Tommy Townsend
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Experience: 3 years
Height: 6-1
Age: 25
Weight: 191 lbs
College: Florida
2021 SEASON
- PUNTS35
- AVG49.83
- LNG68
- In 2018
Punting
| YEAR | TEAM | G | PUNTS | YDS | LNG | AVG | BLK | RET | RETY | IN 20 | NET AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 34 | 1734 | 68 | 51 | 0 | 13 | 64 | 17 | 47.4 |
| 2020 | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 52 | 2339 | 67 | 45 | 0 | 15 | 119 | 20 | 40.4 |
| TOTAL | 32 | 86 | 4073 | 68 | 47.4 | 0 | 28 | 183 | 37 | 43.9 |
Passing
| YEAR | TEAM | G | ATT | COMP | PCT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | INT | 1st | 1st% | 20+ | SCK | SCKY | RATE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| 2020 | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| TOTAL | 32 | 2 | 2 | 100 | 29 | 14.5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145.8 |
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.