Original walk-on served as starting punter in 2015 and 2016 ... posted a 38.9-yard gross average and 37.0-yard net average on 131 punts in 31 games (29 starts) in his career ... had only fi
Original walk-on served as starting punter in 2015 and 2016 … posted a 38.9-yard gross average and 37.0-yard net average on 131 punts in 31 games (29 starts) in his career … had only five career touchbacks and 46 punts inside the 20 … placed on scholarship in August 2015.
2016: Produced a 38-yard average and a 35.9-yard net average on 61 punts in 14 games (14 starts) … placed 22 punts inside the 20-yard line … boomed a 59-yard punt in the opener at Auburn … posted 42.8-yard average on five punts against No. 3 Louisville, with three placed inside the 20 … dropped two punts inside the 20 at Boston College … placed two punts inside Florida State’s 20, as the Tigers beat the 12th-ranked Seminoles in Tallahassee for the first time since 2006 … dropped two of his three punts against Pittsburgh inside the 20 … posted career-long 67-yard punt in Fiesta Bowl against Ohio State, where he was named special teams player of the game by the Tiger coaches.
2015: Had a 39.5-yard average and 38.1-yard net average on 67 punts in 15 games (15 starts) … placed 23 inside the 20-yard line with just one touchback, which came in the final game … had a long of 57, and six punts of at least 50 yards … special teams player-of-the-game against Appalachian State, where he boomed his first 50-yard plus punt … booted three punts inside the 20 at Louisville … dropped four punts inside the 20 with a 43-yard average in pouring rain against No. 6 Notre Dame … co-special teams player-of-the-game with Jim Brown by the coaches … averaged 45 yards per punt against Georgia Tech … booted four punts for a 42.2-yard average at Miami … booted three balls inside the 20 against Florida State … posted a 43-yard average on punts against Wake Forest … had a 50-yard punt in ACC Championship Game … made memorable play in the Capital One Orange Bowl when the Tigers executed a fake punt, he completed a 31-yard pass to defensive tackle Christian Wilkins to spark Clemson in the first half of the win over Oklahoma … had best game in the National Championship Game versus Alabama, with a 44.2-yard gross average and 42.2 net average on six punts … placed two inside the 20 and booted a season-long 57-yarder … named special teams player-of-the-game for his performance … posted 41.8-yard per punt average over the final three games (ACC Championship plus two College Football Playoff games), posting 14 punts for 585 yards in the three.
2014: ACC Academic Honor Roll member … had a 43.5-yard gross and net average on two punts in one game (against No. 24 Oklahoma in the Russell Athletic Bowl on Dec. 29).
2013: Had one punt for 42 yards in one game … had a 42-yard punt against SC State on Sept. 7; it was his first career game.
Before Clemson: Lettered at R.J. Reynolds High School.
Personal: Graduated in May 2016 with a degree in marketing … born July 5, 1993.
