2026 games, yards per punt per game. W and L: the team’s results.
“Helped that there was no rush so Weston could wait for the coverage team to get down there”
Tom Weston
Drops it inside the 20 and pins them on their own goal line. Arrived at Minnesota from Ouachita Baptist. First career honor, 2025: All-Big Ten.
Play style
Drops it inside the 20 and pins them on their own goal line.
Punter archetype · season enumeration
Leg vs placement
42.8 gross, but 18 of 41 inside the 20 (43.9%) — a pinner. pinner
Net average is unavailable — no per-punt return-yardage linkage exists in the source data.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Minnesota’s specialists
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-7vs Eastern Illinois | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-38vs Mississippi State | 5 | 193 | 38.6 | 45 | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | W 41-7vs Akron | 5 | 243 | 48.6 | 55 | 3 | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-24@ Washington | 6 | 215 | 35.8 | 46 | 4 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-14vs Michigan | 3 | 122 | 40.7 | 58 | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-41@ Purdue | 5 | 227 | 45.4 | 60 | 3 | |
| Wk 8 | W 13-10vs No. 15 Iowa | 9 | 376 | 41.8 | 49 | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | L 16-23@ No. 4 Indiana | 7 | 340 | 48.6 | 60 | 3 | |
| Total | 41 | 1753 | 42.8 | 60 | 18 |
Last game (Wk 9): 7 punts, 3 punts inside the 20.
Season context: team record and system
2 seasons under P.J. Fleck, all balanced, slow tempo offenses — 13-8 over that span.
Punter profile · Distance and placement
Where his punts land, not just how far
Inside the 20
44%18 of 41Touchback rate
0%0 of 41Yards / punt
42.841 puntsLong
60yards42.8 yards/punt on 41 punts · 44% placed inside the 20.
Minnesota carries two punters; Weston has taken 41 of the 42. The No. 2,173 recruit in the country is punting in the Big Ten.
2026 is in progress.
Honored in a first season.
From Perth, Australia — one of 84 Australians punting in FBS this season.
