Daffer is an outstanding kicker who transferred to North Carolina A&T after spending three years at East Carolina … Joined the ECU program as a walk-on in 2020 before earning a scholarship the following year … Was remarkably consistent at ECU … At one point he made nine straight field goals for the Pirates … Ended his Pirates career by making 24 of 31 field goals and 59 of 66 extra points made in 23 games … Scored 96 points in 2021 to rank tied for ninth all-time on the Pirates’ single-season scoring list … Made multiple field goals in a game five times in his career, including hitting three field goals in a game twice … Had a game-winning 54-yard field goal at Navy in 2021, leading the Pirates to a 38-35 win … Named to the Lou Groza Watch List for the nation’s top field goal kicker … Phil Steele’s College Football Preview and Athlon Sports named him second-team All-American Athletic Conference in 2022.
2022 Season (ECU): Played in 10 games … Made 5 of 8 field goals and 20 of 25 extra points … Kicked the ball off 58 times for a total of 3,508 yards (60.5 per kickoff) and posted 15 touchbacks … Hit two of three extra point attempts while missing his lone field goal try against No. 13 N.C. State ... Recorded 245 yards on four kickoffs (61.2 ypk) ... Connected on both of his field goal attempts while converting three of five extra-point tries versus Old Dominion ... Tied his career high in point-after attempts, connecting on all seven in the win over Campbell ... Converted both PATs and hit two of three field goal attempts with a long of 26 yards against Navy ... Registered four kickoffs (64.5 average) and tallied two touchbacks ... Recorded six kickoffs for 369 yards (61.5 average) and three touchbacks in the quadruple-overtime triumph over Memphis.
2021 Season (ECU): Played in 12 games … Named first-team All-AAC by the leagues head coaches becoming the second Pirate to earn top specialist honors since Jake Verity in 2018 … Two-time league specialist-of-the-week selection (11/15 and 11/22) … Led the AAC in field goal attempts (23), points per game (8.0) and tied for first in field goals made (19) … Stood among the NCAA leaders in field goals per game (18th/1.58), field goal percentage (26th/82.6) and points per game (38th/8.0 ppg) … Tallied 96 points tying for ninth on the ECU single-season charts … Connected on 19 of 23 field goals and 39 of 41 extra points ... Tallied five multi-FG games (2/ASU, 3/UCF, 3/MEM, 3/Navy, 2/CIN) … Kicked game-winning FG of 54 yards at Navy as time expired (career-long) ... Notched three 3-FG games during the season (UCF, MEM, Navy) ... Established new career-highs in PATs (7), KOs (9) and KO yards (563) vs. Tulane ... Had career-best five touchbacks at Marshall (9/18/21) ... Made at least one FG in 11 of 12 games (nine-straight to close out the season) … Tallied career-best 12 points in a game twice (MEM, Navy) ... Recovered onside kick at Marshall setting up game-winning drive with 2:16 remaining.
2020: He took a redshirt season.
High School: Played high school football at New Hanover … Earned first-team All-Mideastern Conference as a senior … Converted a combined 90.0 percent of kicks (PATs and field goals) in 2019 … Responsible for 105 points during senior campaign, three of those coming on a career-best 50-yard field goal … Invited to play in the 2020 Polynesian Bowl (Honolulu), a prestigious annual all-star game featuring some of the nation’s top prep standouts.
Personal: A business management major … Earned inclusion on the ECU Dean’s List for classroom excellence during both the 2020 fall semester and 2021 spring term.
