Last confirmed: Northwestern, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′5″ · 243 lb · Peninsula, OH · Woodridge
Hunter Niswander: P · Northwestern · #96.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Northwestern’s specialists
Hunter Niswander
Handles the punting job without giving the return man a lane. 2 stars out of high school, four seasons of real snaps at Northwestern since.
Play style
Handles the punting job without giving the return man a lane.
Punter archetype · season enumeration
Leg vs placement
43.0 gross, but 0 of 67 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 · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-20vs Nevada | 3 | 143 | 47.7 | 54 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-41@ Duke | 7 | 348 | 49.7 | 59 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-7vs Bowling Green | 2 | 103 | 51.5 | 54 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-33@ No. 10 Wisconsin | 7 | 274 | 39.1 | 52 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-31vs No. 4 Penn State | 8 | 296 | 37.0 | 51 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 37-21@ Maryland | 3 | 105 | 35.0 | 40 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 17-10vs Iowa | 5 | 254 | 50.8 | 80 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 39-31vs No. 16 Michigan State | 6 | 222 | 37.0 | 45 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-24@ Nebraska | 4 | 149 | 37.3 | 41 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 23-13vs Purdue | 6 | 225 | 37.5 | 51 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 39-0vs Minnesota | 6 | 291 | 48.5 | 73 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-7@ Illinois | 6 | 290 | 48.3 | 61 | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 24-23vs Kentucky | 4 | 183 | 45.8 | 49 | 0 | |
| Total | 67 | 2883 | 43.0 | 80 | 0 |
Season context: team record and system
4 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 32-19 over that span.
Punter profile · Distance and placement
Where his punts land, not just how far
Inside the 20
0%0 of 67Touchback rate
0%0 of 67Yards / punt
43.067 puntsLong
80yards43.0 yards/punt on 67 punts · 0% placed inside the 20.
Northwestern carries two punters; Niswander has taken 67 of the 69.
How it ended
Four seasons at Northwestern — his college career is complete.
His career
He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Pat Fitzgerald.
