Wait pays off for FAMU's Blanton

TALLAHASSEE, Florida  --  The offers that punter Colby Blanton received to play college football at Kentucky and FAMU were the same — come as a walk-on and try to earn your keep.

Oregon State was in the mix too, but the distance from his home in Jacksonville was too far for him to consider.

While the opportunity to be part of a BCS program was enticing, Blanton said he saw an advantage coming to FAMU. He figured he’d only have to wait one year behind former Rattler Branden Holdren instead of waiting indefinitely as would have been the case at Kentucky.

After learning under Holdren, the future is now for the 6-1, 210-pound redshirt freshman punter.

“We tried to prepare him as much as we can, and we think he is ready,” said special-teams coach Juan Vasquez. “If he performs the way we expect him to, we will have something special.”

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