Tommy Townsend

TRANSACTIONS: Originally signed as an undrafted free agent with the Kansas City Chiefs on April 26, 2020...Re-signed with Kansas City on April 27, 2023...Signed by the Texans as an unrestricted free agent on March 15, 2024.

TRANSACTIONS: Originally signed as an undrafted free agent with the Kansas City Chiefs on April 26, 2020...Re-signed with Kansas City on April 27, 2023...Signed by the Texans as an unrestricted free agent on March 15, 2024.

CAREER:

• Has a career-best of 2,776 total punt yards
• Recorded two of the top five longest punts in franchise history in 2022

HONORS:

• 2x Super Bowl Champion (LVII and LVIII)
• Selected to the Pro Bowl following the 2022 season
• Named an AP All-Pro following the 2022 (first-team) season
• Was voted by teammates as a special teams team captain prior to the club's 2022 playoff games
• September 2022 AFC Special Teams Player of the Month
• 2022 Week 15 AFC Special Teams Player of the Week
• November 2021 AFC Player of the Month
• 2021 Week 9 AFC Player of the Week
• 2020 Week 15 AFC Special Teams Player of the Week
• 2020 PFWA All-Rookie Team

2023 (Kansas City 17/0):

• Played in all 17 games, finishing with a career-best 2,776 total punt yards

2022 (Kansas City 17/0):

• Recorded the highest punting average in a single-season (50.42) and highest net punting average in a single-season (45.58) in Chiefs history in 2022
• In 2022, recorded two of the top five longest punts in franchise history
• In Week 2 against the L.A. Chargers (9/15/22), Townsend booted the ball 74 yards, tying former P Bob Grupp for the fifth-longest punt in Chiefs history
• At Denver in Week 14 (12/11/22), he punted the ball 76 yards, tying former P Dan Stryzinski for the third-longest punt in the franchise record book

2021 (Kansas City 16/0):

• Competed in seven games in 2021 and recorded four tackles (two solo), one tackle for loss, 1.5 sacks and one pass defensed

2020 (Kansas City 16/0):

• In Week 4 versus the New England Patriots (10/5/20), he recorded a punting average of 60.8 yards, setting a new Chiefs single-game franchise record (minimum four punts)

COLLEGE:

• Finished his collegiate career at Florida with 4,162 yards on 93 punts (44.8 avg.)
• Holds the school record for most yards by a punter in a single game (432 yds., nine punts) and the seventh-longest punt (71 yds.)
• In 2019, totaled 1,847 yards on 42 punts, averaging 44.0 yards per kick
• Recorded 11 punts of over 50 yards and downed 20 inside the 20-yard line
• Was a semifinalist for the Ray Guy Award in 2019
• In 2018, finished the season averaging 45.4 yards as he totaled 2,315 yards on 51 punts
• Named second-team All-SEC by Athlon Sports and was a semifinalist for the Ray Guy Award in 2018
• Sat out the 2016 season due to NCAA transfer rules after transferring from Tennessee

PERSONAL:

• Following his senior season at Boone High School, he was named first-team All-America (Scout.com), All-State (Statewide Sports Writers & FHSCA), All-Central Florida (Orlando Sentinel) and All-District (FHSCA)
• Averaged 43.0 yards per punt as a senior
• Named a U.S. Army All-American
• Played in the 2014 Central Florida All-Star Game
• Garnered Defensive Player of the Week honors from the Orlando Touchdown Club following a two interception performance against Edgewater High School in 2014
• Also played cornerback and quarterback in high school and played baseball for Boone
• Brother, Johnny, was also a punter at Florida and spent the 2018 season with the Oakland Raiders and joined the Chiefs practice squad in November of 2020