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Jersey Number 41
Jack Burgess
- Position:
- Punter
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia
- High School:
- St. Patrick’s College/Prokick Australia
Bio
CAREER HONORS
2024 SEASON (JUNIOR)
PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH
HIGH SCHOOL
PERSONAL
- Semifinalist for FCS Punter of the Year (2023, So.)
- All-Big Sky honorable mention selection (2023, So.)
- Academic All-Big Sky honors (2022, Fr.)
2024 SEASON (JUNIOR)
- Immediately became Texas Tech’s primary punter during his first season as a Red Raider … appeared in all 13 games as both a punter and the field goal holder.Â
- Averaged 42.2 yards per punt over his 47 attempts on the season … known for his punt placement with 23 going for fair catches and 19 being downed inside the 20-yard line … also had five punts of at least 50 yards with a long for the season of 59 yards.Â
- Called on to punt in 12 of 13 games overall with the lone exception being the regular season finale against West Virginia (11/30) … the Red Raiders scored in nine of their 10 possessions in the 52-15 rout of the Mountaineers with lone exception being the result of an interception … marked the first time Texas Tech did not punt in a game since facing Kansas in 2021.
- Ended the season with a 76.2 overall grade from Pro Football Focus, which ranked 21st nationally … publication listed him with a 4.06 hangtime for the season, which was tied for 17th nationally and fifth in the Big 12 Conference.Â
- IN THE BIG 12 RANKINGS: Ended the season ranked fourth in the league for punting average (42.2) … had the fourth-most punt attempts on the season in the conference.Â
- Averaged more than 40.0 yards per punt in 11 of 12 games with an attempt overall … lone exception was versus Cincinnati (9/28) with one attempt for only 37 yards … punt came from the Cincinnati 47-yard line and pinned the Bearkats at their own 10-yard line with less than two minutes remaining and the Red Raiders leading 44-41.Â
- Top average on the season came in the win over North Texas (9/14) with four attempts for 182 yards (45.5 average) … second-highest average with multiple attempts was a 43.8 clip versus Arkansas (12/27) in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl … also had a 43.7 average on three attempts versus Colorado (11/9) late in the season.Â
- Set a season high with seven punt attempts in the win at Arizona (10/5) … called on to punt at least five times in four different games against Arizona State (9/21) and then three-consecutive contests versus Baylor (10/19), TCU (10/26) and Iowa State (11/2).
PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH
- Arrived at Texas Tech as one of the top FCS punters in the country at Weber State with two seasons of eligibility remaining … the second Australian-born punter to sign with the Red Raiders since 2017, joining Dominic Panazzolo (2017-18), who also transferred to Texas Tech with two years of eligibility from a program in Utah (Snow College).
- Averaged 44.1 yards per punt over 100 attempts during his two seasons with a long of 70 yards … booted 25 of his attempts 50 or more yards, including 20 during his sophomore season alone … accurate placement with 44 punts downed inside the 20 over his career and only eight touchbacks.
- 2023 SEASON (SOPHOMORE at WEBER STATE): one of eight semifinalists for the FCS Punter of the Year Award as a sophomore … an honorable mention All-Big Sky selection as well after averaging 47.2 yards per punt on his 54 attempts.
- Led the Big Sky Conference and ranked second in the FCS in punting average … the Wildcats were also second in the FCS with a 42.0 net punting average … had 20 of his punts go at least 50 yards … downed 21 of his punts inside the 20 to give Weber State significant field position throughout the season.
- 2022 SEASON (FRESHMAN at WEBER STATE): joined the Wildcats in the summer of 2022 and played in all 13 games, helping Weber State to a 10-win season and a trip to the second round of the FCS Playoffs.
- Finished ninth in the Big Sky with an average of 40.5 yards per punt … had 46 punts on the year for 1,863 yards with five attempts of more than 50 yards, including a season-long of 68 yards in a win over Montana … placed 23 punts – exactly 50.0 percent of his attempts – inside the 20-yard line … averaged a season-high 50.0 yards per punt in WSU’s win over Eastern Washington.
- Earned Academic All-Big Sky honors for his work in the classroom.
HIGH SCHOOL
- Attended St. Patrick’s College, a Catholic secondary College that provides education for boys from Year 7 to Year 12, with an emphasis on academic and sporting programs in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia ... sports played at the prep level included Australian rules football, cricket and basketball.
PERSONAL
- Jack Burgess ... born in Sale, Victoria, Australia ... raised in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia ... son of Maria Burgess and the late Ian Burgess ... has one sibling, an older sister, Elysia.
- Began watching the NFL in 2017 and college football soon after, which first generated interest in American football ... product of the Melbourne-based American football punting academy, Prokick Australia
- Enjoys playing golf in his spare time.
- A university studies major at Texas Tech.
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