Gator's Rainey, Debose and Patton named to 2011 special teams awards

Florida senior Chris Rainey (Lakeland, Fla.) and sophomores Andre Debose (Sanford, Fla.) and Solomon Patton (Mobile, Ala.) were named to the 2011 College Football Performance Special Teams Awards list on Monday.

Recipients of the awards are exclusively selected upon scientific rankings that measure the extent to which individual players increase the overall effectiveness of their teams. Debose was on the 2011 CFPA Kickoff Returner Trophy list after being an elite recipient as a freshman. In 2010, Debose returned two kickoff returns for touchdowns and averaged 28.0 yards per return. Rainey and Patton were named to the Punt Returner Trophy list. Rainey appeared in eight games in 2010, recording 14 punt returns for 129 yards (9.2 average) and one touchdown.

Patton appeared in 10 games in his freshman campaign and recorded seven kickoff returns for 196 yards, an average of 28 yards per return.