Tom Foley: P · Northern Illinois · #98.
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Northern Illinois’s specialists
Tom Foley
Handles the punting job without giving the return man a lane. Now in a third season at Northern Illinois.
Play style
Handles the punting job without giving the return man a lane.
Punter archetype · season enumeration
Leg vs placement
38.8 gross, but 12 of 39 inside the 20 (30.8%) — 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 | W 54-15vs Western Illinois | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 16-14@ No. 5 Notre Dame | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | 40 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-23vs Buffalo | 3 | 129 | 43.0 | 46 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 17-24@ NC State | 5 | 199 | 39.8 | 46 | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 34-20vs Massachusetts | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-7@ Bowling Green | 4 | 153 | 38.3 | 44 | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | L 6-13vs Toledo | 5 | 162 | 32.4 | 40 | 3 | |
| Wk 9 | L 23-25@ Ball State | 3 | 128 | 42.7 | 50 | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-28@ Western Michigan | 2 | 73 | 36.5 | 46 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 29-16vs Akron | 5 | 188 | 37.6 | 48 | 3 | |
| Wk 13 | L 9-20@ Miami (OH) | 5 | 227 | 45.4 | 52 | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | W 24-16vs Central Michigan | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 28-20vs Fresno State | 1 | 52 | 52.0 | 52 | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 1515 | 38.8 | 52 | 12 |
Week 2 · 2024
W 16-14
at Notre Dame
33 yards per punt · 3 punts · 40 long
A close one, won by 2 on the road.
Season context: team record and system
3 seasons under Thomas Hammock, all run-leaning offenses — 18-20 over that span.
Punter profile · Distance and placement
Where his punts land, not just how far
Inside the 20
31%12 of 39Touchback rate
8%3 of 39Yards / punt
38.839 puntsLong
52yards38.8 yards/punt on 39 punts · 31% placed inside the 20 · 3 touchbacks.
Northern Illinois carries two punters; Foley has taken all 39 punts.
How it ended
Three seasons at Northern Illinois — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: P.J. Fleck and Thomas Hammock.
