2016 Football Roster
Roster
Kent, Austin

Jersey Number 92
Austin Kent
- Position:
- Punter
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Charlotte, N.C.
- High School:
- Providence
Bio
2017 - Did not see game action.
2016 - Served as the punter in eight games during his first year in the program ... Also saw some action as a holder on place kicks ... Led the team with 44 punts ... Kicked to a 38.3 average and placed 12 kicks inside the 20.
HIGH SCHOOL - Scout.com three-star recruit and the No. 12 punter in the nation ... No. 2 punter in the nation according to Chris Sailer ... As a senior, he punted 56 times for a 47.2 yard average, with a long punt of 70 yards ... 34 of his 38 kickoffs went for touchbacks ... Made three field goals of 50 yards or longer, including a school record 55-yarder ... Named to the first-team All-Charlotte Observer Area team and chosen the Greater Charlotte Area Punter of the Year ... Named first-team all-state punter in 2015 ... Selected for the Jan. 2016 International Bowl all-star game played in Dallas, Texas ... Also lettered four years on the swim team and two on the soccer team ... Team captain of the swim team ... 2016 Vegas Gold Coaches Swimming Award winner ... Named his high school's Student-Athlete of the Year for 2015-16.
PERSONAL - Full Name: Austin James Kent … Born in Chicago, Ill. … Parents: Eric and Elizabeth Kent... Has two older brothers - Trevor and Jared ... Lists the NFL's Steve Gostkowski as his favorite athlete … Hobbies in his spare time include swimming and volunteering ... His uncle attended graduate school at UCLA ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Named to the Athletic Director's Academic Honor Roll in Fall 2016, Winter 2017, Spring 2017 and Winter 2018 quarters.
2016 - Served as the punter in eight games during his first year in the program ... Also saw some action as a holder on place kicks ... Led the team with 44 punts ... Kicked to a 38.3 average and placed 12 kicks inside the 20.
HIGH SCHOOL - Scout.com three-star recruit and the No. 12 punter in the nation ... No. 2 punter in the nation according to Chris Sailer ... As a senior, he punted 56 times for a 47.2 yard average, with a long punt of 70 yards ... 34 of his 38 kickoffs went for touchbacks ... Made three field goals of 50 yards or longer, including a school record 55-yarder ... Named to the first-team All-Charlotte Observer Area team and chosen the Greater Charlotte Area Punter of the Year ... Named first-team all-state punter in 2015 ... Selected for the Jan. 2016 International Bowl all-star game played in Dallas, Texas ... Also lettered four years on the swim team and two on the soccer team ... Team captain of the swim team ... 2016 Vegas Gold Coaches Swimming Award winner ... Named his high school's Student-Athlete of the Year for 2015-16.
PERSONAL - Full Name: Austin James Kent … Born in Chicago, Ill. … Parents: Eric and Elizabeth Kent... Has two older brothers - Trevor and Jared ... Lists the NFL's Steve Gostkowski as his favorite athlete … Hobbies in his spare time include swimming and volunteering ... His uncle attended graduate school at UCLA ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Named to the Athletic Director's Academic Honor Roll in Fall 2016, Winter 2017, Spring 2017 and Winter 2018 quarters.
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