Punter, Houston, 2020–⁠23

Laine Wilkins

Number: No. 22
Height: 6′2″
Weight: 210 lb
Class (2023): Junior
Hometown: Perth, Australia

Laine Wilkins played punter at Houston (2020–⁠23).

Punting

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

1,583

2,467

1,744

2,069

3–⁠512–⁠2AP 178–⁠54–⁠8

Season	Team	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long	In 20
2020	Houston	38	1,583	41.7	62	18
2021	Houston	59	2,467	41.8	56	24
2022	Houston	40	1,744	43.6	67	11
2023	Houston	49	2,069	42.2	66	16
Career		186	7,863	42.3	67	69

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2020	Houston	22	P	Yr 1
2021	Houston	22	P	Yr 2
2022	Houston	22	P	Yr 3
2023	Houston	22	P	Jr. (Yr 4)	6′2″	210

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

2023 Houston 12 games, 49 punts, 42.2 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Sep 2	vs.UTSA	W 17–⁠14	5	219	54	3
Sep 9	atRice	L 41–⁠43	3	159	66	1
Sep 16	vs.TCU	L 13–⁠36	4	184	51	1
Sep 23	vs.Sam Houston	W 38–⁠7	2	84	47	2
Sep 30	atTexas Tech	L 28–⁠49	4	181	56	1
Oct 12	vs.West Virginia	W 41–⁠39	6	247	50	3
Oct 21	vs.Texas	L 24–⁠31	4	153	47	0
Oct 28	atKansas State	L 0–⁠41	5	200	47	1
Nov 4	atBaylor	W 25–⁠24	3	111	40	0
Nov 11	vs.Cincinnati	L 14–⁠24	5	231	61	2
Nov 18	vs.Oklahoma State	L 30–⁠43	6	240	49	2
Nov 25	atUCF	L 13–⁠27	2	60	35	0

2022 Houston 12 games, 40 punts, 43.6 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Sep 3	atUTSA	W 37–⁠35	5	233	53	0
Sep 10	atTexas Tech	L 30–⁠33	5	252	67	3
Sep 17	vs.Kansas	L 30–⁠48	3	125	46	2
Sep 24	vs.Rice	W 34–⁠27	3	148	55	2
Sep 30	vs.Tulane	L 24–⁠27	4	159	52	0
Oct 7	atMemphis	W 33–⁠32	5	221	59	1
Oct 22	atNavy	W 38–⁠20	1	43	43	0
Oct 29	vs.South Florida	W 42–⁠27	2	90	48	0
Nov 12	vs.Temple	W 43–⁠36	2	65	35	1
Nov 19	atEast Carolina	W 42–⁠3	3	152	59	0
Nov 26	vs.Tulsa	L 30–⁠37	4	156	50	1
Dec 23 ✦	vs.Louisiana	W 23–⁠16	3	100	41	1

2021 Houston 14 games, 59 punts, 41.8 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Sep 4	vs.Texas Tech	L 21–⁠38	6	298	55	1
Sep 11	atRice	W 44–⁠7	3	146	51	3
Sep 18	vs.Grambling	W 45–⁠0	4	174	55	2
Sep 25	vs.Navy	W 28–⁠20	3	138	56	2
Oct 1	atTulsa	W 45–⁠10	4	175	52	2
Oct 7	atTulane	W 40–⁠22	5	220	53	1
Oct 23	vs.East Carolina	W 31–⁠24	7	299	50	1
Oct 30	vs.SMU	W 44–⁠37	2	89	45	2
Nov 6	atSouth Florida	W 54–⁠42	6	253	52	2
Nov 13	atTemple	W 37–⁠8	4	151	44	2
Nov 19	vs.Memphis	W 31–⁠13	3	127	48	3
Nov 27	atUConn	W 45–⁠17	3	88	46	1
Dec 4	atCincinnati	L 20–⁠35	5	166	42	1
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Auburn	W 17–⁠13	4	143	43	1

2020 Houston 8 games, 38 punts, 41.7 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Oct 8	vs.Tulane	W 49–⁠31	3	125	57	2
Oct 16	vs.BYU	L 26–⁠43	5	176	56	1
Oct 24	atNavy	W 37–⁠21	2	103	62	2
Oct 31	vs.UCF	L 21–⁠44	6	270	53	2
Nov 7	atCincinnati	L 10–⁠38	7	276	52	5
Nov 14	vs.South Florida	W 56–⁠21	4	168	46	2
Dec 12	atMemphis	L 27–⁠30	4	159	46	1
Dec 24 ✦	vs.Hawai’i	L 14–⁠28	7	306	52	3

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

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