Haydon Whitehead: P · Indiana · #94.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Indiana’s specialists
Haydon Whitehead
Handles the punting job without giving the return man a lane. A two-star recruit with four seasons on the field at Indiana since. The first one came in 2020: Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week.
Play style
Handles the punting job without giving the return man a lane.
Punter archetype · season enumeration
Leg vs placement
42.4 gross, but 10 of 36 inside the 20 (27.8%) — a flipper. flipper
Net average is unavailable — no per-punt return-yardage linkage exists in the source data.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
The Daily Hoosier Oct 28
The Herald-Times Oct 21
USA Today Oct 17Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 7 games
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| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 | W 36-35vs No. 8 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 No. 23 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@ No. 3 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@ No. 18 Wisconsin | 5 | 201 | 40.2 | 51 | 4 | |
| Total | 36 | 1528 | 42.4 | 55 | 10 |
Season context: team record and system
4 seasons under Tom Allen — 24-21 over that span.
Punter profile · Distance and placement
Where his punts land, not just how far
Inside the 20
31%12 of 39Touchback rate
8%3 of 39Yards / punt
43.439 puntsLong
64yards43.4 yards/punt on 39 punts · 31% placed inside the 20 · 3 touchbacks.
Indiana carries three punters; Whitehead has taken all 39 punts.
How it ended
Four seasons at Indiana — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2020
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Kevin Wilson → Tom Allen. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
From Melbourne, VIC — one of 84 Australians punting in FBS this season.
