Last confirmed: Kentucky, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′4″ · 230 lb · Melbourne
Matt Panton: P · Kentucky · #93.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Kentucky’s specialists
Matt Panton
Handles the punting job without giving the return man a lane.
Play style
Handles the punting job without giving the return man a lane.
Punter archetype · season enumeration
Leg vs placement
42.3 gross, but 1 of 64 inside the 20 (1.6%) — 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 · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-17@ Southern Miss | 9 | 378 | 42.0 | 50 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 27-16vs Eastern Kentucky | 4 | 155 | 38.8 | 47 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 23-13@ South Carolina | 4 | 178 | 44.5 | 54 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 27-28vs No. 20 Florida | 5 | 203 | 40.6 | 53 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-20vs Eastern Michigan | 8 | 378 | 47.3 | 71 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 40-34vs Missouri | 3 | 110 | 36.7 | 44 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-45@ Mississippi State | 7 | 316 | 45.1 | 67 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 29-26vs Tennessee | 4 | 166 | 41.5 | 47 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 34-37vs Ole Miss | 4 | 168 | 42.0 | 46 | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 13-42@ No. 7 Georgia | 5 | 211 | 42.2 | 46 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-44vs Louisville | 4 | 169 | 42.3 | 49 | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 23-24@ No. 20 Northwestern | 7 | 275 | 39.3 | 46 | 0 | |
| Total | 64 | 2707 | 42.3 | 71 | 1 |
Season context: team record and system
Punter profile · Distance and placement
Where his punts land, not just how far
Inside the 20
2%1 of 64Touchback rate
0%0 of 64Yards / punt
42.364 puntsLong
71yards42.3 yards/punt on 64 punts · 2% placed inside the 20.
Kentucky carries four punters; Panton has taken 64 of the 67.
How it ended
One season at Kentucky — his college career is complete.
From Melbourne, Australia — one of 84 Australians punting in FBS this season.
