Haydon Whitehead

Indiana State

Sep 12 (Fri)

6:30 p.m.

Photo by: Craig Bisacre/Indiana Athletics

BLOOMINGTON, IN - OCTOBER 07, 2017 - punter Haydon Whitehead #94 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the football game against Charleston Southern Buccaneers and the Indiana Hoosiers Bloomington, IN. Photo By Craig Bisacre/Indiana Athletics

BLOOMINGTON, IN - AUGUST 05, 2018 - punter Haydon Whitehead #94 of the Indiana Hoosiers during fall camp practice in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Craig Bisacre/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Craig Bisacre/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Lydia Knoll/Indiana Athletics

Weight:
205
Height:
6-2
Position:
P
Year:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Melbourne, Australia
High School:
McKinnon Secondary College

Whitehead graduated with a SPEA management degree in Dec. 2019, and he is working on his MPA in public affairs from the School of Public and Environmental Affairs. He ranks third in program history with a 41.4 average on 226 punts. Whitehead recorded 27 50-plus yarders and pinned 83 inside the 20-yard line, 37 inside the 10 and 15 inside the 5.

2020 Honors: Ray Guy Award semifinalist ... third-team All-Big Ten (Phil Steele) ... honorable-mention All-Big Ten (coaches, media) ... Big Ten co-Special Teams Player of the Week (Wisconsin) ... received Indiana's Howard Brown "Dedication to IU Football" Award.

2020 (Graduate): Averaged a career-high 43.4 yards, which ranks fourth on IU’s single-season list, on 39 punts ... dropped 11 punts inside the 20-yards line ... recorded eight 50-plus yarders with a season-high of 64 ... opponents returned just four punts for 31 yards ... 22 punts resulted in a fair catch (56.4 percent) and three in a touchback (7.7) ... netted a 46.2 average on five punts with two 50-yarders in the No. 23 Michigan win (11/7) ... averaged 45.4 yards on seven punts with two 50-yarders in the Maryland victory (11/28) ... dropped four punts inside the 20, including at the 1- and 8-yard lines, with a long of 51 in the win at No. 16 Wisconsin (12/5) ... his 55.0 average on three punts in the Outback Bowl vs. Ole Miss (1/2) sits atop the program’s single-game list ... landed two of the three punts inside the 20-yard line and blasted 52- and 64-yarders ... three-time IU special teams player of the week (Michigan, Maryland, Wisconsin) ... Academic All-Big Ten selection.

2019 Honors: Honorable-mention All-Big Ten (coaches) ... Ray Guy Award candidate ... Ray Guy Award Ray’s 8 (Ball State) ... IU’s Most Outstanding Specialist of the Year.

2019 (Senior): Averaged 42.5 yards (5th in the Big Ten) on 51 punts ... average is eighth on IU’s single-season list ... landed 27.5 percent (14-of-51) inside the 10-yard line, fifth in the FBS ... pinned opponents inside the 20 on 22 occasions and inside the 5 six times ... blasted a career-best 10 50-yarders, including a career-long 65-yarder ... only five punts resulted in a touchback (9.8 percent), 20 resulted in a fair catch (39.2 percent) and just seven were returned (13.7 percent) ... averaged 45.0-plus yards in six games and 40.0 yards in nine ... recorded a 51.7 average (6th in IU single-game history) on three punts, including a 63-yarder, and two inside the 10 in the season-opening win vs. Ball State (8/31) ... placed at least three punts inside the 20 in four-straight games with four in the Northwestern win (11/2) ... netted a 45.8 average on five punts with the 65-yarder at Michigan State (9/28) ... carded a 47.0 average on five punts with two 50-plus yarders and one inside the 20 against Michigan (11/23) ... netted a long of 56 with one inside the 20 and a 46.2 average on four punts in the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl vs. Tennessee (1/2) ... IU special teams player of the week (Northwestern).

2018 Honors: Ray Guy Award candidate.

2018 (Junior): Punted 51 times and averaged 40.0 yards ... placed 17 inside the 20-yard line (33.3 percent), six inside the 10 and five inside the 5 ... connected on four 50-yarders with a long of 58 ... forced opponents into 21 fair catches and limited them to 57 yards on just 15 returns (3.8 average) ... had five games with multiple punts inside the 20-yard line, including a season-high four in the Virginia win (9/8) ... averaged 40.0 yards in six of his 12 games with a season-high of 44.5 in the victory at Rutgers (9/29) ... IU special teams player of the week (Ball State).

2017 Honors: Honorable-mention All-Big Ten (coaches, media) ... Ray Guy Award candidate.

2017 (Sophomore): Averaged 40.7 yards on 85 punts ... landed 33 inside the 20-yard line (T-3rd nationally), 15 inside the 10 and four inside the 5 ... recorded five 50-plus yarders with a long of 56 ... opponents returned 25 punts for 124 yards (5.0 average) ... collected eight games with at least three punts placed inside the 20 ... downed No. 2 Ohio State (8/31) inside the 20-yard line three times and averaged 41.0 on nine punts with a long of 49 in his collegiate debut ... in the win at Illinois (11/11), pinned the Fighting Illini inside the 20 a career-high five times and only one of his nine punts was returned for four yards ... dropped three inside the 10-yard line and added the 56-yarder in the victory at Virginia (9/9) ... punted seven times and averaged 43.4 yards ... backed No. 17 Michigan State (10/14) inside the 20 four times and averaged 43.7 on nine punts ... matched that total at Maryland (10/28) and at Purdue (11/25) ... averaged 44.2 on eight punts against No. 17 Michigan (10/14) ... three-time IU special teams player of the week (Michigan, Illinois, Rutgers) ... enrolled in spring classes and participated in practice.

Prep/Personal: Former Australian Rules Football player (15 years) ... made his first trip to the United States when he took his official visit to IU in December 2016 ... trained under Nathan Chapman and John Smith at Prokick Australia, a training ground for punters and kickers in Melbourne ... parents are Vicki and Barry Whitehead ... born on July 12, 1995.