Jaguar Highlights: Enters preseason camp as the favorite to handle USA’s placekicking duties ... Converted two field goals and all three extra-point attempts in the annual spring game ... Connected from 45 and 37 yards in the second scrimmage during spring drills, and hit from 45 yards in the first spring scrimmage five days earlier.
As A Junior (2011): Took over as the kickoff specialist prior to the Jaguars’ game at Kent State, fulfilling that role in the final seven outings of the year ... Averaged 62.7 yards on 32 kickoffs with eight touchbacks ... Had two tackles, with one unassisted ... Three of his four kickoffs resulted in touchbacks in win over Henderson (Ark.) State, as he would finish with a season-best 69.5 average ... Recorded an average of 68.2 yards per kickoff — with two of four kicks ending with touchbacks — in Texas-San Antonio victory ... Averaged 67.5 yards per kick in season finale against Cal Poly and 65.8 yards per effort at KSU ... Had two touchbacks in victory over Tennessee-Martin.
As A Sophomore (2010): Appeared in all 10 games, primarily as the kickoff specialist ... Averaged a team-best 62.1 yards per kickoff and led the Jaguars with seven touchbacks ... Converted 1-of-2 field-goal attempts — hitting from 22 yards — and was 4-of-6 on points after touchdown to score seven points, all in season-opening victory over Pikeville (Ky.) ... Credited with five tackles, including three against Georgia State ... Three of his four kickoffs in Kentucky Wesleyan win ended up as touchbacks, giving him a season-best 68.8 yard average ... Also averaged 65 yards or more on kickoffs against PC (66.7), Missouri S&T (65.1) and UC Davis (65.0).
As A Redshirt Freshman (2009): Was the Jaguars’ regular placekicker, also handling duties on kickoffs ... Converted 34-of-37 PAT tries and made 4-of-5 field goals to rank second on the team in scoring with 46 points ... Averaged 61.2 yards on 51 kickoffs with seven touchbacks ... Made a season-high six extra-point attempts against both Army Prep and Milford (N.Y.) Academy, adding field goals from 25 and 39 yards against the latter — the second was his longest of the year — for a season-best 12 points against the latter ... Was 5-of-6 on PAT attempts to go along with a 24-yard field goal in Fork Union (Va.) Military Academy victory for eight points, his second-highest total of the season ... Converted all five extra points in season-ending win over Huntingdon (Ala.) College ... Made 5-of-6 extra-point attempts against Louisburg (N.C.) J.C. as well as going 4-of-4 in win over Georgia Military J.C ... Kicked the program’s first field goal from 25 yards out in season-opening win over Hargrave (Va.) Military Academy.
High School Highlights: Played two seasons at The Villages High ... Also lettered four times in soccer for the Buffalo ... Was an all-county selection in soccer after scoring 19 goals for the Lake County Lightning club team.
Personal: Full name is Michel Philip Chapuseaux ... Born Nov. 28, 1989, in Charleston, S.C. ... Son of Phil and Candace Chapuseaux ... Enjoys working on cars in his free time ... Would like to run a business in the future … A criminal justice major.
