University of Maryland Athletics

Career Honors:

• Named to Ray Guy Award Ray’s 8 List for first three weeks

As a Redshirt Junior (2025):

• Four punts for a 194 yards against Towson (9/13) for a 48 yard average.
• Punted three times for a total of 138 yards against NIU (9/5).
• Punted seven times for a total of 350 yards against FAU (8/30). Including two punts for 60+ yards.

As a Redshirt Sophomore (2024):

• Appeared in all 12 games at punter
• Totaled 52 punts for 2343 yards with a long of 64 yards
• Fifth in the Big Ten in punting average (45.1)
• 21 punts inside the 20
• Career-high tying seven punts vs. Iowa (11/23), for 294 total
  yards and a long of 54
• Four punts at No. 1 Oregon; long of 51 and three inside the 20
• Three punts, average of 50.3 with a long of 61 at Minnesota
• Three punts for an average of 53.0 vs. USC (10/19)
• Career-high seven punts for career-high 327 punt yards at Indiana (9/28), had four 50+ punts with a long of 57
• Six punts for 284 yards (47.33 avg) with two 50+ and three
  inside the 20 at Virginia (9/14)
• Four punts for 194 yards (48.5 avg) with three inside the 20 and a long of
  63 yards vs. Michigan State (9/7)
• Six punts for 269 yards (44.8 avg) with five inside the 20 and a
  career long of 64 yards in Maryland debut vs. UConn (8/31)

At Notre Dame: 

• Served as Notre Dame’s primary punter during the 2023 season .
• Booted 38 punts for the Irish and averaged 45.1 yards per kick
• Connected on 13 punts of 50 yards or more, including twice blasting career-long punts of 59-yards against N.C. State and in Notre Dame’s bowl win over Oregon State
• Placed five punts inside the 20 with just two touchbacks.

Prior to College: Top ranked punter in the country by 247 Sports and Chris Sailer Kicking ... Top punter out of 300 participants at the Kohl’s National Scholarship Camp in July 2021 ... Fifth-ranked kicker/punter by ESPN ... Selected and played in the NBC/Adidas All-American Game in San Antonio ... Averaged 46 yards per punt in his senior season ... 63 of 67 kickoffs went for touchbacks in his final season ... Four-year varsity starter as the primary kicking specialist at Metrolina Christian Academy under Coach Thomas Langley ... Also played defensive end ... Selected to play in the Under Armour All-American Game ... 2021 Second Team MaxPreps All-American ... 2021 Kohl’s All-American ... 2021 All-State ... Two-time wrestling state champion (2020-170 lb./2021-182 lb.) ... School record holder in the long jump (23' 4.5”), triple jump (44' 4.5”) ... Member of the 4×100 and 4×200 relays that set school records.

Personal: 

• He is the son of Mike and Deanna and has two siblings, Brady and Cambria
• His grandfather, Mike McFerson, Sr., played basketball at Fresno State and led the team in scoring
• He enjoys golf, pickleball, bowling, and playing video games
• His favorite movies are The Mario Movie, Happy Gilmore, and most Adam Sandler movies
• His favorite snacks are Goldfish and fruit snacks

Career Highs:
Number of Punts: 7 at Indiana, 9/28/24
Long Punt: 64 vs. UConn, 8/31/24
Total Punt Yards: 327 at Indiana, 9/28/24