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Carson Wiggs

	Class: Junior
	Hometown: Grand Prairie, Texas
	High School: South Grand Prairie

	Height / Weight: 6-0 / 202
	Position: Kicker-Punter

Quoting Coach Gibboney: "A great talent with a major-league leg who has only scratched the surface ... expect him to do great things for us."

Career: Ranks tied for 18th on Purdue career field goals list with 8.

2008: Appeared in all 12 games ... ranked second on team with 43 points ... made 8 of 11 field goal attempts ... connected on 19 of 21 PAT attempts ... averaged 58.6 yards on 41 kickoffs, including three touchbacks ... averaged 31.2 yards on six punts, including five inside the 20-yard line, one touchback and one fair catch ... made eight of last nine field goals ... made all six field goal attempts under 40 yards ... first successful field goal was school-record 53-yarder at Ohio State on Oct. 11 ... made two field goals at Northwestern on Oct. 18 (20 and 37 yards), vs. Minnesota on Oct. 25 (31 and 40 yards) and vs. Indiana on Nov. 22 (24 and 38 yards).

High School: Ranked as No. 4 kicker nationally by ESPN.com and No. 11 by Rivals.com ... participated in Under Armour All-Star Game in January 2008 ... honorable mention all-state and first team all-district as both punter and kicker his senior season after averaging 37 yards per punt and making 8 of 13 field goals ... honorable mention academic all-state ... made a 46-yard field goal as junior ... made 15 of 23 field goals and 67 of 69 PAT attempts for career ... coach was David Fischer.

Personal: Given name is Carson Michael Wiggs ... born Feb. 20, 1990 ... building construction management major.