2026 games, yards per punt per game. W and L: the team’s results.
“Palmer Williams for Heisman”
Palmer Williams
Has a leg that can flip the field on one swing. Fourth season at Baylor. Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Year in 2025 made it two straight seasons on the honors list.
Play style
Has a leg that can flip the field on one swing.
Punter archetype · season enumeration
Leg vs placement
49.0 gross, but 11 of 31 inside the 20 (35.5%) — in between — no clean archetype. no clean archetype
Net average is unavailable — no per-punt return-yardage linkage exists in the source data.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Baylor’s specialists
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 16-17vs Auburn | 4 | 208 | 52.0 | 54 | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 44-3vs Prairie View A&M | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 36-19vs Louisiana Tech | 2 | 106 | 53.0 | 59 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 23-13vs Colorado | 7 | 353 | 50.4 | 63 | 4 | |
| Wk 5 | W 55-19@ Arizona State | 3 | 188 | 62.7 | 72 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 6-17vs TCU | 5 | 233 | 46.6 | 59 | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-25@ Kansas | 4 | 182 | 45.5 | 51 | 3 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-9@ UCF | 5 | 207 | 41.4 | 50 | 1 | |
| Total | 31 | 1519 | 49.0 | 72 | 11 |
Week 5 · 2026
W 55-19
62.7 yards per punt · 3 punts · 72 long
Dominant 36-point win on the road against Arizona State.
Last game (Wk 9): 5 punts, 1 punt inside the 20.
Season context: team record and system
4 seasons under Dave Aranda — 21-24 over that span.
Punter profile · Distance and placement
Where his punts land, not just how far
Inside the 20
35%11 of 31Touchback rate
23%7 of 31Yards / punt
49.031 puntsLong
72yards49.0 yards/punt on 31 punts · 35% placed inside the 20 · 7 touchbacks.
The No. 2,177 recruit in the country is punting in the Big 12.
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 44 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dave Aranda.
