Punter, Missouri State, 2020–⁠24

Grant Burkett

Number: No. 31
Height: 6′1″
Weight: 175 lb
Class (2024): Senior
Hometown: Joplin, MO

Grant Burkett played punter at Missouri State (2020–⁠24).

Team titles: Missouri Valley Football champions, 2020

Punting

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

362

294

2,031

1,539

1,898

5–⁠58–⁠45–⁠64–⁠78–⁠4

Season	Team	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long	In 20
2020*	Missouri State	9	362	40.2	50	0
2021	Missouri State	6	294	49.0	53	3
2022	Missouri State	48	2,031	42.3	64	14
2023	Missouri State	35	1,539	44.0	59	5
2024	Missouri State	44	1,898	43.1	61	13
Career		142	6,124	43.1	64	35

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	Class	Ht	Wt
2020	Missouri State	31	P	Yr 1
2021	Missouri State	31	P	Yr 2
2022	Missouri State	31	P	Yr 3
2023	Missouri State	31	P	Yr 4
2024	Missouri State	31	P	Sr. (Yr 5)	6′1″	175

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

2024 Missouri State 12 games, 44 punts, 43.1 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Aug 31	atMontana	L 24–⁠29	4	169	52	0
Sep 7	atBall State	L 34–⁠42	6	226	53	1
Sep 14	vs.Lindenwood	W 28–⁠14	2	85	45	1
Sep 21	atUT Martin	W 31–⁠24	6	228	53	2
Sep 28	vs.Youngstown State	W 38–⁠31	3	140	52	1
Oct 12	atIllinois State	W 41–⁠7	1	42	42	1
Oct 19	vs.Indiana State	W 46–⁠21	1	57	57	1
Oct 26	atNorthern Iowa	W 49–⁠42	2	70	38	2
Nov 2	vs.Southern Illinois	W 38–⁠17	6	287	61	1
Nov 9	atMurray State	W 59–⁠31	3	135	49	1
Nov 16	atNorth Dakota State	L 21–⁠59	4	179	47	1
Nov 23	vs.South Dakota State	L 9–⁠45	6	280	55	1

2023 Missouri State 11 games, 35 punts, 44.0 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Sep 1	atKansas	L 17–⁠48	6	238	51	1
Sep 9	atUT Martin	L 31–⁠38	4	182	55	1
Sep 23	vs.Utah Tech	W 59–⁠14	2	71	36	0
Sep 30	atSouthern Illinois	L 20–⁠33	2	88	47	0
Oct 7	vs.North Dakota State	L 10–⁠38	2	96	53	0
Oct 14	atWestern Illinois	W 48–⁠7	1	43	43	1
Oct 21	vs.Murray State	W 28–⁠24	5	242	54	0
Oct 28	atYoungstown State	L 28–⁠44	5	218	53	1
Nov 4	vs.Illinois State	L 35–⁠36	1	59	59	0
Nov 11	vs.Northern Iowa	W 35–⁠16	3	105	40	0
Nov 18	atSouth Dakota State	L 17–⁠35	4	197	54	1

2022 Missouri State 11 games, 48 punts, 42.3 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Sep 1	atCentral Arkansas	W 27–⁠14	5	188	49	2
Sep 8	vs.UT Martin	W 35–⁠30	2	94	50	0
Sep 17	atArkansas	L 27–⁠38	8	380	64	3
Sep 24	vs.South Dakota State	L 14–⁠28	7	331	56	3
Oct 1	atNorth Dakota	L 31–⁠48	3	143	51	0
Oct 8	vs.Southern Illinois	L 21–⁠38	3	122	43	1
Oct 22	atNorthern Iowa	L 20–⁠41	3	136	50	1
Oct 29	vs.Western Illinois	W 64–⁠14	2	76	45	0
Nov 5	atSouth Dakota	L 13–⁠20	4	181	47	2
Nov 12	vs.Youngstown State	W 25–⁠22	6	226	47	1
Nov 19	atIndiana State	W 24–⁠7	5	154	51	1

2021 Missouri State 1 game, 6 punts, 49.0 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Sep 4	atOklahoma State	L 16–⁠23	6	294	53	3

No box score in the source for Oct 2 at Illinois State, so that game is not listed.

2020 Missouri State 1 game, 9 punts, 40.2 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Sep 12	atOklahoma	L 0–⁠48	9	362	50	0

No box score in the source for Sep 27 at Central Arkansas; Oct 18 vs. Central Arkansas; Feb 27 at Western Illinois; Mar 6 vs. North Dakota State; Mar 13 at South Dakota; Mar 20 at Northern Iowa; Mar 27 vs. Southern Illinois; Apr 10 vs. Youngstown State; Apr 24 at North Dakota, so those games are not listed.

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

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