Colin Downing

Position:
Punter
Height:
6-0
Weight:
190
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Whitefish Bay, Wis.
High School:
Whitefish Bay

Awards and Honors
HM All-Big 12 – Coaches (2017)
First Team Academic All-Big 12 (2017)
Ray Guy Award Watch List (2015, 2016, 2017)
ESPN.com Big 12 All-Underclassman (2014)

2017
Honorable Mention All-Big 12 … First Team Academic All-Big 12 … Ray Guy Award watch list member … one of the greatest punters in Iowa State history, handling punting duties from 2014-17 … averaged 40.6 yards per punt in 66 attempts … ISU ranked 41^st nationally in punt return defense (5.69) … had 26 fair-catches, 23 punts downed inside the 20 and 10 50-yarders … ranked third in punts downed inside the 20 (23) and tied for fifth in 50-yard boots (10) in the Big 12 … had just four touchbacks … averaged 45.4 yards per punt and had three 50-yarders in five kicks vs. UNI … had a 47.2 yards per punt average in five kicks vs. Iowa … had a season-long 61-yard boot vs. Iowa … pinned five of his seven punts against Texas inside the 20-yard line … averaged 48.0 yards in two punts vs. Oklahoma … ended career with the eighth-best punting average (40.4) in school history … totaled 34 50-yarders, five 60-yarders and had 79 punts downed inside the 20 in his career … never had a punt returned for a touchdown in his high school or collegiate career.

2016
Ray Guy Award watch list member … averaged 41.1 yards per punt in 58 attempts … ISU ranked 21st nationally in punt return defense (4.40) … had 23 fair-catches, 23 punts downed inside the 20 and eight 50-yarders … only had three touchbacks in 58 attempts … in league games only, averaged 42.5 yards per punt to rank third in the Big 12 … averaged 51.0 yards per punt on three kicks vs. Baylor … booted a career-long 67-yarder vs. Baylor … in seven punts vs. Texas, averaged 46.3 yards per punt.

2015
Ray Guy Award watch list member … handled the majority of the punting duties, averaging 40.9 yards per punt in 53 attempts … ISU ranked 39th nationally in punt return defense (6.27) … had 21 fair-catches, 20 punts downed inside the 20 and seven 50-yarders … averaged 50.5 yards per punt on four kicks vs. Texas Tech … boomed a season-long 61-yarder vs. the Red Raiders.

2014
Named to ESPN’s Big 12 All-Underclassman team … handled the majority of the punting duties as a true freshman, averaging 39.4 yards per punt in 69 attempts … ISU’s opponents only returned 18 punts for a total of 69 yards … had 29 fair-catches, 13 punts downed inside the 20 and nine 50-yarders … averaged 45.7 yards per punt on six kicks in his Cyclone debut vs. North Dakota State … averaged 45.2 yard per punt on five attempts vs. Oklahoma State … boomed a season-long 64-yarder vs. Baylor.

High School
Chose Iowa State over Penn State and Toledo … ranked as the ninth-best punter in the nation according former Cyclone and national kicking guru Jamie Kohl … three-star recruit by Scout … ranked as the 11th-best prospect from Wisconsin and the 18th-best overall punter nationally according to ESPN … named first-team All-State punter by the AP and WFCA in 2013 … was an honorable mention all-state selection as a kicker … shared the 2013 Kevin Stemke Award, given annually to the outstanding senior punter or kicker in Wisconsin … averaged 43.2 ypp and 55.4 yards per kickoff in 2013 … had 11 kicks downed inside the 20-yard line, including five downed inside the 10 … converted all 25 PAT attempts … two-time First-Team All-North Shore Conference as a punter and kicker … team went 10-2 and won the conference title in 2012 … captain of the hockey team … coached by Jim Tietjen.

Personal
Born Aug. 9, 1995 … son of Jamie and Tina Downing … accounting major.