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JOHN TORP, P
6-2, 200, Jr., 1L
Lafayette, Colo. (Monarch)
AT COLORADO: This Season (Jr.)—CU’s number one punter, and he
should contend for all-Big 12 honors if not All-American accolades,
despite being ignored by the preseason publications.
2003 (Soph.)—He played in all 12 games, as he was CU’s regular
punter, finishing fourth in the Big 12 and 31st in the nation in punting
with a 42.5 average. His 63 punts overall tied for the fifth most
ever in a single season at Colorado, with 16 placed inside-the-20
(eight inside-the-10), with 14 traveling 50 yards or longer and four
60-yards plus. He owned a 42.1 average on 21 punts inside CU’s 25,
and a 44.0 average for 57 kicks on CU’s side of the 50. While the
average return of his kicks went for 10.2 yards, only 31 of 63 were
returned, with another six fair caught (and just four touchbacks). He
executed both his fake punt attempts, the first for a 20-yard run
against No. 1 Oklahoma that was the key play in a 76-yard touchdown
march by the Buffs, and the second a week later for 10 yards
in another scoring drive at Texas Tech. A fairly talented defender, he
was in on three tackles, two being touchdown saves, after return
men eluded CU’s aggressors on his kicks. The downside was that
four of his punts were blocked, leading to a 37.3 net average (Kansas
State busted through to block two of those). He booted both his
career long and short kicks in the same game: in the finale against
Nebraska, he got off a 69-yard bomb in the first quarter, but with the
winds picking up, his last kick of the day went for just four yards, the
only negative to an otherwise spectacular day (six punts, also
including a 60-yard boot, and a 44.5 average). He was CU’s special
teams player of the week for two games, versus Colorado State (10
punts for a 40.8 average with three inside the 20 in the rain) and
Missouri (a 50.7 average on six punts, with three inside-the-20 and
punts of 61, 60 and 55 yards).
2002 (Fr.-RS)—He was the backup to Mark Mariscal, thus he had an
up-close view of the nation’s 2002 Ray Guy Award winner. He did
punt three times for a 49.7 average, all three placed inside-the-20
with a long of 63. His net average on the three kicks was a more than
healthy 49.3
2001—Redshirted; practiced at both punter and placekicker his first
year on campus.
HIGH SCHOOL—As a senior, he earned all-conference honors for
the third straight year when he scored 57 points, as he made good of
45-of-50 extra points and 4-of-6 field goal tries (with a long of 43). He
also owned a 40.3 average for 25 punts, including a long of 65 and
three inside-the-20. As a junior, he was 53-of-56 on PAT kicks and a
perfect 4-of-4 in field goals, with a long of 45. He averaged 35.8 yards
on 15 punts. Monarch was 9-3 his senior year, winning the league title
and making the state playoffs, and was 8-3 his junior and 9-3 his
sophomore seasons under coach Phil Bravo. He also lettered three
times in soccer, earning all-conference honors as a sophomore, and
three times in track (hurdles). He holds four school records in track:
110 and 300 hurdles, long jump and 2x400 relay.
ACADEMICS—He is majoring in both political science and economics
at Colorado, and intends to going to law school after he
graduates. In high school, he was an American Mathematic Award
winner and earned All-Academic honors as a senior.
PERSONAL—Born August 19, 1982 in Seattle, Wash. Hobbies include
skiing and photography.
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PUNTING In had Ret Net Net
Season G No Yds Avg Long 20 50+ blk Yds Yds Avg.
2002 2 3 149 49.7 63 3 1 0 1 148 49.3
2003 12 63 2679 42.5 69 16 14 4 326 2353 37.3
Totals 14 66 2828 42.8 69 19 15 4 327 2501 37.9
ADDITIONAL STATISTICS—Rushing: 3-16, 5.3 avg., 20 long (2003). Special Team
Tackles: 2,1—3 (2003).
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DAVID VEIKUNE, DE
6-3, 230, Fr., HS
Wahiawa, Hawai’i (Campbell)
AT COLORADO: This Season (Fr.)—He is projected as a defensive
end in his true freshman year in college.
HIGH SCHOOL—Rivals.com ranked him the No. 46 defensive tackle
in the nation, as he was a first-team all-state and all-Hawai’i Red West
defensive end his senior year by the Honolulu Star Bulletin and
Honolulu Advertiser. During his senior and junior years, he was
named to the Larry Prince All-Katoosh Team, which is a list of the
state’s 11 hardest hitters. He was also an all-state honorable mention
selection his junior season; prior to moving to Hawai’i, he played at
Onate High School in Las Cruces, N.M., when he was a sophomore
and freshman. His senior year, he totaled 92 tackles (21 solo), 26
tackles for loss with 16.5 quarterback sacks, three recovered fumbles,
two forced fumbles, 56 quarterback hurries, three pass
breakups and three blocked kicks. On offense, he saw limited action
at tight end, but still snagged one reception for 10 yards. As a junior,
he was in on 85 tackles (20 solo), including 12 tackles for loss, five
sacks, two fumble recoveries, five forced fumbles, one interception,
45 quarterback hurries, eight pass deflections and three blocked
kicks. At Onate his sophomore year, he mostly saw time on special
teams. Top games: in a win over Waianae his senior year, he had 17
total stops (six solo), three tackles for loss, seven sacks, one forced
fumble, one recovered fumble and a blocked PAT; against Leilehua
that season in a 6-0 loss, he finished with 21 tackles (six solo), with
one forced fumble and one recovered fumble; and also that year, in
a victory over Waipahu, he racked up nine tackles (two solo), including
two sacks. Under coach Tumoana Kenessey, Campbell was 2-5
his senior season and 6-2 his junior year, tying for first in the Red
West but losing in the opening round of the state playoffs. He also
lettered once in track (throws), participating in both the discus and
shot put, as well as in baseball.
ACADEMICS—He is interested in computer science as a major at
Colorado. He owned a 3.6 grade point average as a prep and was on
the Principal’s List with a 4.0 GPA several times throughout high
school.
PERSONAL—He was born December 12, 1985 in Anchorage, Alaska.
He is part of a military family, and has lived everywhere from
Anchorage to Winslow, Ariz. to Las Cruces to Hawai’i. Several members
of his family (mostly his uncles) are nobles from the Tongan
Islands; a cousin (Tony Fulilangi) was the No. 4 light heavyweight
boxer in the world at one point. After fighting George Foreman, he
went on to train Paea Wolfaram, who won a silver medal for the
Tongan Islands at the 1996 Olympics Games in Atlanta. A cousin
(Mapa Malupo) is a freshman running back at College of the Canyons
in California. Hobbies include working on computers and lifting
weights. Lived for a time in Winslow, Ariz., as youth as well, where he
was a Little League all-star. (Last name is pronounced vay-koo-nay)