Last confirmed: East Carolina, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′11″ · 217 lb · Fairview Heights, IL · O'Fallon
Austin Barnes: P · East Carolina · #17.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
East Carolina’s specialists
Austin Barnes
Has a leg that can flip the field on one swing. Two head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs.
Play style
Has a leg that can flip the field on one swing.
Punter archetype · season enumeration
Leg vs placement
44.0 gross, but 0 of 50 inside the 20 (0.0%) — a flipper. flipper
Net average is unavailable — no per-punt return-yardage linkage exists in the source data.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-34vs James Madison | 4 | 197 | 49.3 | 58 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-56@ West Virginia | 5 | 200 | 40.0 | 55 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-64vs No. 16 Virginia Tech | 6 | 228 | 38.0 | 51 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-38@ UConn | 4 | 174 | 43.5 | 50 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 31-61vs No. 18 South Florida | 5 | 180 | 36.0 | 52 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-34vs Temple | 6 | 272 | 45.3 | 65 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-63@ No. 22 UCF | 8 | 399 | 49.9 | 64 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 33-17vs BYU | 3 | 137 | 45.7 | 62 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 27-52@ Houston | 3 | 128 | 42.7 | 51 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 24-31vs Tulane | 4 | 160 | 40.0 | 50 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 48-20vs Cincinnati | 2 | 125 | 62.5 | 63 | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | 2200 | 44.0 | 65 | 0 |
Season context: team record and system
Punter profile · Distance and placement
Where his punts land, not just how far
Inside the 20
0%0 of 50Touchback rate
0%0 of 50Yards / punt
44.050 puntsLong
65yards44.0 yards/punt on 50 punts · 0% placed inside the 20.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Eastern Michigan and East Carolina — his college career is complete.
His career
He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Ron English, Stan Parrish, Chris Creighton and Scottie Montgomery.
