Mark Crawford: P · Minnesota · #96.
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Minnesota’s specialists
Mark Crawford
Handles the punting job without giving the return man a lane. Five seasons at Minnesota to date. First career honor, 2021: 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
43.5 gross, but 18 of 52 inside the 20 (34.6%) — 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.
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-19vs North Carolina | 5 | 228 | 45.6 | 58 | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | W 48-0vs Rhode Island | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-0vs Nevada | 3 | 128 | 42.7 | 46 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-31vs Iowa | 7 | 290 | 41.4 | 54 | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-27@ No. 12 Michigan | 4 | 190 | 47.5 | 56 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 24-17vs No. 11 USC | 3 | 107 | 35.7 | 38 | 3 | |
| Wk 7 | W 21-17@ UCLA | 6 | 261 | 43.5 | 48 | 3 | |
| Wk 9 | W 48-23vs Maryland | 3 | 124 | 41.3 | 47 | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | W 25-17@ No. 24 Illinois | 3 | 144 | 48.0 | 51 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 19-26@ Rutgers | 6 | 260 | 43.3 | 56 | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | L 25-26vs No. 4 Penn State | 3 | 121 | 40.3 | 48 | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 24-7@ Wisconsin | 6 | 264 | 44.0 | 51 | 3 | |
 Bowl | W 24-10vs Virginia Tech | 2 | 97 | 48.5 | 52 | 1 | |
| Total | 52 | 2260 | 43.5 | 58 | 18 |
Season context: team record and system
5 seasons under P.J. Fleck — 35-24 over that span.
Punter profile · Distance and placement
Where his punts land, not just how far
Inside the 20
35%18 of 52Touchback rate
2%1 of 52Yards / punt
43.552 puntsLong
58yards43.5 yards/punt on 52 punts · 35% placed inside the 20 · 1 touchback.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer touches a game than most FBS offensive players who play every week.
Minnesota carries two punters; Crawford has taken all 52 punts.
How it ended
Five seasons at Minnesota — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 54 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
1 coachPlayed every college season under P.J. Fleck.
From Perth, Australia — one of 84 Australians punting in FBS this season.
