Punter, Vanderbilt, 2006–⁠09

Brett Upson

Number: No. 39
Height: 5′11″
Hometown: Griffin, GA

Brett Upson played punter at Vanderbilt (2006–⁠09).

Honors

2009Second-team All-SEC

Punting

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

1,945

2,391

3,113

3,488

4–⁠85–⁠77–⁠62–⁠10

Season	Team	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long
2006*	Vanderbilt	52	1,945	37.4	69
2007*	Vanderbilt	61	2,391	39.2	59
2008*	Vanderbilt	77	3,113	40.4	60
2009	Vanderbilt	81	3,488	43.1	65
Career		271	10,937	40.4	69

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
2006	Vanderbilt	39	P
2007	Vanderbilt	39	P
2008	Vanderbilt	39	P
2009	Vanderbilt	39	P	5′11″

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

2009 Vanderbilt 12 games, 81 punts, 43.1 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 5	vs.Western Carolina	W 45–⁠0	4	110	42
Sep 12	atLSU	L 9–⁠23	8	305	48
Sep 19	vs.Mississippi State	L 3–⁠15	11	473	65
Sep 26	atRice	W 36–⁠17	8	344	54
Oct 3	vs.Ole Miss	L 7–⁠23	6	276	64
Oct 10	atArmy	L 13–⁠16	6	283	59
Oct 17	vs.Georgia	L 10–⁠34	7	325	54
Oct 24	atSouth Carolina	L 10–⁠14	8	384	64
Oct 31	vs.Georgia Tech	L 31–⁠56	4	156	44
Nov 7	atFlorida	L 3–⁠27	7	297	60
Nov 14	vs.Kentucky	L 13–⁠24	8	377	53
Nov 21	atTennessee	L 16–⁠31	4	158	47

2008 Vanderbilt 13 games, 77 punts, 40.4 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Aug 28	atMiami (OH)	W 34–⁠13	4	161	49
Sep 4	vs.South Carolina	W 24–⁠17	6	208	46
Sep 13	vs.Rice	W 38–⁠21	4	153	45
Sep 20	atOle Miss	W 23–⁠17	7	309	53
Oct 4	vs.Auburn	W 14–⁠13	8	313	55
Oct 11	atMississippi State	L 14–⁠17	8	337	56
Oct 18	atGeorgia	L 14–⁠24	7	312	57
Oct 25	vs.Duke	L 7–⁠10	5	178	51
Nov 8	vs.Florida	L 14–⁠42	3	122	43
Nov 15	atKentucky	W 31–⁠24	4	168	50
Nov 22	vs.Tennessee	L 10–⁠20	7	263	56
Nov 29	atWake Forest	L 10–⁠23	5	206	60
Dec 31 ✦	vs.Boston College	W 16–⁠14	9	383	58

2007 Vanderbilt 12 games, 61 punts, 39.2 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 1	vs.Richmond	W 41–⁠17	3	123	47
Sep 8	vs.Alabama	L 10–⁠24	8	257	42
Sep 15	vs.Ole Miss	W 31–⁠17	2	93	51
Sep 29	vs.Eastern Michigan	W 30–⁠7	2	66	33
Oct 6	atAuburn	L 7–⁠35	6	218	50
Oct 13	vs.Georgia	L 17–⁠20	6	265	55
Oct 20	atSouth Carolina	W 17–⁠6	8	321	47
Oct 27	vs.Miami (OH)	W 24–⁠13	3	114	42
Nov 3	atFlorida	L 22–⁠49	5	200	48
Nov 10	vs.Kentucky	L 20–⁠27	4	151	46
Nov 17	atTennessee	L 24–⁠25	6	276	59
Nov 24	vs.Wake Forest	L 17–⁠31	8	307	54

2006 Vanderbilt 12 games, 52 punts, 37.4 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 2	atMichigan	L 7–⁠27	7	254	47
Sep 9	atAlabama	L 10–⁠13	5	218	50
Sep 16	vs.Arkansas	L 19–⁠21	7	280	69
Sep 23	vs.Tennessee State	W 38–⁠9	2	76	44
Sep 30	vs.Temple	W 43–⁠14	4	118	39
Oct 7	atOle Miss	L 10–⁠17	3	120	49
Oct 14	atGeorgia	W 24–⁠22	5	187	56
Oct 21	vs.South Carolina	L 13–⁠31	3	86	30
Oct 28	atDuke	W 45–⁠28	1	40	40
Nov 4	vs.Florida	L 19–⁠25	5	206	50
Nov 11	atKentucky	L 26–⁠38	3	114	47
Nov 18	vs.Tennessee	L 10–⁠39	7	246	42

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

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