Punter, Illinois, 2007–⁠10

Anthony Santella

Number: No. 87
Height: 6′2″
Hometown: Wauconda, IL

Anthony Santella played punter at Illinois (2007–⁠10).

Honors

2010First-team All-Big Ten

Punting

Punting yards, season by season, with his team’s record

2,410

2,088

2,600

2,866

9–⁠4AP 205–⁠73–⁠97–⁠6

Season	Team	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long
2007*	Illinois	64	2,410	37.7	59
2008*	Illinois	53	2,088	39.4	56
2009	Illinois	63	2,600	41.3	65
2010	Illinois	64	2,866	44.8	67
Career		244	9,964	40.8	67

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2007	Illinois	87	P
2008	Illinois	87	P
2009	Illinois	87	P
2010	Illinois	87	P	6′2″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2010 Illinois 13 games, 64 punts, 44.8 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 4	vs.Missouri	L 13–⁠23	4	187	52
Sep 11	vs.Southern Illinois	W 35–⁠3	5	254	57
Sep 18	vs.Northern Illinois	W 28–⁠22	6	292	67
Oct 2	vs.Ohio State	L 13–⁠24	6	282	58
Oct 9	atPenn State	W 33–⁠13	3	135	48
Oct 16	atMichigan State	L 6–⁠26	4	158	48
Oct 23	vs.Indiana	W 43–⁠13	5	228	56
Oct 30	vs.Purdue	W 44–⁠10	7	306	65
Nov 6	atMichigan	L 65–⁠67	6	282	62
Nov 13	vs.Minnesota	L 34–⁠38	6	239	55
Nov 20	vs.Northwestern	W 48–⁠27	2	107	59
Dec 3	atFresno State	L 23–⁠25	5	195	45
Dec 29 ✦	vs.Baylor	W 38–⁠14	5	201	45

2009 Illinois 12 games, 63 punts, 41.3 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 5	vs.Missouri	L 9–⁠37	5	199	43
Sep 12	vs.Illinois State	W 45–⁠17	2	59	43
Sep 26	atOhio State	L 0–⁠30	8	320	47
Oct 3	vs.Penn State	L 17–⁠35	6	230	45
Oct 10	vs.Michigan State	L 14–⁠24	8	358	54
Oct 17	atIndiana	L 14–⁠27	5	212	52
Oct 24	atPurdue	L 14–⁠24	5	224	51
Oct 31	vs.Michigan	W 38–⁠13	4	191	65
Nov 7	atMinnesota	W 35–⁠32	4	163	43
Nov 14	vs.Northwestern	L 16–⁠21	6	246	51
Nov 27	atCincinnati	L 36–⁠49	7	290	47
Dec 5	vs.Fresno State	L 52–⁠53	3	108	48

2008 Illinois 12 games, 53 punts, 39.4 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Aug 30	vs.Missouri	L 42–⁠52	8	336	56
Sep 6	vs.Eastern Illinois	W 47–⁠21	2	76	42
Sep 13	vs.Louisiana	W 20–⁠17	4	126	48
Sep 27	atPenn State	L 24–⁠38	3	118	47
Oct 4	atMichigan	W 45–⁠20	6	234	48
Oct 11	vs.Minnesota	L 20–⁠27	3	121	42
Oct 18	vs.Indiana	W 55–⁠13	3	130	52
Oct 25	atWisconsin	L 17–⁠27	5	212	51
Nov 1	vs.Iowa	W 27–⁠24	6	246	53
Nov 8	vs.Western Michigan	L 17–⁠23	4	143	37
Nov 15	vs.Ohio State	L 20–⁠30	3	117	43
Nov 22	atNorthwestern	L 10–⁠27	6	229	45

2007 Illinois 13 games, 64 punts, 37.7 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 1	vs.Missouri	L 34–⁠40	6	226	48
Sep 8	vs.Western Illinois	W 21–⁠0	9	304	40
Sep 15	atSyracuse	W 41–⁠20	3	100	35
Sep 22	atIndiana	W 27–⁠14	6	246	59
Sep 29	vs.Penn State	W 27–⁠20	6	200	42
Oct 6	vs.Wisconsin	W 31–⁠26	5	171	56
Oct 13	atIowa	L 6–⁠10	4	154	46
Oct 20	vs.Michigan	L 17–⁠27	5	184	44
Oct 27	vs.Ball State	W 28–⁠17	4	169	45
Nov 3	atMinnesota	W 44–⁠17	1	32	32
Nov 10	atOhio State	W 28–⁠21	6	230	50
Nov 17	vs.Northwestern	W 41–⁠22	3	126	52
Jan 1 ✦	vs.USC	L 17–⁠49	6	268	47

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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