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2012 - JUNIOR
Photo Gallery- 2012 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
- Games/Starts: 12/9
- Third-year specialist, listed as co-starter at placekicker and punter
- Primary kicker in nine of 12 games, making 9-of-12 on field goals, 37-of-40 on PATs
- Served as primary punter in final six games
- Punted 36 times for 43.1 average with 13 punts of 50-plus yards; 16 punts inside 20 and seven punts inside 10
- Handling 76 kickoffs in 2012, with 61.6 average and 25 touchbacks
- Punted five times for 42.6 including four punts inside 20-yard line vs. Kentucky (11/24); also made a 33-yard field goal
- On career-high seven punts, hit three punts of 50-plus yards and had three punts inside the 20-yard line with two inside the 10-yard line at Vanderbilt (11/17); also made a 28-yard field goal
- Booted 51 and 59-yard punts vs. Missouri (11/10) as part of 45.8 average
- Connected on 21, 31-yard field goals and career-high seven PATs along with three punts for 37.0 average vs. Troy (11/3)
- Booted career-long 66-yard punt as part of a 40.0 average at #17 South Carolina (10/27); made 5-of-5 PATs
- Served as primary kicker and punter in a game for first time in 2012 vs. #1 Alabama (10/20) and made pair of field goals (32, 21 yards); punted five times for 48.2 average including career-long 56-yard punt with two inside 20
- Made a 38-yad field goal and punted three times for 44.7 average at #19 Miss State (10/13), including career-long 54-yard punt
- Retuned to placekick Vols' final PAT at #5 Georgia (9/29) after not kicking for two games
- Posted career-high five touchbacks vs. Akron (9/22)
- Punted three times for 44.3 average with two 50-yard punts vs. #18 Florida (9/15), three punts inside 20-yard line
- Opened 2012 with two field goals (20, 34 yards) vs. NC State (8/31), also kicked off seven times with three touchbacks
2011 - SOPHOMORE
- 2011 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
- Games/Starts: 11/11
- Had 52 points on 25-of-26 PATs, made 9-of-14 field goals
- Also punted 14 times for 36.8 avg
- 43 kickoffs for 63.1 average including six touchbacks
- Made five PATs in the final three games
- Missed MTSU (11/5) game with an injury
- Made a 22-yard field goal and missed at 47-yard kick vs. South Carolina (10/29), also punted three times for 35.3 average
- Bested career-long field goal for second week in a row with a 52-yarder at #2 Alabama (10/22). Kick was longest by a Vol since Jeff Hall (53 yards) vs. Oklahoma State in 1995. Also made a 40-yard field goal. Punted five times for a 40.0 average along with a 5-yard completion on a fake punt play
- Made a 43-yard field goal along with 28-yarder vs. Georgia (10/8). Also attempted 51-yarder which was wide right for third-longest attempt of career
- Connected on pair of 28-yard field goals vs. Buffalo (10/1)
- Kicked 20-yard field goal and punted for 39 yards at #16 Florida (9/17)
- 37-yard field goal along with six PATs vs. Cincinnati (9/10)
- Recovered his own onside kick vs. Cincinnati (9/10)
- Kicked six PATs in opener vs. Montana (9/3)
- Punted twice vs. Montana for 40.5 average, long of 44
- Kicked seven times for 64.6 average with one touchback in opener vs. Montana
2010 - FRESHMAN
- Games/Starts: 11/6
- Started in six games and played in 11 overall, while serving in multiple capacities for the Tennessee special teams unit
- Primary placekicker for kickoffs for UT for most of the season and started five games, in addition to two starts at punter
- Also served as UT's field goal kicker while Daniel Lincoln was unable to play with a leg injury (LSU-Memphis)
- Tied for third in UT annals for season field goal percentage (.714) with a minimum five made (5-of-7)
- Started at both positions at LSU and punted for the first time, a season-long 51-yarder
- Also missed first career field goal, a 45-yard attempt, but scored his first points as a Vol with two PATs
- Converted first field goal at UT vs. Alabama, a 33-yarder that cut the Vols' deficit to three heading into halftime, and added a PAT
- Connected on career highs of three field goals (a UT season best) and five PATs at Memphis
- Nailed a season-long 39-yard FG to give the Vols a 3-0 lead at South Carolina
- Filled in on punting duties vs. Kentucky for the injured Chad Cunningham and executed UT's second fake punt of 2010, rushing 16 yards for a first down
- Also punted a season-high three times for an average of 39.2 yards per punt
- First action came vs. Oregon with his first career kickoff
HIGH SCHOOL
- Rated as the No. 2 overall, No. 3 most versatile and No. 5 most accurate kicker by Rivals.com
- Ranked as the No. 1 overall kicker by Scout.com
- EA Sports All-America first team
- Participated in the 2010 U.S. Army All-American Game
- Honored as FSWA first-team all-state as a senior in 2009 and FSWA third-team all-state as a junior in 2008
- Earned 2009 All-State honors by SunStateFootball.com
- Named All-County as a senior and junior
- Left-footer averaged better than 47.0 yards per punt as senior and all but five of his 43 kickoffs went for touchbacks
- Added seven field goals in 2009
- As a junior, was 76-of-78 on extra points and 98-percent of kickoffs were touchbacks
- Helped lead St. Thomas Aquinas to 5A state championship in 2008
- Coach at St. Thomas Aquinas High School: George Smith
PERSONAL
- Full Name: Michael Albert Palardy
- Born: July 6, 1992 in Margate, Florida
- Son of Craig and Bonnie Palardy
- Majoring in Communication Studies
CAREER HIGHS
- Field Goals Made - 3 vs. Memphis, 11/6/10
- Field Goals Attempted - 3 vs. Memphis, 11/6/10 & vs. Georgia, 10/8/11
- Longest Conversion - 52 at Alabama, 10/22/11
- Longest Attempt - 52 vs. Alabama, 10/23/10 & at Alabama, 10/22/11
- PATs - 7-7 vs. Troy, 11/3/12
- Punts - 7 at Vanderbilt, 11/17/12
- Punting Average - 51.0 vs. LSU, 10/2/10
- Long Punt - 66 at South Carolina, 10/27/12
- Kickoff Touchbacks - 5 vs. Akron, 9/22/12
