When looking at the history of Cowboy Football some of the players who earned the greatest national accolades have been the men who kicked field goals, extra points and punted the football for the Brown & Gold.  Multiple All-Americans, multiple UW Athletics Hall of Fame inductees and multiple First Team All-Conference honorees have kicked and punted for the Pokes.  Wyoming fans have this week to vote for their favorite Cowboy kickers and punters through the Wyoming Greats Fan Poll to choose the top Special Teams player in school history.
 
Each week a featured position group will include a 16-player bracket, with voting available for a four-player group each day throughout the week until a Cowboy is named as the winner of the Wyoming Greats Fan Poll at week's end.  To cast your vote go to the Wyoming Football's Official Twitter account @wyo_football.  Voting updates will be provided during the week @wyo_football.  At the end of each week, we'll announce on social media the former Cowboy great receiving the most fan votes and we'll have each week's voting summary at GoWyo.com/WyoGreats
 
We hope you enjoy looking back at the greatest Pokes. 
 
Here are the candidates for Wyoming's Greatest Place-kickers and Punters in history.  The Kickers' and Punters' Bracket will launch Monday, May 25, 2020.
 
Place-kickers and Punters
 
Place-kickers Early Greats
Dan Christopulos (1976-78), 1978 1st Team All-WAC, Holds the UW school record for longest field-goal made (62 yards vs. CSU in 1977)
 
Jerry Depoyster (1965-67), 1967 1st Team Associated Press All-American, 1966 and '67 1st Team All-WAC, 2006 UW Hall of Fame Inductee
 
Sean Fleming (1988-91), From 1990-2019 he held the UW scoring (324 points) and field-goal records (57), 2009 UW Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee
 
Bob Jacobs (1968-70), 1969 1st Team Sporting News All-American, 1968 and 69 1st Team All-WAC, 2010 UW Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee
 
 
Place-kickers Modern Era
Cooper Rothe (2016-19), 2018 One of Three Finalists for Lou Groza Award, 2018 MW Special Teams Player of the Year, 2018 1st Team All-MW, Wyoming's Career Leader in Scoring (342 points) and Field Goals (59)
 
J.D. Wallum (2001), 2001 Second Team Football News All-American 2001 2nd Team All-MW
 
Cory Wedel (1994-97), 1996 1st Team AFCA All-American, 1995, 96 and 97 1st Team All-WAC, 2018 UW Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee
 
Deric Yaussi (2002-05), 2004 1st Team All-Mountain West
 
 
Punters Early Greats
Don Clayton (1975-78), 1978 1st Team All-WAC
 
Rick Donnelly (1983-84), 1984 1st Team All-WAC
 
Mike Smith (1976-79), 1979 1st Team All-WAC
 
Jack Weil (1980-83), 1983 Consensus All-American, 1983 1st Team All-WAC, 2014 UW Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee
 
 
Punters Modern Era
Adam Brooks (2004-05), 2004 2nd Team All-Mountain West
 
Brian Gragert (1992-95), 1995 2nd Team AFCA All-American, 1994 and 95 1st Team All-WAC
 
Tom Kilpatrick (1985-88), 1987 1st Team All-WAC
 
Aron Langley (1996-98), 1996 and 97 2nd Team All-WAC