Senior punter for Indiana. 2020: 43.4 yards per punt, 39 punts.
6′2″ · 219 lb · Melbourne, VIC
The story
4 punter for Indiana. 2020: 43.4 yards per punt, 39 punts.
Recruiting
P recruit
No. 2917 nationally · Signed with Indiana
No college snaps yet.
Haydon Whitehead
A 2-star signing who has since put four seasons on the field at Indiana. 2020 brought the first one: Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Indiana — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Tom Allen.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Tom Allen — 24-21 over that span.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Curt Cignetti
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2020
W 14–6
at Wisconsin
5 NO · 201 YDS · 40 AVG
With J. Tuttle — 130 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · 11 rush yds (6 car) · T. Fryfogle — 1 rec · 35 yds
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 | W 36-35vs Penn State | 5 | 214 | 42.8 | 47 | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 37-21@ Rutgers | 5 | 186 | 37.2 | 43 | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-21vs Michigan | 5 | 231 | 46.2 | 54 | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-0@ Michigan State | 3 | 119 | 39.7 | 42 | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 35-42@ Ohio State | 6 | 259 | 43.2 | 55 | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-11vs Maryland | 7 | 318 | 45.4 | 53 | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 14-6@ Wisconsin | 5 | 201 | 40.2 | 51 | 4 | |
| Total | 36 | 1528 | 42.1 | 55 | 10 |
Punter archetype · season enumeration
Leg vs placement
42.4 gross, but 10 of 36 inside the 20 (27.8%) — a flipper. ~ our read: flipper
Net average is unavailable — no per-punt return-yardage linkage exists in the source data.