Punter, Iowa State, 2014–⁠17

Colin Downing

Number: No. 13
Height: 6′0″
Weight: 190 lb
Hometown: Whitefish Bay, WI

Colin Downing played punter at Iowa State (2014–⁠17).

Punting

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

2,720

2,166

2,381

2,677

2–⁠103–⁠93–⁠98–⁠5

Season	Team	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long	In 20
2014*	Iowa State	69	2,720	39.4	64	13
2015	Iowa State	53	2,166	40.9	61	0
2016	Iowa State	58	2,381	41.1	67	0
2017	Iowa State	66	2,677	40.6	61	0
Career		246	9,944	40.4	67	13

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	Wt
2014	Iowa State	13	P
2015	Iowa State	13	P
2016	Iowa State	13	P
2017	Iowa State	13	P	6′0″	190

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 Iowa State 13 games, 66 punts, 40.6 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 2	vs.Northern Iowa	W 42–⁠24	5	227	55
Sep 9	vs.Iowa	L 41–⁠44	5	236	61
Sep 16	atAkron	W 41–⁠14	3	120	46
Sep 28	vs.Texas	L 7–⁠17	7	254	42
Oct 7	atOklahoma	W 38–⁠31	2	96	50
Oct 14	vs.Kansas	W 45–⁠0	9	379	56
Oct 21	atTexas Tech	W 31–⁠13	4	190	52
Oct 28	vs.TCU	W 14–⁠7	8	296	49
Nov 4	atWest Virginia	L 16–⁠20	4	179	51
Nov 11	vs.Oklahoma State	L 42–⁠49	7	238	49
Nov 18	atBaylor	W 23–⁠13	4	137	41
Nov 25	atKansas State	L 19–⁠20	4	149	43
Dec 30 ✦	atMemphis	W 21–⁠20	4	176	52

2016 Iowa State 12 games, 58 punts, 41.1 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 3	vs.Northern Iowa	L 20–⁠25	7	274	51
Sep 10	atIowa	L 3–⁠42	9	320	49
Sep 17	atTCU	L 20–⁠41	8	351	51
Sep 24	vs.San José State	W 44–⁠10	2	87	50
Oct 1	vs.Baylor	L 42–⁠45	3	153	67
Oct 8	atOklahoma State	L 31–⁠38	6	245	50
Oct 15	atTexas	L 6–⁠27	7	324	54
Oct 29	vs.Kansas State	L 26–⁠31	2	68	38
Nov 3	vs.Oklahoma	L 24–⁠34	5	217	47
Nov 12	atKansas	W 31–⁠24	3	123	47
Nov 19	vs.Texas Tech	W 66–⁠10	3	107	40
Nov 26	vs.West Virginia	L 19–⁠49	3	112	44

2015 Iowa State 12 games, 53 punts, 40.9 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 5	vs.Northern Iowa	W 31–⁠7	5	200	57
Sep 12	vs.Iowa	L 17–⁠31	7	311	59
Sep 19	atToledo	L 23–⁠30	2	71	39
Oct 3	vs.Kansas	W 38–⁠13	5	177	45
Oct 10	atTexas Tech	L 31–⁠66	4	202	61
Oct 17	vs.TCU	L 21–⁠45	2	81	46
Oct 24	atBaylor	L 27–⁠45	5	218	54
Oct 31	vs.Texas	W 24–⁠0	3	121	47
Nov 7	atOklahoma	L 16–⁠52	7	254	47
Nov 14	vs.Oklahoma State	L 31–⁠35	4	149	51
Nov 21	atKansas State	L 35–⁠38	2	70	41
Nov 28	atWest Virginia	L 6–⁠30	7	312	52

2014 Iowa State 12 games, 69 punts, 39.4 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Aug 30	vs.North Dakota State	L 14–⁠34	6	274	56	2
Sep 6	vs.Kansas State	L 28–⁠32	5	206	46	2
Sep 13	atIowa	W 20–⁠17	4	164	50	1
Sep 27	vs.Baylor	L 28–⁠49	8	353	64	1
Oct 4	atOklahoma State	L 20–⁠37	5	226	55	0
Oct 11	vs.Toledo	W 37–⁠30	2	70	36	0
Oct 18	atTexas	L 45–⁠48	6	246	50	0
Nov 1	vs.Oklahoma	L 14–⁠59	8	271	49	1
Nov 8	atKansas	L 14–⁠34	5	198	53	2
Nov 22	vs.Texas Tech	L 31–⁠34	4	144	44	4
Nov 29	vs.West Virginia	L 24–⁠37	7	229	39	0
Dec 6	atTCU	L 3–⁠55	9	339	48	0

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

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