2017 Football Roster
Roster
Johnny Townsend
- Position:
- P
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 202
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Orlando, FL
- High School:
- Boone
Became Floridaโs all-time leading punter in program history with 11,090 yards and 240 total punts as he passed Eric Wilbur (9,900 yards & 231 punts) who held each record since 2006... Moved into SEC history as he finished his career fifth all-time in punting yards and tied for ninth in punts... Set a new career punting average of 46.2 yards, which ranks first in SEC loreโฆ Recorded 11 punts of over 60 yards throughout his career, which is the most by a Gator in records dating back to 1996โฆ His average as a senior in 2017 (47.5) ranked second all-time in UF history behind his own average of 47.9 yards, which he set in 2016โฆ Led the nation and the SEC in punting yardage during his junior and senior seasonsโฆ 2017: Finished the season averaging 47.5 yards as he totaled 3,043 yards on 64 punts... Booted a career-long punt of 70 yards against Georgia and recorded 27 punts of over 50 yards throughout the season, including six over 60 yards... Notched 27 punts inside the 20-yard line during the seasonโฆ His average of 54.4 yards per punt (7-for-381) against Georgia set a UF program for the highest average in a game (min. 7 punts)โฆ Earned Ray Guy Punter of the Week honors after he tallied five punts for 246 yards (49.2 average) against LSU gameโฆ Named a Second Team All-American by CBS Sports, AP, Sporting News and SB Nationโฆ Picked up Fourth Team All-American honors by Phil Steeleโฆ Picked as a Sports Illustrated All-Americanโฆ Garnered First Team All-SEC honors by the AP and second team accolades by the leagueโs coaches and Phil Steeleโฆ Chosen as an SEC Community Service Team member and Campbell Trophy Semifinalistโฆ Garnered Second Team accolades from the SENIOR CLASS Awardโฆ Named a Midseason All-American by Sporting News, CBS Sports and Sports Illustratedโฆ Named to the SEC Academic Honor Rollโฆ 2016: Garnered First and Second Teamโฆ All-America accolades by CBS Sports and Fox Sports, respectivelyโฆ Tabbed as a First Team All-SEC performer by ESPN and Gridiron Nowโฆ Selected as a Second Team All-SEC punter by the leaguesโ Coaches, AP and Athlon Sportsโฆ One of 10 Ray Guy Award Semifinalistsโฆ Ranked first in the nation with a 47.9 yard average on 64 punts for the seasonโฆ Had 29 punts of 50+ yards and 27 punts inside the 20 yard lineโฆ Named the Ray Guy Punter of the Week after his performance at Vanderbilt, which included a 51.9 yard average on seven punts with five inside the 20 yard line and a long of 62 yardsโฆ Named to the SEC Academic Honor Rollโฆ 2015: Appeared in all 14 games...Named First Team All-SEC by ESPN.com and Gridiron Now... Named Second team All-SEC by Coaches, AP and Athlon... One of 10 Ray Guy Award semifinalists... Tallied 83 punts for an average of 45.4 yards, which ranked third in the country and first in the conference in net punting... Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll... 2014: Did not see any game action and redshirted... Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll... 2013: Selected to the SEC All-Freshmen team by the leagueโs coaches... Played in the final six games of the season... He averaged 42.0 yards per punt on the season, with 8 fair caught, 6 inside of the 20, 5 touchbacks and totaled 5 over 50 yards... Took over the punting duties beginning with the game at Missouri, where he averaged 45.6 yards over 8 punts in his collegiate debut... Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
PRIOR TO FLORIDA:
Named a U.S. Army All-Americanโฆ Won the 2013 Felix โDocโ Blanchard Award, given annually to the top player at the U.S. Army All-America game who best exemplifies the U.S. Armyโs high standard of excellence in community service, education and athletic distinctionโฆ Named to the 2012 Florida Class 8A All-State team and played in the Central Florida All-Star Gameโฆ Averaged 44.6 yards per punt as a seniorโฆ Named 2012 First Team Punter Florida Athletic Coaches Association District 11 (Orange and Osceola County Schools), All-District and to the Orlando Sentinel Super 60โฆ Won the 2012 Nick Saban Punting Competition and 2012 Chas Henry All-American Kicking Camp Punting Competitionโฆ Also played free safety and quarterback in high schoolโฆ Plays on the baseball team at Boone and was an All-Metro performerโฆ Is an Eagle Scoutโฆ Member of the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Societyโฆ Named Booneโs Homecoming King in 2012โฆ Both parents, Clay and Susan Townsend, both attended Floridaโฆ Brother, Clay, Jr., also attends UFโฆ Chose Florida over Ohio State, Alabama and Cincinnati.
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CAREER HIGHS:
Punts: 9 (3x, last vs. Florida State, 2015)
Punting Yds: 418 (Florida State, 2015)
Punting Avg: 55.2 (North Texas, 2016)
Punting Long: 70 (Georgia, 2017)
