Joe Rivera

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Position:
Punter
Height:
6-2
Weight:
188
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Grinnell, Iowa
High School:
Grinnell

Awards and Honors
Second Team Academic All-Big 12 (2019, 2020)

2020
Second Team Academic All-Big 12 … played in all 12 games as ISU’s punter … averaged 40.6 yards per punt in 45 attempts, ranking fourth in the Big 12 … had 14 punts downed inside the 20 and recorded nine 50-yarders … had just four touchbacks … averaged 43.2 yards on five punts, including two 50-yarders, vs. Louisiana … averaged 50.2 yards on five punts vs. TCU, including a season-long 64-yarder … vs. Oklahoma State, averaged 42.5 yards per punt with three 50-yard boots and three punts downed inside the 20 … two of his three punts vs. Oregon in the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl were downed inside the 20 … career 40.6 punting average ranks seventh in school history.

2019
Second Team Academic All-Big 12 … played in 12 games as ISU’s punter … averaged 40.6 yards per punt in 54 attempts … had 27 punts downed inside the 20 and tallied nine 50-yarders … only had three touchbacks … connected on a pair of 50-yarders and averaged 43.3 yards in six punts vs. Oklahoma State … boomed a 58-yarder vs. Oklahoma and a career-long 65-yard punt vs. Kansas State … against Notre Dame in the Camping World Bowl, averaged 47.2 yards in five punts with three 50-yarders … also had four punts downed inside the 20 vs. Notre Dame.

2018
Second-Team Academic All-Big 12 … played in all 13 games as ISU’s holder on field goals and PATs … also the backup punter, seeing action vs. Drake, averaging 38.0 yards on two punts … had a long punt of 46 yards.

2017
Squad member.

2016
Redshirted initial collegiate season.

High School
First-team Class 3A all-state punter in 2015 … also named all-district and the team’s special teams player of the year … averaged 41.7 yards per punt as a senior … boomed a career-long 59-yarder … had nine touchbacks as the kickoff man … also caught 25 passes for 620 yards and nine TDs … member of the track and field team … coached by Aaron Shipley.

Personal
Born August 19, 1997 … son of Ramon Rivera and Sixta Hernandez … communication studies major.