2023 Big Ten Medal of Honor
National Honors
2022 Ray Guy Award Winner
2022 First Team All-America (Sporting News)
2022 Third Team All-America (Phil Steele)
2022 William V. Campbell Trophy Semifinalist
2021 Second Team All-America (Associated Press, FWAA, Phil Steele, Walter Camp)
2021 Ray Guy Award Finalist (Fan Vote Winner)
2020 Ray Guy Award Watch List
2019 Ray Guy Award Semifinalist
2018 Ray Guy Award Watch List
All-Conference Honors
2022 Second Team All-Big Ten (Coaches)
2022 Third Team All-Big Ten (Media, Phil Steele, Pro Football Focus)
2021 First Team All-Big Ten (Coaches, Phil Steele)
2021 Second Team All-Big Ten (Associated Press)
2021 Third Team All-Big Ten (Media)
2021 Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (Pro Football Focus)
2020 Second Team All-Big Ten (Media, Phil Steele)
2020 Third Team All-Big Ten (Coaches)
2019 Second Team All-Big Ten (Coaches)
2019 Third Team All-Big Ten (Media)
2019 Second Team All-Big Ten (Associated Press)
2018 Honorable Mention All-Big Ten (Coaches & Media)
Regional Honor
2022 All-ECAC Special Teams
Team Honors
2023 Bauer Athlete of the Year
2022 MVP – Special Teams
2022 Team Captain
2021 Homer Hazel Award
2021 MVP – Special Teams
2021 Rutgers Athletics Senior of the Year
2021 Werblin Award
2021 Team Captain
2020 Team Captain
Weekly Awards
Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week (Nov. 1, 2022)
Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week (Oct. 25, 2022)
Big Ten Co-Special Teams Player of the Week (Nov. 1, 2021)
Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week (Oct. 12, 2021)
Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week (Sept. 13, 2021)
Big Ten Co-Special Teams Player of the Week (Sept. 13, 2021)
Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week (Sept. 8, 2021)
Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week (Oct. 15, 2019)
Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week (Sept. 24, 2019)
Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week (Sept. 10, 2019)
NCAA Records
Career Punting Yards (15,318)
Career Punts (349)
Season Team Net Punt (45.25 in 2021)
School Records
Career Punting Yards (15,318)
Career Punts (349)
Season Team Net Punt (45.25 in 2021)
Season Average (45.82 in 2021)
Longest Punt (79 yards vs. Northwestern: Oct. 20, 2018)
Games Played (58)
Academic Honors
2023 Hampshire Honor Society
2022 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team
2022 Academic All-Big Ten
2021 Academic All-Big Ten
2020 Academic All-Big Ten
2020 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2019 Academic All-Big Ten
2022 (Senior): Played in all 12 games ... selected as the winner of the
Ray Guy Award as the top punter in the nation (12/8) ... became the first Scarlet Knight in program history to win a national on-field award ... picked First Team All-America by the
Sporting News (12/13), the first Rutgers player to earn the honor since 2006 ... also collected Third Team All-America by
Phil Steele (12/16) ... honored with the prestigious
Big Ten Medal of Honor (6/28) ... voted Bauer Athlete of the Year (8/2) ... ends career as the NCAA all-time leader in punting attempts (349) and yardage (15,318) ... claimed a spot on the All-ECAC Special Teams (12/22) ... voted Second Team All-Big Ten by the coaches and to the Third Team by the media (11/29),
Phil Steele (12/16) and
Pro Football Focus (12/1) ... named to the
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team for posting a GPA of at least 3.5 ... earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten list for the fourth time (12/9) ... also selected to the National Football Foundation (NFF) Hampshire Honor Society (4/19) ... named a semifinalist for the
William V. Campbell Trophy (9/28), which recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation for combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership ... selected as MVP – Special Teams at team banquet (12/4) ... invited to the
Reese's Senior Bowl (11/28) ... named the national punter of the week twice and to the weekly honor roll seven times ... tied for the school record with 58 career games played ... led a unit that held opponents to minus 11 return yards, best in the nation, with just one positive return against in 75 attempts ... pinned a national-best 32 punts inside the 20 to help team rank third overall in net punting (43.57) ... forced 35 fair catches and a muff recovered to lead to a touchdown ... booted 14 at least 50 yards with a long of 77 … average drive start for opponent in pooch situations (Rutgers 40 and closer) was the 12 … only recorded two touchbacks with a streak of 150 consecutive punts without a touchback over 27 games dating back to 2019 ... had no punts blocked ... booted a long of 53 yards on 10 attempts at Maryland (11/26) ... set the NCAA career records for punts and punting yards with 12 attempts and no return yards against on Senior Day versus No. 11 Penn State (11/19) ... named to the Ray's 8 for the seventh time (11/14) after pinning 3-of-5 attempts inside the 20 with a long of 54 at Michigan State (11/12) ... had minus two return yards against on seven attempts versus No. 4 Michigan (11/5) ... won
Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week (11/1) for the second-straight week following a net of 51.2 yards with a 77-yard boot at Minnesota (10/29) ... earned
Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week (10/25) after downing four inside the 20 with a 66-yard attempt and minus five return yards against in the win over Indiana (10/22) ... pinned 5-of-7 attempts inside the 20 versus Nebraska (10/7) to take a spot on the Ray's 8 for the fourth time ... named to the Ray's 8 (10/3) for the third time following a net of 45.8 yards on five punts with a recovered muff at No. 3 Ohio State (10/1) ... pinned two inside the 20 versus Iowa (9/24) ... selected to the Ray's 8 (9/19) after netting 43.2 yards with no return yards at Temple (9/17) ... pinned 3-of-7 attempts inside the 20 with no return yards at Boston College (9/3) ... picked to the Ray's 8 for the performance ... became the second player in program history voted a captain for the third time (8/31) ... picked to the Ray Guy Award watch list for the fifth time (7/27) ... selected Preseason First Team All-America by
Associated Press (8/22),
247Sports/CBS Sports (8/17),
Action Network (8/17),
The Athletic (8/15),
Sporting News (7/22), Walter Camp (6/29),
Phil Steele (6/16) and
Athlon Sports (6/23) ... recognized as Preseason Special Teams Player of the Year by
Action Network (8/17) and
Phil Steele (6/16) ... named Preseason All-Big Ten (first team) by
Phil Steele (6/16) and
Athlon Sports (5/31) ... a member of the Shrine Bowl 1000 (7/13).
2021 (Senior): Played in all 13 games ... broke the school record for the fourth-straight year and set an NCAA record with a net punt of 45.25 ... selected Second Team All-America by
Walter Camp (12/9), the
Football Writers Association of America (12/10),
Associated Press (12/13) and
Phil Steele (12/21) for the highest national honors for a Scarlet Knight since 2012 and highest ever by a RU punter ... voted a
Ray Guy Award finalist (11/23), winning the fan vote, to become the first Scarlet Knight to place in the top-three for a national on-field award since 2007 ... named First Team All-Big Ten by the coaches and
Phil Steele, to the second team by the
Associated Press, to the third team in the media vote and honorable mention by
Pro Football Focus ... claimed a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/14) for the third time ... named winner of the Homer Hazel Award and MVP – Special Teams at the team banquet (12/12) ... earned Ray Guy Punter of the Week three times, Big Ten Co-Special Teams Player of the Week twice and to the Ray's 8 on five occasions ... voted Rutgers Athletics Senior of the Year (7/13) and a winner of the Werblin Award (7/13) ... recorded no touchbacks to increase streak to 124 consecutive attempts out of the end zone dating back to 2019 ... punted 72 times with 38 downed inside the 20, 16 settling at the 10 or closer, eight at the five or closer and four times stopping a punt at the 1-yard line ... opponents were held to 41 return yards with a return of less than four yards 69 times, including 65 attempts recording a zero or negative return ... totaled 29 fair catches ... starting field position for opponent averaged to the own 22-yard line ... established a new Rutgers record with a 45.82 average, topping the previous high of 44.4 ... launched 19 punts at least 50 yards, with 11 traveling 55 or more yards and three over 60 ... downed a punt at the 6-yard line on two attempts in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl versus No. 20 Wake Forest (12/31) ... pinned two inside the 20 with a long of 54 yards against Maryland (11/27) ... booted a 74-yard punt, fifth-longest in school history, on 10 attempts with four inside the 20 at Penn State (11/20) ... forced six fair catches with five inside the 20 on nine punts in the win at Indiana (11/13) ... named a semifinalist for the
Ray Guy Award (11/10) for the second time in three years ... pinned 3-of-5 attempts inside the 20 versus Wisconsin (11/6) ... earned
Big Ten Co-Special Teams Player of the Week (11/1) for the second time after netting 47 yards with punts downed at the 20, 15, 4 and 1 in the win at Illinois (10/30) ... also earned a spot on the Ray's 8 for the fifth time ... became the program's all-time leader in punting yards with 403 on nine attempts at Northwestern (10/16) with four inside the 20 and a net of 44.4 ... claimed a spot on the
Ray's 8 list for the fourth time on the season ... downed 6-of-7 attempts inside the 20 with a net of 46.4 yards versus No. 11 Michigan State (10/9) to earn
Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week (10/12) for the third time ... lifted a 55-yard punt on four attempts against No. 11 Ohio State (10/2) ... downed a punt at the 1 for the third-straight week with a net of 56.5 yards versus Delaware (9/18) ... earned
Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week (9/14) and
Big Ten Co-Special Teams Player of the Week (9/13) after netting 51.7 yards on six attempts at Syracuse (9/11), pinning five inside the 20 with a 69-yarder settling at the 1-yard line ... posted an average and net of 49.7 yards in the win over Temple (9/4), including landing a 56-yard attempt at the 1-yard line to lead to a safety ... named the
Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week (9/8) for the efforts ... selected to the Ray Guy Award watch list (7/28) for the fourth time in as many years ... named Preseason All-Big Ten (second team) by
Phil Steele (6/22) and
Athlon Sports (5/19).
2020 (Senior): Played in all nine games ... named Second Team All-Big Ten by the media and Third Team by the coaches (12/16) ... added Second Team All-Big Ten (1/6) by
Phil Steele ... named to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/10) ... voted a team captain ... helped Rutgers rank eighth nationally and second in the Big Ten with a net punt of 42.27, resetting the school record for the third-straight year ... averaged 43.0 yards on 48 attempts, the fourth-best punting average in a season in program history ... had eight attempts of at least 50 yards with a long of 66 ... forced 22 fair catches, pinned 21 inside the 20, recorded no touchbacks and had zero blocked ... opponents had no return on 39-of-48 attempts ... picked up a first down on a 17-yard rush and pinned 4-of-5 attempts inside the 20 with a long of 55 yards versus Nebraska (12/18) ... forced four catches with three inside the 20 and a long of 59 yards on nine attempts in the win at Maryland (12/12) ... placed 5-of-7 attempts inside the 20 with a long of 62 yards versus Penn State (12/5) ... lifted a 45-yard punt for a fair catch in the win at Purdue (11/28) ... pinned three punts inside the 20 with 5-of-6 overall with a fair catch and a long of 45 yards against Michigan (11/21) ... forced three fair catches on four attempts with a 66-yarder versus Illinois (11/14) ... booted a 50-yard punt with an average of 46.6 yards on five attempts at No. 3 Ohio State (11/7) ... averaged 42.4 yards with no touchbacks on five attempts against No. 17 Indiana (10/31) ... recorded a long of 50 yards with three inside the 20 in the season-opening win at Michigan State (10/24) ... selected
Associated Press Second Team Preseason All-America (8/25) ... one of 19 punters nationally to be named to the Ray Guy Award preseason watch list (7/22) ... earned Preseason All-America distinction from
Athlon Sports (third team) and
Phil Steele (fourth team) ... named Preseason All-Big Ten by
Athlon Sports (second team) and
Phil Steele (second team).
2019 (Junior): Appeared in all 12 games ... named one of 10 national semifinalists for the Ray Guy Award (11/18) ... selected All-Big Ten (12/3) by the coaches (second team) and media (third team) ... also picked to the
Associated Press Second Team All-Big Ten (12/11) ... named a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (7/1) and to the Academic All-Big Ten list (12/11) ... led the Big Ten, ranked 15th nationally and reset the Rutgers school record for the second-straight year with a net punt of 41.5 yards ... averaged 43.8 yards, third in program history and third in the Big Ten, on 76 attempts with 31 downed inside the 20, 18 inside the 10 and nine inside the 5 with only two touchbacks ... booted 12 at least 50 yards and three at least 60 yards with a long of 69 ... forced 33 fair catches ... no return on 56-of-76 attempts and zero blocked ... had a 59-yard punt at No. 12 Penn State (11/30) ... landed a punt at the 1 among eight attempts versus Michigan State (11/23) ... downed four attempts inside the 20-yard line, three inside the 10, one inside the 5 and forced a muff against No. 2 Ohio State (11/16) ... booted a 62-yard punt against the wind to average 46.7 yards on six attempts at Illinois (11/2) ... recorded a long of 46 yards versus No. 20 Minnesota (10/19) ... punted 10 times at Indiana (10/12) with an average of 46.3 yards, a long of 68 yards and three downed inside the 3-yard line to win the Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week (10/15) for third time ... had a long of 59 yards with an average of 44.5 on eight attempts against Maryland (10/5) ... earned second Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week (9/24) after nailing all five attempts versus Boston College (9/21) inside the 20-yard line with a long of 54 ... named the Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week (9/10) ... averaged 47.6 yards on 10 attempts at No. 20 Iowa (9/7), finishing with a net of 46.5 ... had seven punts downed inside the 20 against the Hawkeyes, five inside the 10 and four inside the 5, including a season-long 69-yarder, tied for the seventh-longest in program history, that settled at the 1 ... earned a spot on the Ray Guy Award watch list (7/24).
2018 (Sophomore): Started all 12 games at punter ... named honorable mention All-Big Ten by the coaches and media (11/28) ... named to the Ray Guy Award watch list (10/30) ... helped Rutgers to its best net punt mark in school history at 40.1 yards in first season playing football at any level ... set the school record with a 79-yard punt ... had 10 kicks of at least 50 yards ... averaged 42.7 yards, fourth in the Big Ten, on 78 attempts, which ranks third-best in a season in the RU record books ... downed 23 inside the 20-yard line ... forced 21 fair catches ... recorded only three touchbacks ... total of 55-of-78 punts were not returned ... downed 6-of-8 attempts inside the 20 with a long of 63 yards at Michigan State (11/24) ... had a long of 64 yards versus No. 16 Penn State (11/17) ... punted seven times at Wisconsin (11/3) with one downed at the one, a long of 56 yards and an average of 43.9 yards ... set the school record with a 79-yard punt against Northwestern (10/20), finishing with a net of 46 yards on nine attempts ... logged a 52-yard punt at Maryland (10/13) ... added four punts with an average of 44.8 yards versus Illinois (10/6) ... pinned 3-of-4 attempts inside the 20 with a 45.2 average against Indiana (9/29) ... booted the ball 10 times versus Buffalo (9/22) with a long of 52 yards, adding one tackle on coverage ... averaged 40.6 yards on seven attempts at Kansas (9/15) ... punted nine times at No. 4 Ohio State (9/8) with two attempts of at least 50 yards ... made collegiate debut against Texas State (9/1) and netted 39.7 yards on three attempts with a long of 47 ... enrolled in January and participated in spring practice.
Prior to Rutgers: Prepped at Maribyrnong College, where he competed in Australian rules football, cricket and golf ... a four-time state representative in Australian football and cricket ... a state selection in golf during the 2012-13 season ... a national representative in cricket from 2013-14 ... played midfielder in Australian football ... trained with former NFL punter Nathan Chapman and former NFL kicker John Smith at ProKick Australia ... studied at Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia.
Personal: Studying as a graduate student in the labor studies and employment relations program ... previously earned a M.C.M. (master of communication and media, strategic organizational communication) and bachelor's degree (labor relations and employment law) from Rutgers University.
