Punter, Minnesota, 2004–⁠08

Justin Kucek

Justin Kucek played punter at Minnesota (2004–⁠08).

Honors

2007Second-team All-Big Ten

Punting

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

1,456

2,257

2,645

3,103

7–⁠56–⁠71–⁠117–⁠6

Season	Team	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long
2005	Minnesota	37	1,456	39.4	55
2006	Minnesota	56	2,257	40.3	59
2007	Minnesota	62	2,645	42.7	61
2008	Minnesota	74	3,103	41.9	60
On file (2005–⁠08)		229	9,461	41.3	61

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here).

Game by game

2008 Minnesota 13 games, 74 punts, 41.9 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Aug 30	vs.Northern Illinois	W 31–⁠27	5	216	54
Sep 6	atBowling Green	W 42–⁠17	6	243	51
Sep 13	vs.Montana State	W 35–⁠23	9	373	50
Sep 20	vs.Florida Atlantic	W 37–⁠3	1	54	54
Sep 27	atOhio State	L 21–⁠34	4	170	51
Oct 4	vs.Indiana	W 16–⁠7	6	235	48
Oct 11	atIllinois	W 27–⁠20	7	297	53
Oct 25	atPurdue	W 17–⁠6	4	149	42
Nov 1	vs.Northwestern	L 17–⁠24	7	301	54
Nov 8	vs.Michigan	L 6–⁠29	7	293	60
Nov 15	atWisconsin	L 32–⁠35	5	205	51
Nov 22	vs.Iowa	L 0–⁠55	9	373	51
Dec 31 ✦	vs.Kansas	L 21–⁠42	4	194	55

2007 Minnesota 12 games, 62 punts, 42.7 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 1	vs.Bowling Green	L 31–⁠32	6	234	57
Sep 8	vs.Miami (OH)	W 41–⁠35	5	213	55
Sep 15	atFlorida Atlantic	L 39–⁠42	1	32	32
Sep 22	vs.Purdue	L 31–⁠45	3	155	61
Sep 29	vs.Ohio State	L 7–⁠30	9	402	58
Oct 6	atIndiana	L 20–⁠40	5	220	50
Oct 13	atNorthwestern	L 48–⁠49	4	201	56
Oct 20	vs.North Dakota State	L 21–⁠27	6	248	52
Oct 27	atMichigan	L 10–⁠34	9	362	49
Nov 3	vs.Illinois	L 17–⁠44	4	177	57
Nov 10	atIowa	L 16–⁠21	7	270	46
Nov 17	vs.Wisconsin	L 34–⁠41	3	131	51

2006 Minnesota 13 games, 56 punts, 40.3 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Aug 31	atKent State	W 44–⁠0	1	34	34
Sep 9	atCalifornia	L 17–⁠42	5	173	41
Sep 16	vs.Temple	W 62–⁠0	2	94	51
Sep 23	atPurdue	L 21–⁠27	4	154	44
Sep 30	vs.Michigan	L 14–⁠28	7	237	41
Oct 7	vs.Penn State	L 27–⁠28	7	307	59
Oct 14	atWisconsin	L 12–⁠48	7	241	58
Oct 21	vs.North Dakota State	W 10–⁠9	5	238	54
Oct 28	atOhio State	L 0–⁠44	5	186	47
Nov 4	vs.Indiana	W 63–⁠26	3	136	50
Nov 11	atMichigan State	W 31–⁠18	4	174	52
Nov 18	vs.Iowa	W 34–⁠24	3	152	58
Dec 29 ✦	vs.Texas Tech	L 41–⁠44	3	131	49

2005 Minnesota 12 games, 37 punts, 39.4 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 1	atTulsa	W 41–⁠10	3	117	55
Sep 10	vs.Colorado State	W 56–⁠24	2	71	38
Sep 17	vs.Florida Atlantic	W 46–⁠7	1	32	32
Sep 24	vs.Purdue	W 42–⁠35	2	71	46
Oct 1	atPenn State	L 14–⁠44	4	182	49
Oct 8	atMichigan	W 23–⁠20	5	195	50
Oct 15	vs.Wisconsin	L 34–⁠38	3	117	45
Oct 29	vs.Ohio State	L 31–⁠45	4	153	54
Nov 5	atIndiana	W 42–⁠21	3	122	43
Nov 12	vs.Michigan State	W 41–⁠18	2	80	41
Nov 19	atIowa	L 28–⁠52	4	167	48
Dec 30 ✦	vs.Virginia	L 31–⁠34	4	149	40

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

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