2011 HIGHLIGHTS: GENERAL: Played in all 16 games and in Wild Card playoff ... Averaged career-best 44.2 yards on 91 punts in regular season, with career-best 39.2 net average ... Had 24 inside-20 kicks against nine touchbacks, good for a plus-15 differential.
2011 GAME-BY-GAME: Averaged personal season-best 47.8 yards (38.0 net) on eight punts Sept. 11 at Cleveland, with two inside-20s and one touchback … Averaged 45.3 yards per punt (39.7 net) on seven punts Sept. 25 vs. San Francisco, including three inside-20s and one touchback … Averaged 38.4 yards on five punts Oct. 2 vs. Buffalo, allowing no returns (also 38.4 net), and had two inside-20s with no touchbacks … Averaged 44.4 yards on seven punts Oct. 9 at Jacksonville, including an inside-20 kick downed at two-yard line that helped set up field position for offense’s game-winning TD drive ... Had personal season-long punt of 71 yards in Jacksonville game … Averaged 45.2 yards (39.6 net) on five punts Oct. 30 at Seattle, including one inside-20 ... Averaged 44.0 yards on seven kicks Nov. 6 at Tennessee, with 37.1 net, two inside-20s and two touchbacks … Averaged 46.0 yards on six punts Nov. 13 vs. Pittsburgh, including one inside-20 and one touchback … Averaged 38.6 yards on seven punts (37.7 net) Nov. 20 at Baltimore, with two inside-20 kicks and no touchbacks … Averaged 47.8 yards (tied for his season high) on four punts Nov. 27 vs. Cleveland … Averaged 45.3 yards on seven punts Dec. 4 at Pittsburgh, along with a season-best four inside-20 kicks and no touchbacks … Averaged 46.5 yards on four punts (39.0 net) Dec. 11 vs. Houston, with one inside-20 … Averaged 46.5 yards on four punts (39.0 net) Dec. 18 at St. Louis, with one inside-20 ... Averaged a personal season-best 53.5 yards on four punts (45.8 net) Jan. 1 vs. Baltimore, including a 65-yarder, with one touchback and one inside-20 ... In Wild Card playoff 1-7-12 at Houston, averaged 48.3 yards on three punts, with 44.3 net, one inside-20 and no touchbacks.
Cincinnati native has played in every Bengals game since his selection in 2009 draft, averaging 43.3 yards per kick ... Has had 76 inside-20 kicks against 25 touchbacks ... Also has been the holder for placekicks ... Was first kicking specialist taken in ’09 draft, after University of Cincinnati career in which he won one national punting title and twice led nation in net punting.
2011 HIGHLIGHTS: GENERAL: Played in all 16 games and in Wild Card playoff ... Averaged career-best 44.2 yards on 91 punts in regular season, with career-best 39.2 net average ... Had 24 inside-20 kicks against nine touchbacks, good for a plus-15 differential.
2011 GAME-BY-GAME: Averaged personal season-best 47.8 yards (38.0 net) on eight punts Sept. 11 at Cleveland, with two inside-20s and one touchback … Averaged 45.3 yards per punt (39.7 net) on seven punts Sept. 25 vs. San Francisco, including three inside-20s and one touchback … Averaged 38.4 yards on five punts Oct. 2 vs. Buffalo, allowing no returns (also 38.4 net), and had two inside-20s with no touchbacks … Averaged 44.4 yards on seven punts Oct. 9 at Jacksonville, including an inside-20 kick downed at two-yard line that helped set up field position for offense’s game-winning TD drive ... Had personal season-long punt of 71 yards in Jacksonville game … Averaged 45.2 yards (39.6 net) on five punts Oct. 30 at Seattle, including one inside-20 ... Averaged 44.0 yards on seven kicks Nov. 6 at Tennessee, with 37.1 net, two inside-20s and two touchbacks … Averaged 46.0 yards on six punts Nov. 13 vs. Pittsburgh, including one inside-20 and one touchback … Averaged 38.6 yards on seven punts (37.7 net) Nov. 20 at Baltimore, with two inside-20 kicks and no touchbacks … Averaged 47.8 yards (tied for his season high) on four punts Nov. 27 vs. Cleveland … Averaged 45.3 yards on seven punts Dec. 4 at Pittsburgh, along with a season-best four inside-20 kicks and no touchbacks … Averaged 46.5 yards on four punts (39.0 net) Dec. 11 vs. Houston, with one inside-20 … Averaged 46.5 yards on four punts (39.0 net) Dec. 18 at St. Louis, with one inside-20 ... Averaged a personal season-best 53.5 yards on four punts (45.8 net) Jan. 1 vs. Baltimore, including a 65-yarder, with one touchback and one inside-20 ... In Wild Card playoff 1-7-12 at Houston, averaged 48.3 yards on three punts, with 44.3 net, one inside-20 and no touchbacks.
PREVIOUS SEASONS: 2010 - Helped Bengals control field position all day in win Sept. 26 at Carolina, as five of his six punts were downed inside-20, including three inside the five … Five inside-20s at Carolina tied his career high … Averaged 38.7 yards on three punts Oct. 3 at Cleveland with the same net, and all were downed inside the Browns 20 … Averaged 51.3 yards on six punts Oct. 10 vs. Tampa Bay, with a 41.8 yard-net … On Nov. 8 vs. Pittsburgh, had a punt downed at Steelers one-yard line but suffered first career punt blocked, due to protection breakdown … Four punts Nov. 14 at Indianapolis, averaging 40.3 yards with 39.0 net, and all four were downed inside Colts 20 … Averaged 56.5 yards on two punts Dec. 5 vs. New Orleans, with both downed inside 20, and a 55.5 net … His four punts Dec. 26 vs. San Diego yielded two inside-20s and no touchbacks.
2009 - Drafted by Bengals in fifth round (142nd overall) … Made regular-season debut Sept. 13 vs. Denver, averaging 39.7 yards on seven punts, with season-best five pinned inside-20 … Showed his promise in win Sept. 20 vs. Green Bay, averaging 46.3 yards on four punts with a strong 41.3 net … Had two key punts in second half at Green Bay, a 48-yarder that went out of bounds at Green Bay four and a 56-yarder to the Packers 26 that backed Green Bay up to its 16 when a holding penalty was tacked on … Averaged 45.1 yards (31.8 net) on nine punts Oct. 4 at Cleveland, with two pinned inside-20 … Averaged a season-best 49.8 yards Nov. 22 at Oakland … On Nov. 29 vs. Cleveland, successfully kicked away from AFC punt return leader Joshua Cribbs, denying him a return, while averaging 42.0 yards on six punts (38.7 net average), with four inside-20 kicks and just one touchback … Had a 49-yard punt downed on the one-yard line Jan. 3 at N.Y. Jets … Averaged 48.0 yards on four punts in Wild Card playoff 1-9-10 vs. N.Y. Jets, with a 36.5 net average.
CINCINNATI ALL THE WAY: Huber is only the second player drafted by the Bengals who has grown up in Cincinnati and attended both high school and college in the Queen City. He attended McNicholas High School before enrolling at the University of Cincinnati. The first such player was RB Clem Turner, a fourth-round Bengals draftee in 1969 who went to Woodward High and then to UC. Turner played for the Bengals only in 1969. He also played for Denver from 1970-72.
COLLEGE: Played four seasons (2005-08) at Cincinnati, with 117 of his 124 punts coming in his last two campaigns … Led the nation in net punting avg. in both 2007 and ’08, and as a junior in 2007, his 46.9-yard gross average made him the first UC player to win the official national punting title … Averaged 45.5 gross yards for his career, becoming eighth player in Division I/FBS history to average 45.0 yards or more for his career … Had 47 inside-20 kicks for his career, with just 14 touchbacks … Redshirted (did not play) in 2004.
PERSONAL: Hometown is Cincinnati … Attended McNicholas High School, where he was a three-time all-league selection … Finance major at University of Cincinnati, twice earning Commissioner’s Honor Roll when Bearcats played in Conference USA … Later made the Big East All-Academic team … Single … Favorite hobby is golf.
