55 punts last season. Twelve were downed inside the opponents 20-yard line.

“He was first-team all-academic on the JC gridwire at punter last year,” Weigand said. “He was 12th in the state at punting average. He was a great kick-off guy and he was stupendous and punting the ball inside the 20. He was equally as stupendous at fielding [bad] punt-snaps. He can really catch the ball.”

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