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GoRedbirds.com features a positional breakdown of special teams during the 2010 Redbird football fall camp.
2011: Served as Illinois State's placekicker and kickoff specialist in all 11 games ... hit 9-of-17 field goals, including a season-long 40-yard field goal against Indiana State ... made a pair of field goals in the season finale against Northern Iowa ... connected on 38-of-40 PAT attempts, including a season-best 7-for-7 PAT performance against Morehead State ... averaged 60.1 yards per kickoff on 58 attempts, including a season-best 64.2 yards-per attempt average at Youngstown State ... was the team's second-leading scorer with 65 points for the Redbirds.
2010: Saw action in the first two games of the season as the team's kickoff specialist before suffering a season-ending injury ... recorded 10 kickoffs and averaged 55.7 yards per kickoff.
Lafayette HS: Three-year letterwinner ... First-Team Class 6A All-State kicker selection by the Missouri Football Coaches Association and the Missouri Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association after senior season ... earned first-team all-conference honors as a kicker and punter ... second-team All-Metro St. Louis kicker and honorable mention All-Metro St. Louis punter ... set high school single-season record with nine field goals as a senior while helping team to the state quarterfinals ... also the school's career record holder with 18 career field goals made ... kicked a career-high three field goals in a win against Northwest and booted a season-long 41-yard field goal in the state quarterfinals against Hazelwood Central ... averaged nearly 54 yards per kickoff and 35 yards per punt in final season ... named a Second-Team Class 6A All-State kicker selection by the Missouri Football Coaches Association as junior ... named first-team all-conference kicker and third-team punter ... connected on six field goal attempts, with a long of 44 yards ... was a four-year scholar athlete and honor roll selection and was named the Gateway West Young Achievers Scholar.
Personal: Born February 28, 1992, in Wildwood, Mo. ... son of Fred and Karen Aussieker ... his father, Fred, played football at Northeast Missouri State ... his cousin, Tori Sarantakis, is a member of the ISU gymnastics team.