Billy Gowers

Position:
P
Ht./Wt.:
6-2 / 207
Year:
2nd
Hometown:
Melbourne, Australia
High School:
Xavier College
Prev School:
Hawai’i

Career Notes & Records
Appeared in 13 games in one season at Hawai’i (2025) … Collegiate debut game against Stanford (8/23) in 2025 … Pinned 25 career punts inside the 20-yard line – with seven inside the opposition’s 10-yard line … Earned All-America honors (Pro Football Focus) and Freshman All-America (Football Writers Association of America) in 2025 at Hawai’i … Played eight seasons of Australian Rules Football … Spent five seasons in the Australian Football League and three seasons in the Victorian Football League … Leading goalkicker for Western Bulldogs of the AFL in 2018 … Leading goalkicker and Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal winner in the VFL in 2024 … Also played professional Kabaddi - a high-energy contact team sport combining elements of tag and wrestling … Father, Andy, and grandfather, Trevor, also played professional Australian Rules Football.

2025 (Freshman Season – Hawai’i)
Season: Appeared in 13 games as the primary punter … Made collegiate debut against Stanford (8/23) … Highest-graded punter in FBS (93.2) per Pro Football Focus … Set Hawai’i single-season record for punting average (46.2) … Pinned seven punts inside the opposition 10-yard line … Made one tackle … Lone rush gained 9 yards versus Utah State (10/11) … Earned Academic All-Mountain West.

Awards: Earned first-team All-America honors from Pro Football Focus … Named Freshman All-America by the Football Writers Association of America.

Prep/Personal
Did not participate in American football prior to arriving at Hawai’i in 2025 … Trained with Prokick Australia … Prepped at Xavier College in Melbourne, Australia … Also participated in gold, cricket, and volleyball … Played eight seasons of Australian Rules Football … Spent five seasons in the Australian Football League (AFL) and three seasons in the Victorian Football League (VFL) … Leading goalkicker for Western Bulldogs of the AFL in 2018 … Leading goalkicker and Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal winner in the VFL in 2024 … Also played professional Kabaddi - a high-energy contact team sport combining elements of tag and wrestling … Son of Anna and Andy Gowers … Has one brother and one sister … Father, Andy, and grandfather, Trevor, also played Australian Rules Football, with all three spending time with the Victorian Amateur Football Association’s Old Xaverians … Father, Andy, is the president of the Hawthorn Football Club of the AFL.