Punter, Michigan State, 2015–⁠19

Jake Hartbarger

Number: No. 5
Height: 6′4″
Weight: 194 lb
Class (2019): Senior
Hometown: Waterville, OH

Jake Hartbarger played punter at Michigan State (2015–⁠19).

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2015

Punting

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

2,434

2,211

2,895

293

2,721

12–⁠2AP 63–⁠910–⁠3AP 157–⁠67–⁠6

Season	Team	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long	In 20
2015	Michigan State	57	2,434	42.7	61	0
2016	Michigan State	54	2,211	40.9	61	0
2017	Michigan State	69	2,895	42.0	62	2
2018	Michigan State	6	293	48.8	74	2
2019	Michigan State	63	2,721	43.2	61	4
Career		249	10,554	42.4	74	8

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2015	Michigan State	5	P	Yr 1
2016	Michigan State	5	P	Yr 2
2017	Michigan State	5	P	Yr 3
2018	Michigan State	5	P	Yr 4
2019	Michigan State	5	P	Sr. (Yr 5)	6′4″	194

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

2019 Michigan State 13 games, 63 punts, 43.2 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Aug 30	vs.Tulsa	W 28–⁠7	5	237	61	0
Sep 7	vs.Western Michigan	W 51–⁠17	1	42	42	0
Sep 14	vs.Arizona State	L 7–⁠10	4	180	55	0
Sep 21	atNorthwestern	W 31–⁠10	6	282	55	0
Sep 28	vs.Indiana	W 40–⁠31	4	217	60	0
Oct 5	atOhio State	L 10–⁠34	7	328	60	0
Oct 12	atWisconsin	L 0–⁠38	9	388	61	0
Oct 26	vs.Penn State	L 7–⁠28	7	217	44	0
Nov 9	vs.Illinois	L 34–⁠37	6	237	46	1
Nov 16	atMichigan	L 10–⁠44	6	240	49	2
Nov 23	atRutgers	W 27–⁠0	2	79	43	0
Nov 30	vs.Maryland	W 19–⁠16	2	94	53	0
Dec 27 ✦	vs.Wake Forest	W 27–⁠21	4	180	54	1

2018 Michigan State 2 games, 6 punts, 48.8 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Aug 31	vs.Utah State	W 38–⁠31	2	79	49	0
Sep 8	atArizona State	L 13–⁠16	4	214	74	2

2017 Michigan State 13 games, 69 punts, 42.0 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Sep 2	vs.Bowling Green	W 35–⁠10	6	294	57	0
Sep 9	vs.Western Michigan	W 28–⁠14	6	232	47	0
Sep 23	vs.Notre Dame	L 18–⁠38	3	147	57	0
Sep 30	vs.Iowa	W 17–⁠10	5	193	50	0
Oct 7	atMichigan	W 14–⁠10	11	430	49	0
Oct 14	atMinnesota	W 30–⁠27	2	72	48	0
Oct 21	vs.Indiana	W 17–⁠9	8	370	62	0
Oct 28	atNorthwestern	L 31–⁠39	4	167	47	0
Nov 4	vs.Penn State	W 27–⁠24	6	232	47	2
Nov 11	atOhio State	L 3–⁠48	8	364	58	0
Nov 18	vs.Maryland	W 17–⁠7	7	261	54	0
Nov 25	atRutgers	W 40–⁠7	1	52	52	0
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Washington State	W 42–⁠17	2	81	52	0

2016 Michigan State 12 games, 54 punts, 40.9 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 2	vs.Furman	W 28–⁠13	3	134	58
Sep 17	atNotre Dame	W 36–⁠28	7	266	42
Sep 24	vs.Wisconsin	L 6–⁠30	3	153	57
Oct 1	atIndiana	L 21–⁠24	5	197	59
Oct 8	vs.BYU	L 14–⁠31	5	189	42
Oct 15	vs.Northwestern	L 40–⁠54	5	231	61
Oct 22	atMaryland	L 17–⁠28	4	131	46
Oct 29	vs.Michigan	L 23–⁠32	1	49	49
Nov 5	atIllinois	L 27–⁠31	4	146	44
Nov 12	vs.Rutgers	W 49–⁠0	5	199	48
Nov 19	vs.Ohio State	L 16–⁠17	7	284	53
Nov 26	atPenn State	L 12–⁠45	5	232	58

2015 Michigan State 14 games, 57 punts, 42.7 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 4	atWestern Michigan	W 37–⁠24	4	189	55
Sep 12	vs.Oregon	W 31–⁠28	5	257	55
Sep 19	vs.Air Force	W 35–⁠21	3	133	52
Sep 26	vs.Central Michigan	W 30–⁠10	3	119	46
Oct 3	vs.Purdue	W 24–⁠21	5	207	52
Oct 10	atRutgers	W 31–⁠24	2	35	24
Oct 17	atMichigan	W 27–⁠23	1	33	33
Oct 24	vs.Indiana	W 52–⁠26	4	170	56
Nov 7	atNebraska	L 38–⁠39	3	135	60
Nov 14	vs.Maryland	W 24–⁠7	7	297	56
Nov 21	atOhio State	W 17–⁠14	5	202	51
Nov 28	vs.Penn State	W 55–⁠16	2	83	44
Dec 5	vs.Iowa	W 16–⁠13	4	163	61
Dec 31 ✦	vs.Alabama	L 0–⁠38	9	411	54

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

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