The college football season has been finished for months, but the accolades keep rolling in for Saint John’s University senior punter Griffin Toomey of Anchorage. He was one of 18 football players from his school recently named to the National Football Foundation & College Football Hall of Fame Hampshire Honor Society. A total of 1,089… Read more »
Saint John’s University senior punter Griffin Toomey of Anchorage played in the All-American Bowl and was part of the winning side. Team Stars defeated Team Stripes 40-33 in an all-star game for NCAA D3 senior football players in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Toomey, of South High fame, averaged 46.5 yards on two punts, with an average hang… Read more »
Football dates back to the 1900s at Saint John’s University and Anchorage’s Griffin Toomey will finish his career as one of the greats at his position. Whenever that is. The Saint John’s punter lived to play another day after the Johnnies scored on a 1-yard plunge on fourth down with no time remaining to seal… Read more »
A couple Alaska players were on the field when 10th-ranked Saint John’s beat No. 18 Dubuque 51-7 Saturday in Collegeville, Minnesota, in the first round of the NCAA D3 college football playoffs. Anchorage’s Griffin Toomey is the punter for Saint John’s and Conor Feckley of Anchorage is the backup quarterback for Dubuque. Toomey, of South… Read more »
Griffin Toomey of Anchorage reached a major milestone for the Saint John’s University football team. And he did it in style. The junior punter surpassed the 100-mark milestone with a season-best 59-yard punt that pinned the opposition inside the 5-yard line. Toomey, of South High fame, now has kicked 106 punts in 26 career games… Read more »
The playoffs brought out the best in Griffin Toomey of Anchorage. The sophomore punter made the Saint John’s special teams special during the NCAA D3 football playoffs, raising his level of play when the No. 13 Johnnies needed him most. Take a 35-7 victory over St. Scholastica in the first round when he averaged 36.5… Read more »
The best punter in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is from Alaska. Saint John’s Johnnies sophomore Griffin Toomey of Anchorage leads the NCAA D3 league with a 37.5-yard average and would lead it in air time. He also leads the league in fair catches [11] and punts downed inside the 20-yard line [17]. Toomey, of… Read more »
He didn’t score a touchdown, make a tackle or rush the ball, but Griffin Toomey of Anchorage was arguably the player of the game for the Saint John’s football team. The sophomore punter routinely pinned Concordia deep in its own territory with booming kicks in a 23-14 loss in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference opener…. Read more »
Teams that score a lot of points don’t keep their punters busy, yet when Griffith Toomey’s name is called he usually delivers for the Saint John’s University football team. The Anchorage punter was named to the all-conference team as a freshman last year and he has had a punt downed inside the opponent’s 20-yard line… Read more »
The season started with him beating out a fellow freshman for primary punting duties at Saint John’s University. It ended with Griffin Toomey of Anchorage ranked as one of the best in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Toomey earned all-MIAC honors after averaging 37.1 yards on 41 punts with a league-best punt of 64 yards…. Read more »
