Punter, Memphis, to 2013

Tom Hornsey

Number: No. 43
Height: 6′3″
Hometown: Geelong, Australia
Born: Feb 17, 1989, in Geelong

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Tom Hornsey played punter at Memphis (to 2013). He won the 2013 Ray Guy Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 2013.

Honors

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Punting

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

3,416

3,993

2,606

2,800

1–⁠112–⁠104–⁠83–⁠9

Season	Team	Punts	Yds	Avg	Long
2010	Memphis	80	3,416	42.7	63
2011	Memphis	95	3,993	42.0	66
2012	Memphis	60	2,606	43.4	63
2013	Memphis	62	2,800	45.2	79
On file (2010–⁠13)		297	12,815	43.1	79

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2010	Memphis	43	P
2011	Memphis	43	P
2012	Memphis	43	P
2013	Memphis	43	P	6′3″

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

2013 Memphis 12 games, 62 punts, 45.2 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 7	vs.Duke	L 14–⁠28	7	319	79
Sep 14	atMiddle Tennessee	L 15–⁠17	5	248	68
Sep 21	vs.Arkansas State	W 31–⁠7	4	170	53
Oct 5	vs.UCF	L 17–⁠24	5	236	55
Oct 12	atHouston	L 15–⁠25	3	155	55
Oct 19	vs.SMU	L 29–⁠34	6	232	51
Oct 30	vs.Cincinnati	L 21–⁠34	5	213	55
Nov 9	vs.UT Martin	W 21–⁠6	6	281	70
Nov 16	atSouth Florida	W 23–⁠10	5	229	60
Nov 23	atLouisville	L 17–⁠24	5	239	57
Nov 30	vs.Temple	L 21–⁠41	4	202	61
Dec 7	atUConn	L 10–⁠45	7	276	46

2012 Memphis 12 games, 60 punts, 43.4 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 1	vs.UT Martin	L 17–⁠20	4	177	63
Sep 8	atArkansas State	L 28–⁠33	8	374	62
Sep 15	vs.Middle Tennessee	L 30–⁠48	2	79	49
Sep 22	atDuke	L 14–⁠38	8	362	52
Oct 6	vs.Rice	W 14–⁠10	8	305	60
Oct 13	atEast Carolina	L 7–⁠41	7	263	45
Oct 20	vs.UCF	L 17–⁠35	5	231	56
Oct 27	atSMU	L 13–⁠44	7	334	54
Nov 3	atMarshall	L 28–⁠38	4	168	54
Nov 10	vs.Tulane	W 37–⁠23	3	158	61
Nov 17	atUAB	W 46–⁠9	3	119	52
Nov 24	vs.Southern Miss	W 42–⁠24	1	36	36

2011 Memphis 12 games, 95 punts, 42.0 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 1	vs.Mississippi State	L 14–⁠59	9	395	64
Sep 10	atArkansas State	L 3–⁠47	8	350	51
Sep 17	vs.Austin Peay	W 27–⁠6	4	143	40
Sep 24	vs.SMU	L 0–⁠42	12	475	50
Oct 1	atMiddle Tennessee	L 31–⁠38	5	210	62
Oct 8	atRice	L 6–⁠28	10	471	58
Oct 15	vs.East Carolina	L 17–⁠35	7	296	51
Oct 22	atTulane	W 33–⁠17	7	293	66
Oct 29	atUCF	L 0–⁠41	10	395	64
Nov 12	vs.UAB	L 35–⁠41	5	222	52
Nov 17	vs.Marshall	L 22–⁠23	7	272	45
Nov 26	atSouthern Miss	L 7–⁠44	11	471	57

2010 Memphis 12 games, 80 punts, 42.7 average

Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Yds	Long
Sep 4	atMississippi State	L 7–⁠49	9	438	57
Sep 11	atEast Carolina	L 27–⁠49	4	172	53
Sep 18	vs.Middle Tennessee	W 24–⁠17	10	417	63
Sep 25	atUTEP	L 13–⁠16	5	215	52
Oct 2	vs.Tulsa	L 7–⁠48	5	193	45
Oct 9	atLouisville	L 0–⁠56	10	419	51
Oct 16	vs.Southern Miss	L 19–⁠41	7	318	53
Oct 30	vs.Houston	L 17–⁠56	6	215	45
Nov 6	vs.Tennessee	L 14–⁠50	5	229	50
Nov 13	atMarshall	L 13–⁠28	8	349	59
Nov 20	atUAB	L 15–⁠31	5	214	56
Nov 27	vs.UCF	L 17–⁠37	6	237	49

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

Before the draft

Drill	Combine 2014
Height	6′3½″
Weight	221 lb
Arm length	31″
Hand size	9⅛″

Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

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