Edinboro University Athletics

Sean McNicholas (’04) served four seasons as Edinboro’s punter and three as the team’s placekicker while playing from 1999-2002, and was selected to the All-Time Team as a punter. He earned All-American honors as a junior and senior, including first team AFCA All-American and first team Associated Press Little All-America as a senior while averaging a school-record 44.2 yards on 58 punts. He was also a second team Football Gazette and D2Football.com All-American in 2002. He holds three of the top six single-season punting averages. As a junior, he averaged 41.4 yards on 51 punts, which is good for fourth in a season at Edinboro. He was named an honorable mention Football Gazette All-American following the 2001 season. He also averaged 40.2 yards on 60 punts as a freshman, which ranks sixth in a season. He concluded his career with school records for career punting average (41.0) and career punts (236). McNicholas was a three-time All-PSAC West selection at punter, earning first team honors as a junior and senior, and second team as a freshman. He also displayed a big leg as a placekicker, setting the school record for longest field goal with a 53-yarder vs. East Stroudsburg in 2000. He has five of the top 12 longest field goals at Edinboro. He ranks fifth in career field goals (26), fourth in career field goals attempted (51), sixth in career extra points made (59), and tied for seventh in career extra points attempted (66). The 2003 Sox Harrison Award recipient, McNicholas played in the 2003 Cactus Bowl and later signed as a free agent with the New York Jets.