Punter, Alabama, 2006–⁠09

P.J. Fitzgerald

Number: No. 97
Height: 5′11″
Hometown: Coral Springs, FL

P.J. Fitzgerald played punter at Alabama (2006–⁠09).

Team titles: National champions, 2009; SEC champions, 2009

Punting

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

2,176

2,475

2,427

2,407

6–⁠77–⁠612–⁠2AP 614–⁠0★ AP 1

Season	Team	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long	In 20
2006*	Alabama	57	2,176	38.2	55	0
2007*	Alabama	64	2,475	38.7	58	1
2008*	Alabama	59	2,427	41.1	56	0
2009	Alabama	58	2,407	41.5	55	0
Career		238	9,485	39.9	58	1

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.

Defense before 2016

Season	G	Solo	Ast	Tkl
2006	13	2	0	2
2007	13	2	0	2
2008	13	2	2	4
2009	14	2	0	2
On file		8	2	10

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2006	Alabama	97	P
2007	Alabama	97	P
2008	Alabama	97	P
2009	Alabama	97	P	5′11″

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

2009 Alabama 14 games, 58 punts, 41.5 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 5	vs.Virginia Tech	W 34–⁠24	5	224	53
Sep 12	vs.Florida International	W 40–⁠14	3	129	45
Sep 19	vs.North Texas	W 53–⁠7	1	49	49
Sep 26	vs.Arkansas	W 35–⁠7	7	288	51
Oct 3	atKentucky	W 38–⁠20	5	199	52
Oct 10	atOle Miss	W 22–⁠3	6	245	44
Oct 17	vs.South Carolina	W 20–⁠6	3	136	49
Oct 24	vs.Tennessee	W 12–⁠10	3	132	49
Nov 7	vs.LSU	W 24–⁠15	4	151	41
Nov 14	atMississippi State	W 31–⁠3	5	206	50
Nov 21	vs.Chattanooga	W 45–⁠0	2	78	55
Nov 27	atAuburn	W 26–⁠21	5	226	55
Dec 5	vs.Florida	W 32–⁠13	2	83	43
Jan 7 ✦	vs.Texas	W 37–⁠21	7	261	41

2008 Alabama 13 games, 59 punts, 41.1 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Aug 30	vs.Clemson	W 34–⁠10	2	73	40
Sep 6	vs.Tulane	W 20–⁠6	7	280	46
Sep 20	atArkansas	W 49–⁠14	5	226	56
Sep 27	atGeorgia	W 41–⁠30	2	89	47
Oct 4	vs.Kentucky	W 17–⁠14	6	259	48
Oct 18	vs.Ole Miss	W 24–⁠20	7	278	49
Oct 25	atTennessee	W 29–⁠9	2	94	48
Nov 1	vs.Arkansas State	W 35–⁠0	3	121	45
Nov 8	atLSU	W 27–⁠21	7	295	53
Nov 15	vs.Mississippi State	W 32–⁠7	5	215	46
Nov 29	vs.Auburn	W 36–⁠0	5	167	41
Dec 6	vs.Florida	L 20–⁠31	4	164	47
Jan 2 ✦	vs.Utah	L 17–⁠31	4	166	51

2007 Alabama 13 games, 64 punts, 38.7 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long	In 20
Sep 1	vs.Western Carolina	W 52–⁠6	1	40	40	0
Sep 8	atVanderbilt	W 24–⁠10	5	208	58	0
Sep 15	vs.Arkansas	W 41–⁠38	5	181	46	0
Sep 22	vs.Georgia	L 23–⁠26	7	270	46	0
Sep 29	vs.Florida State	L 14–⁠21	10	369	56	0
Oct 6	vs.Houston	W 30–⁠24	7	280	46	0
Oct 13	atOle Miss	W 27–⁠24	2	86	47	0
Oct 20	vs.Tennessee	W 41–⁠17	2	87	51	1
Nov 3	vs.LSU	L 34–⁠41	8	267	37	0
Nov 10	atMississippi State	L 12–⁠17	4	179	56	0
Nov 17	vs.UL Monroe	L 14–⁠21	3	110	43	0
Nov 24	atAuburn	L 10–⁠17	6	218	48	0
Dec 30 ✦	vs.Colorado	W 30–⁠24	4	180	51	0

2006 Alabama 13 games, 57 punts, 38.2 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 2	vs.Hawai’i	W 25–⁠17	4	159	55
Sep 9	vs.Vanderbilt	W 13–⁠10	3	102	41
Sep 16	vs.UL Monroe	W 41–⁠7	2	87	51
Sep 23	atArkansas	L 23–⁠24	3	115	43
Sep 30	atFlorida	L 13–⁠28	3	107	40
Oct 7	vs.Duke	W 30–⁠14	5	201	51
Oct 14	vs.Ole Miss	W 26–⁠23	3	110	44
Oct 21	atTennessee	L 13–⁠16	9	371	50
Oct 28	vs.Florida International	W 38–⁠3	6	209	44
Nov 4	vs.Mississippi State	L 16–⁠24	6	210	45
Nov 11	atLSU	L 14–⁠28	4	150	49
Nov 18	vs.Auburn	L 15–⁠22	4	172	53
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Oklahoma State	L 31–⁠34	5	183	42

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

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