Kai Kroeger: P · South Carolina · #39.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
South Carolina’s specialists
Kai Kroeger
Flips the field and drops it inside the 20 — no weakness to punt around. Played for two head coaches at South Carolina: Will Muschamp and Shane Beamer. That makes four seasons with an honor, the latest All-SEC in 2024.
Play style
Flips the field and drops it inside the 20 — no weakness to punt around.
Punter archetype · season enumeration
Leg vs placement
47.8 gross, but 18 of 47 inside the 20 (38.3%) — in between — no clean archetype. no clean archetype
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.
On3 Oct 24
247Sports Oct 20Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-19vs Old Dominion | 5 | 206 | 41.2 | 46 | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-6@ Kentucky | 5 | 258 | 51.6 | 58 | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | L 33-36vs No. 16 LSU | 3 | 130 | 43.3 | 47 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 50-7vs Akron | 4 | 213 | 53.3 | 75 | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | L 3-27vs No. 12 Ole Miss | 4 | 207 | 51.8 | 61 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 25-27@ No. 7 Alabama | 3 | 135 | 45.0 | 54 | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 35-9@ Oklahoma | 8 | 413 | 51.6 | 57 | 4 | |
| Wk 10 | W 44-20vs No. 10 Texas A&M | 4 | 160 | 40.0 | 45 | 3 | |
| Wk 11 | W 28-7@ No. 24 Vanderbilt | 2 | 96 | 48.0 | 57 | 2 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-30vs No. 24 Missouri | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-12vs Wofford | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 51 | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 17-14@ No. 12 Clemson | 5 | 233 | 46.6 | 58 | 3 | |
 Bowl | L 17-21vs No. 21 Illinois | 2 | 105 | 52.5 | 55 | 0 | |
| Total | 47 | 2248 | 47.8 | 75 | 18 |
Week 8 · 2024
W 35-9
at Oklahoma
51.6 yards per punt · 8 punts · 4 inside the 20
Dominant 26-point win on the road against Oklahoma.
Season context: team record and system
Punter profile · Distance and placement
Where his punts land, not just how far
Inside the 20
38%18 of 47Touchback rate
13%6 of 47Yards / punt
47.847 puntsLong
75yards47.8 yards/punt on 47 punts · 38% placed inside the 20 · 6 touchbacks.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Road5g | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Player standing · 2024
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at South Carolina, a first-team All-Conference season (2022) — the college career is complete.
Honored in a first season.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2022)
named by 2 selectors
ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM
All-SEC 1st team (2024)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2020)
SEC Specialist Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Will Muschamp, Mike Bobo, and Shane Beamer. Multi-era developmental context.
