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#46 James Ferguson-Reynolds, Junior, Punter

Stats

Height: 6’2″

Weight: 183 (+3)

High school: SEDA College (Victoria, Australia)

How’d he get to The Blue™?

Ferguson-Reynolds had never been to Boise when he signed, but so things go when coaches find you 8,000 miles away. Now-former special teams coordinator Stacy Collins saw some of JFR’s film and needing a punter with Joel Velazquez out of eligibility, they offered, which he promptly jumped on.

Nickname

“Thunder”

I’m not even going to attempt to upstage the great Dave Southorn, who wrote James’s profile in 2022, so I’ll use his direct words to explain the rationale: “Booming leg, sure. But he’s also, you know, from Down Under”.

Look-alike

Credit: Starbyface.com

Lowkey, the best Hemsworth: Luke. From…well, pretty much just from Westworld. But also, literally from Australia as well!

Career Highlights

Basically all of them that it’s possible for a punter to have.

In 2022, a freshman, he played in 13 games, averaged 41.8 yards per punt (with a long of 61), and was named a College Football News 2nd Team Freshman All American. But, then…

Per BroncoSports.com:

CAREER HONORS

  • Phil Steele Preseason All-America Third Team (2024)
  • Preseason All-Mountain West (2024)
  • Phil Steele Preseason All-Mountain West First Team (2024)
  • Athlon Sports Preseason All-Mountain West First Team (2024)
  • AFCA Second Team All-America (2023)
  • Sports Illustrated Second Team All-America (2023)
  • AP Third Team All-America (2023)
  • College Football News Third Team All-America (2023)
  • All-Mountain West First Team (2023)
  • Ray Guy Award Semifinalist (2023)
  • Ray’s 8 Punter of the Week (Oct. 31, 2023)
  • 3x Ray’s 8 Weekly Finalist (Sept. 5, 2023, Sept. 12, 2023, Oct. 31, 2023)
  • Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 9, 2023)
  • College Football News Freshman All-America Second Team (2022)

SOPHOMORE (2023)

“Honors: AFCA Second Team All-America…Sports Illustrated Second Team All-America…AP Third Team All-America…College Football News Third Team All-America…All-Mountain West First Team…Ray Guy Award Semifinalist…Ray’s 8 Punter of the Week (Oct. 31)…3x Ray’s 8 Weekly Finalist (Sept. 5, Sept. 12, Oct. 31)…MW Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 9).
Notable Statistics/Rankings: 49.7 yards per punt (1st MW / 1st NCAA / 1st program history / 3rd MW history / 6th NCAA history)…long punt of 71 yards (3rd MW / T-11th NCAA)…tallied single-game punting averages of 52.1 yards (2nd in program history), 51.0 yards (3rd in program history), 50.8 yards (4th in program history) and 50.0 yards (T-7th in program history).

2024 Prospectus

Not only will James be the unquestioned starting punter, but he will again threaten to break college football records…some of which are his own! He well and truly is a punt king and an unexpected weapon.

Is he on Twitter?

Affirmative.

Completely made up fact

James has a part time job in the offseason, helping Starlink launch satellites into orbit off of his foot.

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