Mason Hunt: P · Southern Miss · #16.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Southern Miss’s specialists
Mason Hunt
Drops it inside the 20 and pins them on their own goal line. The three seasons at Southern Miss span two head coaches: Scotty Walden and Will Hall. All-Sun Belt in 2022 made it two straight seasons on the honors list.
Play style
Drops it inside the 20 and pins them on their own goal line.
Punter archetype · season enumeration
Leg vs placement
42.4 gross, but 29 of 70 inside the 20 (41.4%) — a pinner. pinner
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.
SuperTalk Mississippi Media Oct 23Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-29vs Liberty | 4 | 165 | 41.3 | 51 | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-30@ No. 15 Miami | 7 | 309 | 44.1 | 57 | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 64-10vs Northwestern State | 4 | 173 | 43.3 | 53 | 4 | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-24@ Tulane | 5 | 232 | 46.4 | 57 | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-27@ Troy | 5 | 230 | 46.0 | 56 | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-19vs Arkansas State | 4 | 162 | 40.5 | 45 | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-14@ Texas State | 6 | 246 | 41.0 | 52 | 4 | |
| Wk 9 | W 39-24vs Louisiana | 8 | 322 | 40.3 | 55 | 4 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-42vs Georgia State | 10 | 459 | 45.9 | 59 | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-26@ Coastal Carolina | 4 | 142 | 35.5 | 41 | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-27vs South Alabama | 5 | 219 | 43.8 | 53 | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | W 20-10@ UL Monroe | 4 | 142 | 35.5 | 39 | 2 | |
| Bowl | W 38-24vs Rice | 4 | 170 | 42.5 | 51 | 2 | |
| Total | 70 | 2971 | 42.4 | 59 | 29 |
Week 4 · 2022
W 27-24
at Tulane
46.4 yards per punt · 5 punts · 2 inside the 20
A close one, won by 3 on the road.
Season context: team record and system
Punter profile · Distance and placement
Where his punts land, not just how far
Inside the 20
41%29 of 70Touchback rate
11%8 of 70Yards / punt
42.470 puntsLong
59yards42.4 yards/punt on 70 punts · 41% placed inside the 20 · 8 touchbacks.
Player standing · 2022
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Southern Miss carries two punters; Hunt has taken all 70 punts.
How it ended
Three seasons at Southern Miss — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Tim Billings, Scotty Walden, and Will Hall. Multi-era developmental context.
