Bledsoe County’s Gabe Boring was named the Tennessee Titans Mr. Football kicker of the year Monday afternoon.
The first player in Bledsoe County’s history to win a Mr. Football award, Boring was honored during the TSSAA’s awards luncheon at the Titans Nissan Stadium. One player from each of the state’s nine classifications was honored as Mr. Football, plus the kicker representing all classifications.
“I wasn’t really that nervous. I was just glad to be there, just to be selected to be a finalist,” said Boring, who has scholarship offers from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Texas-San Antonio and also is being recruited by Ole Miss and Virginia Tech. “I’ve wanted this award for a few years and have worked for it, so it felt really good to get it. I’m pretty excited, to be honest.”
Other Mr. Football finalists from the area were Notre Dame’s Cam Wynn in Division II-AA and Marion County’s Jacob Saylors and Meigs County’s Aaron Swafford in Class 2A.
Boring was perfect on 11 extra-point kicks this season and was 5-of-6 on field-goal attempts, with a long of 47 yards. He led the area with a 47-yard punting average as well.