Punter for North Carolina. 2017: 45.8 yards per punt, 45 punts.
6′3″ · 205 lb · Echuca
The story
2017 punter for North Carolina. 2017: 45.8 yards per punt, 45 punts.
Recruiting
K recruit
Signed with North Carolina
No college snaps yet.
Tom Sheldon
Second season at North Carolina, same address the whole way.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at North Carolina — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Larry Fedora, all balanced offenses — 11-14 over that span.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill Belichick
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 11 · 2017
W 34–31
at Pittsburgh
3 NO · 94 YDS · 31 AVG
Edged out Pittsburgh on the road in a shootout.
With A. Ratliff-Williams — 35 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 100.0 · N. Elliott — 235 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 67.1 · 10 rush yds (9 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 30-35vs California | 4 | 166 | 41.5 | 44 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 35-47vs Louisville | 4 | 214 | 53.5 | 66 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 53-23@ Old Dominion | 7 | 304 | 43.4 | 57 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-27vs Duke | 8 | 361 | 45.1 | 62 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-33@ Georgia Tech | 6 | 281 | 46.8 | 61 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-33vs Notre Dame | 3 | 159 | 53.0 | 55 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-59@ Virginia Tech | 10 | 482 | 48.2 | 58 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 34-31@ Pittsburgh | 3 | 94 | 31.3 | 41 | 0 | |
| Total | 45 | 2061 | 45.4 | 66 | 0 |
Punter archetype · season enumeration
Leg vs placement
45.8 gross, but 0 of 45 inside the 20 (0.0%) — a flipper. ~ our read: flipper
Net average is unavailable — no per-punt return-yardage linkage exists in the source data.