Sophomore punter for Western Kentucky. 2023: 41 yards per punt, 46 punts.
5′10″ · 170 lb · Melbourne, VIC
Recruiting
P recruit
No. 2160 nationally · Signed with Western Kentucky
No college snaps yet.
The story
2 punter for Western Kentucky. 2023: 41 yards per punt, 46 punts.
Tom Ellard
Handles the punting job without giving the return man a lane. Western Kentucky to Northern State — the move that set up everything since. His first career honor landed in 2022: All-Conference USA.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Western Kentucky — his college career is complete.
His career
He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2022)
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Tyson Helton, all pass-leaning offenses — 17-10 over that span.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tyson Helton
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023
W 52–22
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-24vs South Florida | 6 | 261 | 43.5 | 51 | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | W 52-22vs Houston Christian | 3 | 117 | 39.0 | 41 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-63@ Ohio State | 4 | 166 | 41.5 | 49 | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | L 24-27@ Troy | 5 | 189 | 37.8 | 44 | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-10vs Middle Tennessee | 6 | 251 | 41.8 | 46 | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | W 35-28@ Louisiana Tech | 7 | 285 | 40.7 | 45 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-20@ Jacksonville State | 7 | 275 | 39.3 | 54 | 4 | |
| Wk 9 | L 29-42vs Liberty | 3 | 136 | 45.3 | 50 | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | W 21-13@ UTEP | 5 | 206 | 41.2 | 60 | 1 | |
| Total | 46 | 1886 | 41.1 | 60 | 15 |
Play style
Handles the punting job without giving the return man a lane.
CFB Index positional classification
Punter archetype · season enumeration
Leg vs placement
41.0 gross, but 15 of 46 inside the 20 (32.6%) — in between — no clean archetype. ~ our read: no clean archetype
Net average is unavailable — no per-punt return-yardage linkage exists in the source data.
Player DNA
Handles the punting job without giving the return man a lane.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Bailey Rice’s 2021 season.
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As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Alec Clark's sophomore season at Marshall (2024).
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Player DNA