Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

AS A SENIOR IN 2017
First team All-America by the American Football Coaches Association … second team All-America by STATS and HERO Sports … fourth team All-America by Phil Steele … first team All-Ohio Valley Conference by coaches and communications directors … first team All-OVC by Phil Steele … preseason All-America by STATS … preseason All-OVC by league coaches and media relations contacts … season average of 44.1 yards per punt broke his own school single season record of 43.7 set as a sophomore in 2015 … totaled 2,557 yards on 58 punts in 2017 with 19 placed inside the 20 yard line … had 11 punts of 50 or more yards … of 58 punts, only five were touchbacks … with 244 punting yards against Austin Peay (Nov. 11), he surpassed 10,000 yards for his career … finished his career having punted 252 times for 10,422 yards, an average of 41.4 per punt … concluded the season ranked first in the OVC and sixth in FCS with an average of 44.1 yards per punt … as a team, Eastern finished the season second in the nation in net punting (41.14 ypp) … broke EKU’s 51-year-old punting record with an 84-yard punt against Tennessee-Martin (Oct. 21), the second-longest in the FCS during the 2017 season … it is also tied for the second-longest in the OVC since 2004 … the previous record of 78 yards was set by Bob Plotts in 1966 … three-time OVC Specialist of the Week … STATS Honorable Mention National Special Teams Player of the Week twice … averaged 48.1 yards per punt on nine punts with a long of 76 and three placed inside the 20 against Tennessee Tech (Sept. 23) … averaged 49.9 yards on nine punts with two placed inside the 20 against Tennessee-Martin (Oct. 21) ... earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2016
Second team All-Ohio Valley Conference … preseason All-OVC by league coaches and media relations contacts … preseason All-OVC first team selection by CollegeSportsMadness … averaged 42.1 yards on 59 punts … placed 28 punts inside the 20 yard line … had seven punts of 50 or more yards … ranked third in the OVC and 17th in the nation in punt average … his directional skill helped EKU lead the OVC in net punting (41.19 ypp) and punt return defense (2.50 ypp), the Colonels ranked third and fourth in the nation, respectively, in those two categories … placed four punts inside the 20 yard line at Ball State (Sept. 17) … averaged 48 yards per punt at Tennessee State (Oct. 15) … averaged 47.3 yards on seven punts at Tennessee-Martin (Oct. 29) while placing three inside the 20 yard line and booming a season-best 63-yarder ... earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2015
First team All-Ohio Valley Conference selection … broke Jordan Berry’s EKU single season punting record, finishing with an average of 43.7 yards per punt … played in all 11 games … punted 62 times … second in the OVC and ninth in the nation in punting average … 20 of his punts went for 50 or more yards … three touchbacks and 15 fair catches … two-time OVC Specialist of the Week – on Oct. 18 after averaging 45.5 yards per punt at Southeast Missouri and on Nov. 1 after averaging 50.2 yards per punt with six punts of 50 or more yards and six punts that pinned No. 1 Jacksonville State inside its own 20 yard line … on the College Football Performance (CFPA) 2015 FCS Special Teams Watch List … had three of four punts go for 50-plus and averaged 50.5 yards per punt against Valparaiso (Sept. 3) … five of nine punts at North Carolina State traveled for 50 or more yards … in addition to averaging 45.5 yards per punt at Southeast Missouri (Oct. 17), he completed a 16-yard first down pass to Barton Mann on a fake punt, which ultimately led to a touchdown that would give the Colonels a 14-point fourth quarter lead … longest punt of the season was a 75-yarder at No. 1 Jacksonville State (Oct. 31), three yards short of tying the EKU record and ninth longest in the FCS during the 2015 season … punting average against Tennessee-Martin (43.0 ypp) is misleading, had three punts downed inside the 20, two of which were from the UTM 39 and 45 yard lines and were downed at the five and seven yard lines respectively … had a 61-yard punt at Eastern Illinois (Nov. 21).
 
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2014
Punted 73 times with two touchbacks, 22 fair catches and 30 punts inside the 20 ... five punts of 50 or more yards including a long of 60 yards against Miami (Ohio) ... career-high 10 punts with average of 38 yards against Florida on Nov. 22 … also handled holding duty on field goals … earned a spot on the Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … 2014-15 Colonel Scholar.

HIGH SCHOOL 
Coached by the same coach as former EKU punter Jordan Berry … trained for the Australian national team in the pole vault.

PERSONAL
Son of Peter and Lesley Wrzuszczak … majoring in physical education with a concentration in physical fitness and wellness management.