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Jersey Number 37
Ian Hershey
- Position:
- Punter/Kicker
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Pocatello, Idaho
- High School:
- Highland
2025 SEASON (SENIOR)
PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH
HIGH SCHOOL
PERSONAL
- Served as Texas Techโs backup punter and kickoff specialist throughout first season as a Red Raider โฆ appeared in only four games, including all three non-conference wins and then the regular-season finale at West Virginia (11/29).
- Connected on one extra point in the wins over Arkansas-Pine Bluff (8/30), Oregon State (9/13) and the Mountaineers โฆ called on for kickoff duty three times on the year as well, with two resulting in touchbacks โฆ lone exception was a 61-yard kickoff in the opener versus Pine Bluff โฆ two touchbacks came in routs over Kent State (9/6) and West Virginia.
PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH
- Arrived at Texas Tech after spending two seasons at Big 12 counterpart Arizona State and one year at Idaho State โฆ experienced as both a place kicker and punter during his collegiate career โฆ also saw time as a kickoff specialist at both schools ... joined the Red Raiders withย two seasons of eligibility remaining (as well as a possible redshirt).
- Combined to appear in 24 games over his career with 13 appearances at Arizona State and 11 at Idaho State โฆ found the uprights on 14-of-23 field goal attempts over his career and 36-of-39 PAT tries โฆ averaged 38.9 yards per punt between the two schools on 72 attempts with 13 of those being downed inside the 20 yard line.
- 2024 SEASON (JUNIORย at ARIZONA STATE): moved into a more prominent role as Arizona Stateโs field goal leader for a program that won the Big 12 title and played in the College Football Playoff โฆ was 7-for-12 on field goal attempts on the season and 20-of-21 on PAT tries โฆ three of his five misses on the season came from 40-plus yards โฆ called on to kickoff 15 times with an average of 54.2 yards per boot and only one attempt that went out of bounds.
- Found the uprights on 2-of-3 attempts in the season opener versus Wyoming (8/31) with successful tries from 24 and 29 yards โฆ was a perfect 3-for-3 the next week against Mississippi State (9/7) with successful attempts from 27, 46 and 47 yards โฆ his two makes from 46 and 47 yards marked his two longest successful tries on the season โฆ closed non-conference play by drilling a 22-yarder against Texas State (9/14) โฆ unable to do the same on a 51-yard attempt in that same game, his longest try of his Arizona State career.
- Began Big 12 play by making his only attempt against his new school in Texas Tech (9/21) โฆ the successful 34-yarder put the Sun Devils on the board with 13:10 remaining in the second quarter and the Red Raiders leading 14-3 as a result โฆ missed his final three attempts on the season with a 38-yard attempt against Kansas (10/5) and tries from 41 and 48 yards at Cincinnati (10/19).
- 2023 SEASON (SOPHOMORE at ARIZONA STATE):ย appeared in four games during first season as a Sun Devil, mainly as a punter โฆ called on for 16 punts, averaging 39.6 yards an attempt with three of those downed inside the 20 โฆ averaged 41.7 yards per punt in his Arizona State debut versus Colorado (10/7) with three of his six punts being downed inside the 20 โฆ recorded his longest punt of the season at 50 yards versus the Buffaloes โฆ later averaged 38.0 yards per punt on eight attempts at Utah (11/4) and 40.0 yards a punt on two punts versus Arizona (11/25).
- 2022 SEASON (FRESHMAN at IDAHO STATE):ย earned both the kicking and punting jobs as only a true freshman with the Bengals โฆ ย appeared in 11 games total, finishing 7-of-11 on field goal attempts while averaging 38.7 yards per punt โฆ downed 10 of his 56 punt attempts inside the 20 and had 22 attempts fair caught โฆ averaged 57.8 yards on kickoffs with 14 of his 36 attempts resulting in a touchback and only one that went out of bounds.
- As a field goal kicker, was 4-of-5 from inside 39 yards and 3-of-6 from 40-plus yards โฆ longest field goal of the season was from 50 yards against Montana (10/1) โฆ also booted his longest punt of the season against Montana, sailing one of his six attempts 67 yards โฆ found the uprights from 40-plus yards twice against Cal Poly (10/15) with successful tries from 44 and 47 yards.
HIGH SCHOOL
- Attended Highland High School in his hometown of Pocatello, Idaho โฆ averaged 40.9 yards per punt at the prep level and was 19-for-23 on field goals as a senior with a long of 58 yards.
- Helped push Highland to the Idaho Class 5A state final his senior year with a successful 40-yard field goal as time expired โฆ previously set the Idaho state record with a 58-yard field goal in a quarterfinal win over Rocky Mountain High School โฆ delivered the game-winning field goal in that victory as well with a successful 45-yard attempt with 3:25 remaining in regulation.
- Earned a five-star rating by Chris Sailer Kicking and was rated the No. 36 kicking prospect in the country by the outlet out of high school.
PERSONAL
- Ian Hershey... born in San Bernadino, California, to parents Jeremy and Pamela Hershey ... later moved to his hometown of Pocatello, Idaho ... has a sister, Zoe.ย
- Second-generation specialist at the collegiate level ... his father was a kicker and punter at Cal Berkeley and Idaho State ... earned All-Big Sky Conference honors in 2003 while at Idaho State and still holds multiple top 10 kicking marks.
- A leadership studies major at Texas Tech.
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