Garrett Palmer Class: Senior Hometown: Rialto, Calif. High School: Eisenhower High Height / Weight: 6-3 / 185 Position: Kicker/Punter Birthdate: 08/25/1985 Experience: 3L

SDSU's starting place-kicker for the last three years ... Made all but two attempts in 2005 to earn honorable mention all-conference honors ... 11 career field goals from 40 or more yards ... Fourth in school history in career FGs (35) and eighth in field-goal pct. (.673) ... Also does the Aztec kickoffs ... Has made 54 straight extra-point attempts, dating back to the Ohio State game in 2005.

2006: Perfect on extra-point attempts (20-for-20) ... Converted eight of his 14 field-goal attempts ... Made two of his four field-goal attempts and was 3-for-3 on extra points versus UTEP ... Did not attempt a kick against Wisconsin or Utah ... Nailed his only field goal, from 30 yards out, at San Jose State to become just the fourth Aztec kicker with 30 career field goals ... Good on his only attempt at BYU - a 48-yarder ... Game-winning 30-yard field goal against Air Force, garnering MWC special teams player of the week honors for the third time in his career ... Made five straight attempts before missing a pair of long-distance kicks against Cal Poly ... Hit on his only attempt vs. Colorado State (from 23 yards).

2005: Made 15-of-17 field goal attempts on the year ... Perfect from 29 yards or less ... Made 4-of-5 from beyond 40 yards ... Mountain West Conference honorable mention pick ... Nailed two fourth-quarter field goals to help SDSU rally to beat Wyoming ... Conference player of the week after tying a career game high with three field goals in windy conditions at CSU ... Hit on a season-long 48 yarder and also was good from 47 yards versus the Rams, before adding a 22-yarder ... Made a 37 and 36-yard field goal versus TCU ... Had a 43-yarder against UNM and a 22-yarder at UNLV ... Converted on a 33 yarder versus San Jose State ... Was 3-for-3 on field goals against Air Force with makes from 33, 29, and 47.

2004: Finished the season 12-of-21 on field-goal attempts ... Was 26-of-27 on extra points ... Led SDSU with 62 points ... Was 5-of-10 from beyond 40 yards with a long of 50 vs. Nevada and a 48-yarder against Colorado State ... Connected from 47 yards at Brigham Young ... Hit all three of his field-goal attempts in the slushy weather at Air Force (MWC player of the week) and hit three of his four attempts vs. Colorado State ... Four of his three-pointers were blocked ... Averaged 39.7 yards on six punts, including a 50-yarder.

High School: An all-league, all-county, all-area and all-Inland Empire selection after connecting on 10 of his 12 field-goal attempts with a long of 49 yards ... Team MVP and an all-CIF honoree ... Perfect on 36 extra-point attempts ... Averaged 41 yards on his punts ... Also saw time as a receiver at Eisenhower... Also played golf.

Personal: Born Aug. 25, 1985, in Redlands, Calif. ... Son of Lori Sager and Ed Palmer ... Majoring in communications and would like to pursue a career in broadcasting ... Originally began his career at Utah but left Salt Lake City well before the first game of the season.

Palmer's Career Statistics

Career Stats          FGM-A	Pct.	01-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-99	Lg.	Blk.
2004	         12-21	57.1	0-0	5-7	2-4	4-8	1-2	50	4
2005	         15-17	88.2	0-0	5-5	6-7	4-5	0-0	48	0
2006	         8-14	57.1	0-0	1-1	5-7	2-4	0-2	48	1
Totals	         35-52	67.3	0-0	11-13	13-18	10-17	1-4	50	5

(25g) (46ng, 49ng) (50g, 43g) (36g) (27g, 37ng) (48g, 23ng, 48g, 27g) (40ng) (40ng) (35ng, 47g) (26g, 37g, 29g) (25ng, 54ng) (33g, 29g, 47g) (33g) (30g) (48ng, 22g) (43g) (35ng, 37g, 36g) (47g, 48g, 22g) (32g, 27g) (28g) (46g, 52ng, 47ng, 35g) (30g) (48g) (35g, 30g) (54ng, 48ng) (35g) (37ng) (30ng) (23g) - g and underline - indicates good; ng - no good; No. - indicates yardage.