Punter, East Carolina (from Eastern Michigan), 2013–⁠17

Austin Barnes

Lettered 2013, 2015–⁠16 at Eastern Michigan (school media guide)

Number: No. 17
Height: 5′11″
Weight: 217 lb
Hometown: Fairview Heights, IL

Austin Barnes played punter at Eastern Michigan (2013–⁠16) and East Carolina (2017).

Punting

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

1,983

934

1,960

2,739

2,200

2–⁠102–⁠101–⁠117–⁠63–⁠9

Season	Team	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long	In 20
2013	Eastern Michigan	50	1,983	39.7	57	0
2014	Eastern Michigan	21	934	44.5	65	4
2015	Eastern Michigan	45	1,960	43.6	58	0
2016	Eastern Michigan	63	2,739	43.5	61	1
2017	East Carolina	50	2,200	44.0	65	0
Career		229	9,816	42.9	65	5

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht	Wt
2013	Eastern Michigan	17	P
2014	Eastern Michigan	17	P
2015	Eastern Michigan	17	P
2016	Eastern Michigan	17	P
2017	East Carolina	17	P	5′11″	217

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

2017 East Carolina 11 games, 50 punts, 44.0 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 2	vs.James Madison	L 14–⁠34	4	197	58
Sep 9	atWest Virginia	L 20–⁠56	5	200	55
Sep 16	vs.Virginia Tech	L 17–⁠64	6	228	51
Sep 24	atUConn	W 41–⁠38	4	174	50
Sep 30	vs.South Florida	L 31–⁠61	5	180	52
Oct 7	vs.Temple	L 10–⁠34	6	272	65
Oct 14	atUCF	L 21–⁠63	8	399	64
Oct 21	vs.BYU	W 33–⁠17	3	137	62
Nov 4	atHouston	L 27–⁠52	3	128	51
Nov 11	vs.Tulane	L 24–⁠31	4	160	50
Nov 18	vs.Cincinnati	W 48–⁠20	2	125	63

2016 Eastern Michigan 13 games, 63 punts, 43.5 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Sep 2	vs.Mississippi Valley State	W 61–⁠14	2	93	52	1
Sep 10	atMissouri	L 21–⁠61	8	376	55	0
Sep 17	atCharlotte	W 37–⁠19	3	140	50	0
Sep 23	vs.Wyoming	W 27–⁠24	5	236	58	0
Oct 1	atBowling Green	W 28–⁠25	5	250	56	0
Oct 8	vs.Toledo	L 20–⁠35	6	264	57	0
Oct 15	atOhio	W 27–⁠20	4	172	56	0
Oct 22	atWestern Michigan	L 31–⁠45	3	141	51	0
Oct 29	vs.Miami (OH)	L 15–⁠28	6	288	61	0
Nov 8	atBall State	W 48–⁠41	8	294	42	0
Nov 16	vs.Northern Illinois	L 24–⁠31	6	241	48	0
Nov 22	vs.Central Michigan	W 26–⁠21	4	129	43	0
Dec 23 ✦	vs.Old Dominion	L 20–⁠24	3	115	48	0

2015 Eastern Michigan 10 games, 45 punts, 43.6 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 5	vs.Old Dominion	L 34–⁠38	3	137	55
Sep 12	atWyoming	W 48–⁠29	3	160	54
Sep 19	vs.Ball State	L 17–⁠28	5	226	54
Sep 26	vs.Army	L 36–⁠58	3	135	49
Oct 3	atLSU	L 22–⁠44	4	148	44
Oct 24	atNorthern Illinois	L 21–⁠49	7	304	55
Oct 29	vs.Western Michigan	L 28–⁠58	2	68	41
Nov 7	atMiami (OH)	L 13–⁠28	7	311	58
Nov 14	vs.Massachusetts	L 17–⁠28	4	179	47
Nov 27	atCentral Michigan	L 28–⁠35	7	292	53

2014 Eastern Michigan 3 games, 21 punts, 44.5 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Sep 6	atFlorida	L 0–⁠65	7	310	49	1
Sep 13	atOld Dominion	L 3–⁠17	5	217	52	2
Sep 20	atMichigan State	L 14–⁠73	9	407	65	1

No box score in the source for Aug 30 vs. Morgan State, so that game is not listed.

2013 Eastern Michigan 9 games, 50 punts, 39.7 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Aug 31	vs.Howard	W 34–⁠24	5	196	55
Sep 7	atPenn State	L 7–⁠45	11	461	52
Sep 14	atRutgers	L 10–⁠28	6	176	38
Sep 21	vs.Ball State	L 20–⁠51	4	144	39
Oct 5	atBuffalo	L 14–⁠42	5	220	51
Oct 12	atArmy	L 25–⁠50	1	54	54
Oct 19	vs.Ohio	L 28–⁠56	4	180	57
Oct 26	atNorthern Illinois	L 20–⁠59	7	268	48
Nov 2	atToledo	L 16–⁠55	7	284	50

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

Before the draft

Drill	Pro day 2018
Height	5′11¼″
Weight	216 lb
Arm length	31⅛″
Hand size	9¼″

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

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