BOUWMEESTER QUICK HITS
- Played in all 39 games from the 2022-24 seasons.
- Two-time All-Conference selection (2023 Pac-12 First Team AP and Coaches; 2024 Big 12 Second Team Coaches and AP).
- 2024 Ray Guy Award Watch List; 2023 Semifinalist.
- Ranks sixth in program history with a career average distance of 43.6 yards per punt.
- His career average ranked fourth among active Big 12 punters at the end of the 2024 regular season.
- Seventh in program history with 33 career punts for 50-plus yards.
2024: Punted in all 12 games and served as holder on field goal and PAT attempts.
- CSC Academic All-District.
- Totaled 60 punts, leading the Big 12 in the regular season (14th in Power Conferences) with an average boot of 44.7 yards.
- Thirteen of his punts went for 50-plus yards, with a season-long 62-yarder coming at UCF along with 60-yard punts against both Baylor and Arizona.
- Pinned opponents inside the 20-yard line at least twice in the final six games and nine overall, including five times vs. BYU.
- Two punts at Houston went for 50-plus yards (long of 54), pinning the Cougars inside their own 20-yard line twice.
- Dropped two punts inside the Baylor 20-yard line and sent three attempts for 50-plus yards.
2023: Held primary punting duties in all 13 games, totaling 55 punts for 2,503 yards (45.5 avg) with 19 going for 50+ yards and 20 landing inside the 20-yard line.
- Led the Pac-12 and ranked No. 16 nationally with 45.5 yards per punt.
- Three-time recipient of Ray’s 8 weekly honors (vs. No. 22 UCLA, at No. 19 Oregon State, vs. No. 8 Oregon).
- Twice named Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week (vs. Florida; vs. Weber State).
- His 19 punts for 50-plus yards were the most by a Ute since 2018.
- Tied for the third-longest punt in the Pac-12 with his 64-yard boot vs. Florida.
- Booted four of six attempts for 50-plus yards vs. Florida, including his season-long of 64 yards and another for 61 yards.
- Also held on PATs and field goals.
2022: Primary punter in all 14 games, averaging 39.2 yards on 39 punts with 1,528 yards.
- Twenty-two punts went for a fair catch, and 17 landed inside the 20-yard line.
- Provided the boot for the nation’s second-leading punt return defense (1.0 yard allowed per return).
- Boomed a career-long 52-yard punt during the Rose Bowl Game vs. No. 11 Penn State.
- Had three punts in the Pac-12 Championship vs. No. 4 USC (long 47), two inside the 20-yard line.
- Pinned both his punts inside the 15 vs. Arizona, with one going to the 2-yard line.
- Punted twice with a long of 48 yards during his Utah debut at Florida.
- Came out in punt formation against Stanford, running a 14-yard keeper for a first down.
Prior to Utah: Played at Michigan State from 2019-20, but did not see any action.
High School: Rated the No. 6 punting prospect by 247Sports out of Bendigo Catholic College while training with ProKick Australia.
- Also played cricket for Victoria as an opening bowler.
- Played for the Sandhurst Dragons in the Bendigo Football Netball League as part of Australian Rules Football.
- Also trained with the Punt Factory in Australia.
Personal: Son of Martin and Jodie Bouwmeester.