Jonny Linehan: P · BYU · #31.
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BYU’s specialists
Jonny Linehan
Handles the punting job without giving the return man a lane. Played for two head coaches in three seasons at BYU.
Play style
Handles the punting job without giving the return man a lane.
Punter archetype · season enumeration
Leg vs placement
42.9 gross, but 1 of 59 inside the 20 (1.7%) — 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.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 20-6vs Portland State | 5 | 213 | 42.6 | 50 | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 0-27vs No. 13 LSU | 7 | 294 | 42.0 | 46 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-19vs Utah | 6 | 264 | 44.0 | 53 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 6-40vs No. 10 Wisconsin | 4 | 171 | 42.8 | 48 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-40@ Utah State | 4 | 161 | 40.3 | 47 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-24vs Boise State | 5 | 207 | 41.4 | 51 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-35@ Mississippi State | 6 | 240 | 40.0 | 47 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-33@ East Carolina | 5 | 232 | 46.4 | 59 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-20vs San José State | 3 | 128 | 42.7 | 47 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-20@ Fresno State | 3 | 127 | 42.3 | 47 | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-21@ UNLV | 3 | 139 | 46.3 | 52 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-16vs Massachusetts | 6 | 261 | 43.5 | 52 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 30-20@ Hawai'i | 2 | 96 | 48.0 | 50 | 0 | |
| Total | 59 | 2533 | 42.9 | 59 | 1 |
Season context: team record and system
Punter profile · Distance and placement
Where his punts land, not just how far
Inside the 20
2%1 of 59Touchback rate
0%0 of 59Yards / punt
42.959 puntsLong
59yards42.9 yards/punt on 59 punts · 2% placed inside the 20.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer touches a game than most FBS offensive players who play every week.
BYU carries three punters; Linehan has taken 59 of the 60.
How it ended
Three seasons at BYU — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bronco Mendenhall → Kalani Sitake. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
From Auckland, New Zealand — one of 5 players from New Zealand in FBS this season.
