2009: Named Most Outstanding Special Teams Player ... led team for second-straight season in points with 66 ... matched 2008 effort with eight tackles to bring career total to 16, most ever by a kicker at WMU ... made first FG of season (35) at Indiana (9/12) ... registered first career reception on fake FG and 11th career tackle at NIU (10/3) ... tied career high with seven PATs made and recorded first career fumble recovery at Toledo (10/10) ... matched career high with three made FGs vs. CMU (10/17) ... first game-winning FG (28 yds) of career vs. Buffalo (10/24) ... registered three touchbacks against EMU (11/14), including one that hit mid way up the left upright, the distance of an 80-yard FG ... led MAC with a career best 15 touchbacks on kickoffs.
2008: Led the team in scoring with 74 points ... point total ranks seventh in a season in WMU history ... named to the MAC All-Freshman Team by Rivals.com ... made collegiate debut at Nebraska (8/30) and made a 19-yard field goal on his first collegiate attempt ... missed only two PATs all season ... had five kickoffs for 338 yards (67.6 yards per kick) and two touchbacks vs. Northern Illinois (9/6) ... made career-high seven PATs at Idaho (9/13) ... had first career multi field goal game vs. Ohio (10/4) with two field goals, the longest a 39-yarder ... scored career-high 11 points with two PATs and three field goals, including a career long 45-yarder vs. Illinois (11/8) ... made two 25-yard field goals vs. Toledo (11/15)... made two PATs against Rice in the Texas bowl (12/30).
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned seven varsity letters in football (3) and track (4) ... holds school record for longest field goal (50 yards) set in 2007 ... named Team Special Teams Most Valuable Player in 2006 ... earned second team all-area as a junior ... named first team all-area in 2007 ... named First Team All-O-K Red Conference as a senior ... named to 2007 Grand Rapids Press Dream Team ... named Detroit News All-State in 2007 ... named to 2007 Detroit Free Press Dream Team ... named Team Special Teams MVP as a senior ... earned First Team Associated Press All-State in 2007 ...went 11-for-13 in field goals and made 47-of-54 in PATs ... scored two touchdowns and recorded two interceptions ... recorded 27 receptions and 28 solo tackles ... scored 92 career points ... had 39 touchbacks in career (66.8 yard average) ... registered three kick offs through the uprights and hit one off the crossbar ... personal best 19’-1.00” in long jump and 6’-5.00” in high jump ... finished first in the high jump at the conference, regional and all-star meet as a senior ... finished eighth in state in the high jump as a senior.
PERSONAL: Business major ... son of Jack and Elizabeth Potter ... born Jan. 24, 1990 in Kalamazoo, Mich. ... high school teammate of current Broncos Phillip Swanson, Dann O'Neill and James O'Neill.