Career: Ranks third in school history with 170 career punts (trails Nick Xides - 257 and Chris Weber - 195)...ranks fourth in career punting yards with 6,584...also ranks fourth with an average of 38.7 yards per kick.

2006: Named First-Team All-Gatway in 2006... Averaging 37.3 yards per punt...placed 17 punts inside the 20-yard line and forced 11 fair catches...Has punted 49 times for 1,828 yards...named Gateway Football Conference Special Teams Player of the Week twice on 9/24 and 11/5...punted four times for 144 yards with a long of 48 yards and placed three inside the 20-yard line against Maine...posted three punts of more than 50 yards, including a season-long 52-yard punt against Penn State and UC Davis...booted a 50-yard punt for the third straight week against Missouri State...placed 17 punts inside the 20-yard line...punted six times for 249 yards and an average of 41.5 yards per punt with three boots inside the 20-yard line against UC Davis...posted 13 touchbacks on kickoffs, including three against Western Illinois.

2005: Named second-team All-Gateway Football Conference... handled punting and kickoff duties...averaged 37.6 yards on 45 punts...was third in the league in average...had a cumulative total of 1,693 yards on kicks...booted a season-long 67-yarder at Pittsburgh...punt was longest by a Gateway punter for the year...placed 19 kicks inside the 20-yard line...had six punts over 50 yards...was a two-time Gateway Special Teams Player of the Week (UNI, Western Kentucky) had a season-high eight punts at Pittsburgh...best average was at the UNI Dome when he averaged 46 yards on five punts...also placed three punts inside the 20 against the Panthers...placed three kicks inside the 20 against Western Illinois...had 50-yard kicks against Liberty (50), Pittsburgh (67), Indiana State (52), UNI (53 and 50), Southern Illinois (51)...had 14 punts fair caught...assumed kickoff duties for first time in his career...had 51 kickoffs, of which 18 reached the end zone...nine went for touchbacks...had a season-high three touchbacks against Missouri State...had two at Indiana State and two against Western Kentucky...had a high of eight kickoffs against the Sycamores...was a three-time HBK Special Teams Player of the Game (Northeastern, Indiana State and UNI)...earned his third letter.

2004: Averaged 38.3 yards a kick...attempted 62 punts for 2,372 yards on the year...had a career-long boot of 70 yards against Southern Illinois...that kick tied for the longest in the Gateway for the season with Illinois State's Ryan Hoffman...his 401 yards on nine kicks against the Salukis ranked second in the conference in a game...averaged 44.6 yards against SIU...had seven punts of more than 50 yards on the year...had three against Southern Illinois, three against Florida International and one at McNeese State...averaged 43.6 yards on nine kicks against FIU, including a 58-yarder...averaged 40.8 yards on six kicks against the Cowboys, including a 60-yarder...placed 16 punts inside the opponents' 20-yard line...had four inside the 20 against FIU and three against SIU...credited with a tackle against Northern Iowa...was sixth in the conference in punting average while finishing second in attempts...attempted just 11 punts the final three games...was the HBK Special Teams Player of the Game against FIU and Southern Illinois...averaged 5.6 punts per game...had seven kickoffs on the year...earned his second letter.

2003: Was named to the Gateway All-Newcomer Team...averaged 40.0 yards per punt for the season...was just the second time since 1986 that a YSU punter averaged at least 40 yards per kick (Anthony Rozzo 40.5 in 1999)...average was second best by a freshman in school history (Nick Xides 40.2 in 1982)...finished fourth in the Gateway in punting average and third in total attempts...tallied 63 punts on the season...had a season-long 60-yard boot at Liberty...had nine punts of 50-plus yards...placed 19 kicks inside the opponents 20...had a season-high nine punts at Northern Iowa...placed four punts inside the 20 at UNI...had seven kicks against Kent State, Florida Atlantic and Indiana State...kicked an extra point against Slippery Rock...averaged more than 40 yards in seven games...averaged 5.3 punts per game...recorded tackles against Slippery Rock and Western Illinois...was a five-time YSU Special Teams Player of the Game...earned his first letter.

2002: Redshirted.

High School: Averaged 42.8 yards per punt and kicked the longest field goal in school history making a 54-yarder as a senior...he was 23-of-24 on extra-point kicks...kicked seven field goals, four of which were 47 yards or more...was a first-team All-Ohio District IV placekicker and an all-county punter and kicker...was squad’s special team’s player of the year as a junior and senior...80 percent of his kickoffs were touchbacks or reached the end zone...kicked a 63-yard field goal in practice...his coach was Joe Nohra...also played baseball.

Personal: Parents are Ron and Sue Bishop...born Jan. 4, 1984...has a younger sister (Valerie)...major is Integrated Social Studies...awarded the Carmen & Gail Policy Scholarship for the 2005-06 academic year.