Senior punter for NC State. 2022: 41.4 yards per punt, 40 punts.
6′2″ · 200 lb · Clearwater, FL
The story
4 punter for NC State. 2022: 41.4 yards per punt, 40 punts.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearShane McDonough
Handles the punting job without giving the return man a lane.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
One season at NC State — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Doeren
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2022
W 19–17
6 NO · 244 YDS · 40 AVG
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 at home.
With J. Houston — 90 rush yds (24 car) · D. Leary — 130 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 40.2 · -1 rush yds (2 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 21-20@ East Carolina | 6 | 265 | 44.2 | 52 | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 55-3vs Charleston Southern | 3 | 121 | 40.3 | 50 | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-14vs Texas Tech | 7 | 272 | 38.9 | 59 | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-30@ Clemson | 4 | 167 | 41.8 | 45 | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 19-17vs Florida State | 6 | 244 | 40.7 | 57 | 3 | |
| Wk 7 | L 9-24@ Syracuse | 4 | 191 | 47.8 | 56 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 22-21vs Virginia Tech | 8 | 317 | 39.6 | 52 | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | W 30-21vs Wake Forest | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 40 | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | 1656 | 41.6 | 59 | 10 |
Play style
Handles the punting job without giving the return man a lane.
CFB Index positional classification
Punter archetype · season enumeration
Leg vs placement
41.4 gross, but 10 of 40 inside the 20 (25.0%) — a flipper. ~ our read: flipper
Net average is unavailable — no per-punt return-yardage linkage exists in the source data.
Player DNA
Handles the punting job without giving the return man a lane.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Nick Haberer’s 2021 season.
Matches Nick on
Differs from Nick on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Andrew Osteen's junior season at UCF (2021).
Matches Andrew on
Player DNA