Punter, LSU, 2009–⁠10

Derek Helton

Number: No. 38
Height: 6′0″
Hometown: Hoyt, KS

Derek Helton played punter at LSU (2009–⁠10).

Punting

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

1,876

1,555

Season	Team	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long
2009	LSU	47	1,876	39.9	59
2010	LSU	34	1,555	45.7	82
Career		81	3,431	42.4	82

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2009	LSU	38	P
2010	LSU	38	P	6′0″

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 LSU 12 games, 34 punts, 45.7 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 4	vs.North Carolina	W 30–⁠24	3	104	37
Sep 11	atVanderbilt	W 27–⁠3	5	195	45
Sep 25	vs.West Virginia	W 20–⁠14	4	184	55
Oct 2	vs.Tennessee	W 16–⁠14	2	91	55
Oct 9	atFlorida	W 33–⁠29	3	123	48
Oct 16	vs.McNeese	W 32–⁠10	2	94	56
Oct 23	atAuburn	L 17–⁠24	5	266	56
Nov 6	vs.Alabama	W 24–⁠21	2	78	46
Nov 13	vs.UL Monroe	W 51–⁠0	3	143	56
Nov 20	vs.Ole Miss	W 43–⁠36	1	48	48
Nov 27	atArkansas	L 23–⁠31	3	171	82
Jan 7 ✦	vs.Texas A&M	W 41–⁠24	1	58	58

2009 LSU 12 games, 47 punts, 39.9 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 5	atWashington	W 31–⁠23	4	128	38
Sep 12	vs.Vanderbilt	W 23–⁠9	4	160	50
Sep 19	vs.Louisiana	W 31–⁠3	3	132	48
Sep 26	atMississippi State	W 30–⁠26	7	301	59
Oct 3	atGeorgia	W 20–⁠13	3	112	42
Oct 10	vs.Florida	L 3–⁠13	3	110	51
Oct 24	vs.Auburn	W 31–⁠10	1	27	27
Nov 7	atAlabama	L 15–⁠24	6	282	53
Nov 14	vs.Louisiana Tech	W 24–⁠16	3	128	46
Nov 21	atOle Miss	L 23–⁠25	5	198	49
Nov 28	vs.Arkansas	W 33–⁠30	4	162	49
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Penn State	L 17–⁠19	4	136	37

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

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