GREENSBORO, N.C. – Blasting a record-breaking 55-yard field goal in Saturday's contest against Washington & Lee University, Colby Tucker (Winterville, N.C.) was recognized nationally, as the kicker for the Guilford College football team was selected to the D3football.com Team of the Week, as announced by the publication on Tuesday.

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— Guilford College Football (@GuilfordFB) November 1, 2026

Capping the Quakers opening drive by putting a trio of points on the board, Tucker shattered both the program and Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) records for longest made field goal, doing so with room to spare. He bested the prior league-long of a 52-yard connection by Bridgewater College's Michael Padgett against Emory & Henry University back in 1998 by a full three yards. Additonally, after resetting the program's Division-III Era record for the longest make from 50 yards two weeks ago against Randolph-Macon College, Tucker left nothing to chance this time around, crushing this kick through the uprights to surpass Don Cupit's century-old program record make of 51 yards in 1909 by four yards. The longest make in Division-III this season has been from 56 yards, done twice, as now the Guilford freshman stands in a three-way tie for the third-longest make in the division this fall.

Hitting on a field goal in four of GC's last five games, Tucker is perfect on his four tries this season, having already hit the most FGs in a season by a Quaker kicker since Burke Nettles '24 in 2023. He stands tied for third in the ODAC for most made field goals to this point and is the only kicker in the league without a miss thus far this fall.

Tucker becomes the first Guilford football player to be recognized on the D3football.com Team of the Week since his teammate, Shane Shapiro (Jacksonville, N.C.) was honored following week two last fall. He is the eighth difference GC special teamer to get recognized, and the first since Trevon Simmons '19 back in week seven in 2018. Tyler Hunt '16 is the only other Quaker place kicker to make the D3football.com Team of the Week, doing so in week 10 of 2012.

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