Enters his second season as LSU's starting long snapper ... Handles all snaps for punts and placekicks ... Played in every game last year as a true freshman and handled every special teams deep snap in 2012.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2012)
Played in all 13 games as LSU's long snapper ... Handled snaps on all 71 punts and 74 field goals PATs ... Only had one bad snap, that coming in season-opener vs. North Texas in what was his first collegiate game.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated early from Buford High School and enrolled at LSU in spring 2012  ...  A five-star recruit according to chrissailorkicking.com ... Rated the No. 2 long snapper prospect in the nation by Scout.com ... Started at long snapper and guard all four years at Buford High School in Georgia ... Member of the 2009 and 2010 Georgia 2A state championship teams ... Coached in high school by Jess Simpson ... Student of renowned long snapping instructor Chris Rubio.

PERSONAL
Parents are Tracy and Kevin Ferguson ... High school teammate of fellow incoming Freshman Vadal Alexander ... Amassed a 3.8 GPA while in high school ... Born March 24, 1994.