Football 2021

PositionP

Weight200 lbs

Height6-3

ClassJunior

HometownSan Diego, Calif.

Career Accolades

As a Senior (2022)

All Pac-12 honorable mention punter (Coaches)
Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
Stanford Special Teams Player of the Game (Week 8, ASU)
Acted as the Cardinal's lead punt kicker in all 12 games
Booted 57 punts, averaging 41.7 per kick
Totaled 2376 punt yards on the season
Pinned 18 punts inside the 20
Had nine punts of 50+ yards with a season-long of 59 yards
Tallied six punts, averaging 41.3 yards/punt, with a long of 51 yards and three downed inside the 20-yard line in Stanford's game at UCLA (Oct. 29) ... Allowed just three punt returns for a total of eight yards
Punted eight times with a 43.9 yard average in the 125th Big Game (Nov. 19) ... Four punts inside the 20 ... Recorded a season-long 59-yard punt

As a Junior (2021)

CoSIDA Academic All-District
Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
All-Pac-12 honorable mention - PFF
Averaged 43.3 yards per punt off 63 punts on the year
Had 19 punts pin opponents inside the 20
Had 16 punts of 50+ yards with a long of 60 yards
Averaged 49.4 yards per punt off seven punts against No. 24 UCLA . . . pinned the Bruins inside the 20 twice (Sept. 25)
Served as the place kicker, kickoff specialist and punter at No. 22 Arizona State . . . 1-1 on field goals (32 yards) and didn't allow a punt return, pinning the Sun Devils inside the 20 on all three of his punts (Oct. 8)

As a Sophomore (2020)

CoSIDA Academic All-District
Pac-12 All-Academic Honor Roll
All-Pac-12 honorable mention (Coaches)
Played in all six games
Punted 23 times for an average of 39.0 yards per punt
Had a long of 53 yards, one touchback, nine downed inside the 20, three of more than 50 yards and seven fair caught
Punted five times for 231 yards (46.2 per punt), including a long of 52, vs. Colorado (Nov. 14)
Punted a career-high-tying eight times for 301 yards (37.6 per punt), including a long of 49, at California in the 123rd Big Game (Nov. 27) ... pinned four of the eight punts inside the 20 yard line

As A Freshman (2019)

Phil Moffatt Award, given to the Most Outstanding Special Teams player
Only true freshman specialist in country to handle punting duties full-time, kickoff at least 20 times (27) and make 7-or-more field goals
Punted 52 times for 2,106 yards (40.5 avg) with 18 inside the 20
Kicked off 27 times for 1,694 yards (62.7 avg) with 14 touchbacks
Made 7-of-9 field goals with a long of 48 yards
Punted six times for 256 yards (42.7 avg), including a 57-yard punt, vs. Oregon (Sept. 21)
Punted three times for 151 yards (50.3 avg), including a career-best 68-yard punt in the fourth quarter, at Oregon State (Sept. 28)
Punted eight times for 324 yards (40.2 average) and was good on his first career PAT attempt vs UCLA (Oct. 17)
Handled all three phases of kicking game vs. Arizona (Oct. 26) ... 2-for-2 on field goals (33, 21) ... made first career field goal attempt - a 33-yard kick to close Stanford’s final drive of the first half ... punted five times and averaged 43.8 yards per punt with a long of 52 ... kicked off eight times with six touchbacks
Connected on a 40-yard field goal at Colorado (Nov. 9)
Connected on a career-best 48-yard field goal and also made a 44-yarder vs. California (Nov. 23)

Prior to Stanford

Prepped at Francis W. Parker School (Calif.) under head coach Matt Morrison
Nation’s second-best kicker by PrepStar, third by Rivals, third by 247Sports, eighth by ESPN
Nation’s third-best punter by 247Sports
California’s 100th-best recruit by ESPN
Set 14 single-season and nine single-game school records
2019 All-American Bowl
2018 all-USA California first team
2018 CIF San Diego Section Kicker of the Year
2018 League Offensive Player of the Year
2018 League Kicker of the Year
2018 preseason all-state first team punter
2018 Spanos All-Star Classic Bowl
2018 Makasi All-Star Bowl
2018 USA-American Football Worldwide Elite U19 team
2017 MaxPreps Preseason First-Team All-American punter
2017 all-league first team quarterback
2017 all-league kicker/punter of the Year
2017 all-state second team small school punter
2016 special teams and defensive team MVP
2015 U.S. Army Youth All-American Bowl
2015 Elite Sports All-Star Bowl
2014 U.S. Army Youth All-American Bowl
Two-time team captain
Two-time Team MVP (2017-18)
Also competed in baseball and lacrosse
Two-time league champion in lacrosse (2016-17)
2017 all-league first team in lacrosse
2016 all-league second team in lacrosse
2015 league champion in baseball
Two-time all-league all-academic in football and lacrosse
2017 all-league all-academic in baseball

Personal

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