Media release: Darlington School will retire Shawn Powell's football jersey this Friday at the Huffman Athletic Center around 7:15 p.m. (between the girls and boys basketball games).
Powell, who replaced Brian Moorman as the punter for the Buffalo Bills this season, graduated from Darlington School in Rome, GA, in 2007. In high school, he was a three-sport athlete in high school (football, basketball and baseball). He went on to play football at Florida State University, where he earned his bachelor's and master's degrees.
In his football career, he has achieved many accolades including:
- 2-Time First Team All-Area Punter
- Class AA First Team All-State
- AJC All-Classification All-Decade Team
- FSU career leader in net punting average
- FSU record for season punting average
- Team MVP 2011
- Special Teams Captain
- First Team All-ACC Punter 2011
- Consensus First Team all-American 2011
- 2011 National Punter of the Year Award
- Holds Buffalo Bills Rookie Punting Average
- Currently 5th All-Time Highest Punting Average in Buffalo History
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