Punter, North Carolina, 2019–⁠23

Ben Kiernan

Number: No. 91
Height: 6′0″
Weight: 210 lb
Class (2023): Senior
Hometown: Raleigh, NC

Ben Kiernan played punter at North Carolina (2019–⁠23).

Punting

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

2,479

1,485

1,966

2,281

371

7–⁠68–⁠4AP 186–⁠79–⁠58–⁠5

Season	Team	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long	In 20
2019	North Carolina	60	2,479	41.3	63	5
2020	North Carolina	34	1,485	43.7	62	16
2021	North Carolina	45	1,966	43.7	56	12
2022	North Carolina	49	2,281	46.6	70	18
2023	North Carolina	9	371	41.2	59	5
Career		197	8,582	43.6	70	56

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2019	North Carolina	91	P	Yr 1
2020	North Carolina	91	P	Yr 2
2021	North Carolina	91	P	Yr 3
2022	North Carolina	91	P	Yr 4
2023	North Carolina	91	P	Sr. (Yr 5)	6′0″	210

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

2023 North Carolina 5 games, 9 punts, 41.2 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Sep 2	vs.South Carolina	W 31–⁠17	2	85	46	1
Sep 9	vs.App State	W 40–⁠34	2	90	48	2
Sep 16	vs.Minnesota	W 31–⁠13	2	65	42	1
Sep 23	atPittsburgh	W 41–⁠24	3	131	59	1
Oct 7	vs.Syracuse	W 40–⁠7	–	–	–	–

2022 North Carolina 14 games, 49 punts, 46.6 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Aug 27	vs.Florida A&M	W 56–⁠24	2	99	50	1
Sep 3	atApp State	W 63–⁠61	2	92	50	0
Sep 10	atGeorgia State	W 35–⁠28	5	271	70	2
Sep 24	vs.Notre Dame	L 32–⁠45	5	242	54	1
Oct 1	vs.Virginia Tech	W 41–⁠10	3	121	47	0
Oct 8	atMiami	W 27–⁠24	2	81	47	1
Oct 15	atDuke	W 38–⁠35	2	94	48	1
Oct 29	vs.Pittsburgh	W 42–⁠24	4	184	52	3
Nov 5	atVirginia	W 31–⁠28	3	165	64	1
Nov 12	atWake Forest	W 36–⁠34	3	125	45	1
Nov 19	vs.Georgia Tech	L 17–⁠21	5	226	60	3
Nov 25	vs.NC State	L 27–⁠30	7	301	48	1
Dec 3	vs.Clemson	L 10–⁠39	3	146	56	2
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Oregon	L 27–⁠28	3	134	57	1

2021 North Carolina 12 games, 45 punts, 43.7 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Sep 3	atVirginia Tech	L 10–⁠17	4	169	49	1
Sep 11	vs.Georgia State	W 59–⁠17	1	53	53	1
Sep 25	vs.Georgia Tech	L 22–⁠45	4	188	50	2
Oct 2	vs.Duke	W 38–⁠7	7	306	48	2
Oct 9	vs.Florida State	L 25–⁠35	2	81	42	1
Oct 16	vs.Miami	W 45–⁠42	5	240	56	1
Oct 30	atNotre Dame	L 34–⁠44	2	94	54	1
Nov 6	vs.Wake Forest	W 58–⁠55	4	154	44	0
Nov 11	atPittsburgh	L 23–⁠30	6	258	46	0
Nov 20	vs.Wofford	W 34–⁠14	1	46	46	0
Nov 26	atNC State	L 30–⁠34	4	144	44	1
Dec 30 ✦	vs.South Carolina	L 21–⁠38	5	233	56	2

2020 North Carolina 10 games, 34 punts, 43.7 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Sep 12	vs.Syracuse	W 31–⁠6	4	182	57	1
Oct 3	atBoston College	W 26–⁠22	3	109	41	2
Oct 10	vs.Virginia Tech	W 56–⁠45	3	135	50	0
Oct 17	atFlorida State	L 28–⁠31	2	70	36	1
Oct 24	vs.NC State	W 48–⁠21	3	116	53	2
Nov 7	atDuke	W 56–⁠24	2	85	46	1
Nov 14	vs.Wake Forest	W 59–⁠53	4	176	50	2
Nov 27	vs.Notre Dame	L 17–⁠31	7	354	62	5
Dec 5	vs.Western Carolina	W 49–⁠9	2	83	44	1
Jan 2 ✦	vs.Texas A&M	L 27–⁠41	4	175	49	1

2019 North Carolina 12 games, 60 punts, 41.3 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Aug 31	vs.South Carolina	W 24–⁠20	5	208	48	0
Sep 7	vs.Miami	W 28–⁠25	4	110	35	0
Sep 13	atWake Forest	L 18–⁠24	10	460	57	0
Sep 21	vs.App State	L 31–⁠34	4	171	58	0
Sep 28	vs.Clemson	L 20–⁠21	7	315	63	0
Oct 5	atGeorgia Tech	W 38–⁠22	4	158	51	0
Oct 19	atVirginia Tech	L 41–⁠43	7	277	52	0
Oct 26	vs.Duke	W 20–⁠17	5	211	49	0
Nov 2	vs.Virginia	L 31–⁠38	2	76	43	1
Nov 14	atPittsburgh	L 27–⁠34	3	133	52	1
Nov 23	vs.Mercer	W 56–⁠7	5	200	49	1
Nov 30	atNC State	W 41–⁠10	4	160	45	2

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

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