Paddy Turner

Position:
Punter
Height:
6-5
Weight:
205
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Ararat, VIC, Australia
High School:
Marian
Prev School:
Nevada

Awards and Honors

• Team Captain - 2022, 2024
• Ray Guy Award Watch List (2023, 2024)

at Colorado State

Graduate, 2024 (13/0):

• Appeared in all 13 games as holder and 11 games as punter
• Recorded 46 punts with a 40.3 average
• Put 16 punts inside the 20 yard line and nine more than 50 yards
• Forced eight fair catches
• Booted a season-long 62 yard punt against Colorado

Redshirt Senior, 2023 (12/0):
• Starting punter for all 12 games
• Punted 51 times for 2,212 yards, averaging 43.4 per punt
• Booted a career-long 65 yards at Utah State
• Landed 18 punts inside the 20 and 11 punts of 50+ yards
• Forced 11 fair catches with just two touchbacks
• Kept opponents to just 7.15 yards per return - fourth lowest in the Mountain West

Redshirt Junior, 2022 (12/0):
• Participated in spring 2022 practices
• Starting punter for all 12 contests
• Had 65 punts for 2,534 yards, average of 39 yards per punt
• Averaged 42.8 on his punts the final five games
• Season-best 56 yards at Air Force
• Placed 13 of his attempts inside the 20
• Had seven punts of 50 yards or longer
• Forced 22 fair catches with just one touchback
• Allowed just 5.57 yards per punt return, the second-best mark in the Mountain West and No. 33 overall nationally

Before Colorado State

• Spent one redshirt season (2021) at Nevada but did not see any action

Personal/High School

• A product of ProKick Australia
• Father, Scott, was a professional footballer in the Australian Football League (AFL) from 1991 to 1999 for the Richmond Football Club where he played in 144 games with 33 goals