Tommy Townsend

TRANSACTIONS: Originally signed as an undrafted free agent with the Kansas City Chiefs on April 26, 2020...Re-signed with Kansas City on April 27, 2023...Signed by the Texans as an unrestricted free agent on March 15, 2024.

CAREER:

Has a career-best of 2,776 total punt yards
Recorded two of the top five longest punts in franchise history in 2022

HONORS:

2x Super Bowl Champion (LVII and LVIII)
Selected to the Pro Bowl following the 2022 season
Named an AP All-Pro following the 2022 (first-team) season
Was voted by teammates as a special teams team captain prior to the club's 2022 playoff games
September 2022 AFC Special Teams Player of the Month
2022 Week 15 AFC Special Teams Player of the Week
November 2021 AFC Player of the Month
2021 Week 9 AFC Player of the Week
2020 Week 15 AFC Special Teams Player of the Week
2020 PFWA All-Rookie Team

2023 (Kansas City 17/0):

Played in all 17 games, finishing with a career-best 2,776 total punt yards

2022 (Kansas City 17/0):

Recorded the highest punting average in a single-season (50.42) and highest net punting average in a single-season (45.58) in Chiefs history in 2022
In 2022, recorded two of the top five longest punts in franchise history
In Week 2 against the L.A. Chargers (9/15/22), Townsend booted the ball 74 yards, tying former P Bob Grupp for the fifth-longest punt in Chiefs history
At Denver in Week 14 (12/11/22), he punted the ball 76 yards, tying former P Dan Stryzinski for the third-longest punt in the franchise record book

2021 (Kansas City 16/0):

Competed in seven games in 2021 and recorded four tackles (two solo), one tackle for loss, 1.5 sacks and one pass defensed

2020 (Kansas City 16/0):

In Week 4 versus the New England Patriots (10/5/20), he recorded a punting average of 60.8 yards, setting a new Chiefs single-game franchise record (minimum four punts)

COLLEGE:

Finished his collegiate career at Florida with 4,162 yards on 93 punts (44.8 avg.)
Holds the school record for most yards by a punter in a single game (432 yds., nine punts) and the seventh-longest punt (71 yds.)
In 2019, totaled 1,847 yards on 42 punts, averaging 44.0 yards per kick
Recorded 11 punts of over 50 yards and downed 20 inside the 20-yard line
Was a semifinalist for the Ray Guy Award in 2019
In 2018, finished the season averaging 45.4 yards as he totaled 2,315 yards on 51 punts
Named second-team All-SEC by Athlon Sports and was a semifinalist for the Ray Guy Award in 2018
Sat out the 2016 season due to NCAA transfer rules after transferring from Tennessee

PERSONAL:

Following his senior season at Boone High School, he was named first-team All-America (Scout.com), All-State (Statewide Sports Writers & FHSCA), All-Central Florida (Orlando Sentinel) and All-District (FHSCA)
Averaged 43.0 yards per punt as a senior
Named a U.S. Army All-American
Played in the 2014 Central Florida All-Star Game
Garnered Defensive Player of the Week honors from the Orlando Touchdown Club following a two interception performance against Edgewater High School in 2014
Also played cornerback and quarterback in high school and played baseball for Boone
Brother, Johnny, was also a punter at Florida and spent the 2018 season with the Oakland Raiders and joined the Chiefs practice squad in November of 2020

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