Tommy Townsend

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#5

Experience: 4 years

Height: 6-1

Age: 26

Weight: 191 lbs

College: Florida

2022 SEASON

PUNTS
53
AVG
50.42
LNG
76
In 20
22

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Biography

Third-year punter enters his third season with the Chiefs in 2022.
Originally entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Chiefs in 2020.

Career Highlights:

In Week 10, Townsend successfully executed a fake punt pass against the Raiders with a 16 yard pass to WR Marcus Kemp on a four-and-seven.
Tied a single-game career-high with six punts and set a single-game career-high with 341 punting yards in Week 9 versus Green Bay. He averaged 56.8 gross yards per punt, the third-best single-game mark of his career and registered a career-best 54.3 net punting average. He placed a career-high five of his six punts inside the 20-yard line.
Did not punt for the first time in his career against Philadelphia (10/3/21). For the Chiefs, it marks the fourth time in the regular season that the club did not register at least one punt in a contest.
With a fake punt pass play versus the New York Jets (11/1/20), Townsend successfully converted a fourth-and-four rifling off a 13-yard pass to Chiefs WR Byron Pringle.
In Week 4 versus the New England Patriots, he recorded a punting average of 60.8 yards, setting a new Chiefs single-game franchise record (minimum four punts).

Honors:

AFC Player of the Month for November.
AFC Player of the Week for Week 9.
Earned AFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors following Week 15 of the 2020 season. He tallied six punts in the Chiefs' victory over New Orleans, dropping a career-high three kicks inside the Saints' 20-yard line.

Transactions:

Originally entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with Kansas City in 2020.

Player Videos

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AFC Special Teams Player of the Month Tommy Townsend's Best Punts

Watch AFC Special Teams Player of the Month Tommy Townsend's best punts from September.

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Tommy Townsend: "That's always a great feeling" | Press Conference 9/29

P Tommy Townsend speaks with the media ahead of the Chiefs Week 4 matchup against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Tommy Townsend: "As I've gotten older, I think it's better to be in a more relaxed mindset." | Press Conference 8/2

Punter Tommy Townsend speaks with the media at Chiefs Training Camp

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Tommy Townsend: "It was such an incredible feeling to see all my hard work pay off" | Press Conference 12/3

P Tommy Townsend speaks to the media.

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NFL Highlights: Tommy Townsend is Special Teams Player of the Month

Watch all of the highlights from Kansas City Chiefs punter Tommy Townsend as the Special Teams Player of the Month.

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Tommy Townsend One-on-One: "I can't help but credit the defense" | Chiefs Rewind

P Tommy Townsend goes one-on-one with Mitch Holthus after the Chiefs Week 9 win over the Green Bay Packers.

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Tommy Townsend: "We put so much time in the field goal operation" | Week 9 Press Conference

P Tommy Townsend speaks to the media after win over the Green Bay Packers.

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Tommy Townsend: "I already feel 10 times more comfortable" | Camp Press Conference 8/6

P Tommy Townsend speaks to the media at Chiefs 2021 Training Camp.

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Tommy Townsend 2020 Season Recap | Rookies in Review

Take a look back at P Tommy Townsend's impressive rookie season with the Chiefs in 2020 where he was graded as the 8th best punter this past year according to Pro Football Focus, finishing the year with 20 punts inside the 20.

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Tommy Townsend Mic'd Up: "This one's going out to the ocean" | Week 17 vs. Chargers

Punter Tommy Townsend was wired for sound in the Chiefs Week 17 matchup with the Los Angeles Chargers.

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Tommy Townsend Pins it Deep in Falcons' Territory

'That was unreal' announcers in awe of Kansas City Chiefs punter Tommy Townsend's punt that bounces straight up deep in Falcons' territory

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Punter Tommy Townsend Turns Quarterback | Bridgestone Clutch Performance

P Tommy Townsend executed a clutch fake punt to extend a drive during the Chiefs Week 8 victory over the New York Jets

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Tommy Townsend: "I was pretty confident going into that play" | Week 8 Press Conference

P Tommy Townsend address the media following the Chiefs Week 8 victory over the New York Jets

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Tommy Townsend One-on-One: "Just throw the ball to him, it's pretty simple I think" | Week 8 vs. Jets

Tommy Townsend goes one-on-one with Mitch Holthus and Shawn Barber to recap his performance against the New York Jets

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Fake Punt Alert! Tommy Townsend Delivers Dart to Byron Pringle on Fourth Down

Fake punt alert! Kansas City Chiefs punter Tommy Townsend delivers dart to wide receiver Byron Pringle for a first down

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Tommy Townsend: "I'm always looking for something to improve on" | Press Conference 10/17

P Tommy Townsend speaks to the media ahead of the Chiefs Week 6 matchup with the Buffalo Bills

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Tommy Townsend: "I'm really excited to get going for the season" | Press Conference 8/28

P Tommy Townsend speaks with the media following Training Camp practice

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Tommy Townsend Highlights & Interview | Meet the Chiefs Undrafted Free Agents

Undrafted free agent P Tommy Townsend talks about signing with the Chiefs and what it means to him.

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Tommy Townsend: "I'm really excited for the chance to step in" | Press Conference

P Tommy Townsend addresses the media on Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Recent Games

WK	OPP	RESULT	Punts	Yds	Net Yds	Lng	Avg	Net Avg	OOB	Dn	In 20	TB	FC	RET	RetY
1	@Cardinals	W 44 - 21	2	108	89	58	54	44.5	0	0	0	1	0	1	-1
2	Chargers	W 27 - 24	6	333	296	74	55.5	49.3	0	1	3	1	2	2	17
3	@Colts	L 17 - 20	3	170	160	65	56.7	53.3	0	2	2	0	0	1	10
4	@Buccaneers	W 41 - 31	1	43	43	43	43	43	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
5	Raiders	W 30 - 29	3	145	142	60	48.3	47.3	0	0	1	0	2	1	3
6	Bills	L 20 - 24	3	173	167	60	57.7	55.7	0	0	1	0	1	2	6
7	@49ers	W 44 - 23	1	33	33	33	33	33	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
9	Titans	W 20 - 17	6	283	252	53	47.2	42	0	1	2	1	2	2	11
10	Jaguars	W 27 - 17	2	91	72	51	45.5	36	0	1	1	0	0	1	19
11	@Chargers	W 30 - 27	2	92	92	50	46	46	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
12	Rams	W 26 - 10	1	49	49	49	49	49	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
13	@Bengals	L 24 - 27	1	55	45	55	55	45	0	0	0	0	0	1	10
14	@Broncos	W 34 - 28	3	199	158	76	66.3	52.7	1	0	1	1	0	1	21
15	@Texans	W 30 - 24	4	193	170	57	48.2	42.5	0	0	2	0	1	3	23
16	Seahawks	W 24 - 10	6	246	234	56	41	39	1	1	3	0	2	2	12
17	Broncos	W 27 - 24	5	263	226	60	52.6	45.2	0	0	1	0	2	3	37
18	@Raiders	W 31 - 13	4	196	188	61	49	47	0	2	3	0	0	2	8

Career Stats

P Career

SEASON	TEAM	G	Punts	Yds	Net Yds	Lng	Avg	Net Avg	OOB	Dn	In 20	TB	FC	RET	RetY
2020	Kansas City Chiefs	16	52	2339	2100	67	45	40.4	8	5	20	6	18	15	119
2021	Kansas City Chiefs	16	37	1746	1622	68	47.2	43.8	4	5	20	3	9	16	64
2022	Kansas City Chiefs	17	53	2672	2416	76	50.4	45.6	3	8	22	4	16	22	176
TOTAL		49	142	6757	6138	76	47.5	43.3	15	18	62	13	43	53	359

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