Punter, Texas, 2015–17
Michael Dickson
- Number
- No. 13
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 205 lb
- Hometown
- Sydney, Australia
- Born
- Jan 4, 1996
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Michael Dickson played punter at Texas (2015–17). He won the 2017 Ray Guy Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2017. The Seattle Seahawks took Dickson in round 5, No. 149 overall in the 2018 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
- 2016, 2017Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year
- 2016, 2017First-team All-Big 12
- 2017Ray Guy Award
- 2017Consensus All‑American
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Punting
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
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
2017 Texas 13 games, 84 punts, 47.4 average
| Date | Opponent | Result | Punts | Yds | Long | In 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Maryland | L 41–51 | 2 | 116 | 64 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs. San José State | W 56–0 | 3 | 135 | 58 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | at USC | L 24–27 | 7 | 289 | 53 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | at Iowa State | W 17–7 | 7 | 328 | 61 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs. Kansas State | W 40–34 | 3 | 160 | 67 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | vs. Oklahoma | L 24–29 | 5 | 275 | 69 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | vs. Oklahoma State | L 10–13 | 11 | 560 | 66 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | at Baylor | W 38–7 | 6 | 267 | 54 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | at TCU | L 7–24 | 9 | 457 | 76 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | vs. Kansas | W 42–27 | 4 | 186 | 53 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | at West Virginia | W 28–14 | 7 | 301 | 59 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | vs. Texas Tech | L 23–27 | 9 | 458 | 67 | 0 |
| Dec 27 ✦ | vs. Missouri | W 33–16 | 11 | 452 | 58 | 0 |
2016 Texas 12 games, 65 punts, 47.4 average
| Date | Opponent | Result | Punts | Yds | Long | In 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. Notre Dame | W 50–47 | 6 | 330 | 64 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | vs. UTEP | W 41–7 | 5 | 252 | 57 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | at California | L 43–50 | 4 | 174 | 50 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | atOklahoma State | L 31–49 | 5 | 226 | 51 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | vs.Oklahoma | L 40–45 | 6 | 269 | 50 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | vs.Iowa State | W 27–6 | 4 | 186 | 51 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | atKansas State | L 21–24 | 4 | 161 | 44 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | vs.Baylor | W 35–34 | 6 | 316 | 63 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | atTexas Tech | W 45–37 | 5 | 255 | 63 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs.West Virginia | L 20–24 | 4 | 175 | 51 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | atKansas | L 21–24 | 8 | 350 | 51 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | vs.TCU | L 9–31 | 8 | 385 | 74 | 0 |
2015 Texas 12 games, 77 punts, 41.3 average
| Date | Opponent | Result | Punts | Yds | Long | In 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | atNotre Dame | L 3–38 | 10 | 423 | 56 | 0 |
| Sep 12 | vs. Rice | W 42–28 | 5 | 183 | 59 | 0 |
| Sep 19 | vs.California | L 44–45 | 3 | 129 | 50 | 0 |
| Sep 26 | vs.Oklahoma State | L 27–30 | 7 | 266 | 58 | 0 |
| Oct 3 | atTCU | L 7–50 | 8 | 328 | 57 | 0 |
| Oct 10 | vs.Oklahoma | W 24–17 | 6 | 250 | 53 | 0 |
| Oct 24 | vs.Kansas State | W 23–9 | 6 | 222 | 51 | 0 |
| Oct 31 | atIowa State | L 0–24 | 9 | 412 | 57 | 0 |
| Nov 7 | vs.Kansas | W 59–20 | 5 | 213 | 63 | 0 |
| Nov 14 | atWest Virginia | L 20–38 | 4 | 175 | 54 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | vs.Texas Tech | L 45–48 | 8 | 335 | 49 | 0 |
| Dec 5 | atBaylor | W 23–17 | 6 | 243 | 48 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2018 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′2⅜″ |
| Weight | 208 lb |
| Arm length | 31¼″ |
| Hand size | 9¼″ |
| Wingspan | 74⅛″W |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
9 seasons, 135 games with a stat; latest team: Seattle Seahawks.
Pro Bowl: 2018 · First-team All-Pro (AP): 2018 · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2025
All-Pro teams: AP first team 2018; AP second team 2025; Pro Football Writers first team 2018; Sporting News first team 2018.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Seattle Seahawks | 16 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | Seattle Seahawks | 16 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Seattle Seahawks | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Seattle Seahawks | 17 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Seattle Seahawks | 16 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Seattle Seahawks | 16 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Seattle Seahawks | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Seattle Seahawks | 16 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 (so far) | Seattle Seahawks | 5 | – | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 135 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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