#38 Brad Wing Season 2024

2012 Second Team All-American (Scout.com)
2011 First-Team All-American (AP, CBSsports.com, FoxSportsNext.com, SI.com)
2011 Freshman All-American (CBSsports.com, Sporting News)
2011 First-Team All-Southeastern Conference (AP)
2011 Second-Team All-Southeastern Conference (Coaches)
2011 SEC Coaches’ All-Freshman Team
2011 Ray Guy Award Semifinalist
2011 SEC Special Teams Player of the Week (vs. West Virginia, vs. Auburn)

CAREER
Left-footed punter who played in 23 games during his LSU career … Finished with a 44.6 average on 118 punts … The 44.6 career average ranks first in school history … Became just the second punter in LSU history to earn first team All-America honors in 2011 … 48 of his 118 punts were downed inside the 20-yard line and 39 punt traveled 50 yards or more … Has two of the top 5 single-season punting averages in school history (No. 3 at 44.8 in 2012; No. 5 at 44.37 in 2011) … Australian native … Opted to forgo his final two years at LSU and entered the NFL Draft following his sophomore season in 2012.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2012)
Played in 11 games … Missed season-opener vs. North Texas and Chick-fil-A Bowl game vs. Clemson … Averaged 44.8 yards on 59 punts … The 44.8 yards ranked fourth in the SEC and marked the third-highest single-season total in LSU history … Had 21 of his 59 punts downed inside the 20-yard line – fourth in the SEC … LSU’s net punting average of 40.7 ranked second in the SEC and eighth in the nation … The Tigers allowed just 59 total punt return yards, a figure that ranked ninth nationally … Boomed a season-long 69-yard punt at Arkansas, which ties as the fifth-longest punt in LSU history … Punted five times against Ole Miss and landed three inside the 20 while averaging 44.8 yards a punt … Placed two of his three punts inside the 20 against Mississippi State … Averaged 49.0 yards on four punts against Alabama with two inside the 20, one touchback and a long of 64 … Punted 10 times with a 45.1-yard average, a long of 65, five of 50-plus yards and one downed inside the 20 at Texas A&M … Averaged 45.6 yards a punt and placed three of his seven punts inside the 20-yard line at Florida … Punted two balls inside the Towson 20-yard line and had a long of 50 … Placed three punts inside the 20 with a long of 60 and 42.2-yard average at Auburn … Averaged 45.2 yards a punt on five punts against Idaho, placing three inside the 20 … Set a career high with a 54.3-yard average on three punts against Washington, placing one inside the 20 with a long of 62 … Missed the season opener with an injury.

REDSHIRT FRESHMAN SEASON (2011)
Burst on the college football scene with a phenomenal freshman campaign … Averaged 44.4 yards a punt, which ranks first in career average at LSU and fourth in a single season … Ranked second in the SEC and 11th nationally with the 44.4-yard average … Boomed a season-long 73-yard punt at Alabama that ranks as the third-longest punt in school history … Played in 12 games, missing the Northwestern State and Mississippi State games with an injury … Placed 27 punts inside the 20-yard line and 13 inside the 10 … Boomed 20 punts 50-plus yards and only recorded five touchbacks … Only allowed 73 punt return yards on 20 returned punts all season … Punted eight times for an outstanding 50.4-yard average with two punts inside the 20, a long of 67 and six punts of 50 or more yards against Georgia in the SEC Championship Game … Finished with four punts inside the 20 and two inside the 10-yard line at Alabama … Averaged a season-best 51.2 yards a punt with three of four downed inside the 20 (and one inside the 10) against Auburn to earn SEC Special Teams Player of the Week honors for the second time … Became the first player in college football to have a touchdown negated because of an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty when he was called for taunting during a 44-yard run on a fake punt against Florida … Named the SEC Special Teams Player of the Week after an extremely effective performance at West Virginia where he kicked all six of his punts inside the 20, averaging 48.7 yards per punt with a long of 60 … Made his LSU debut against Oregon and punted six times for 248 yards with a 41.3-yard average, a long of 58 and two punts inside the 20-yard line … Won the punting duties after a fall camp battle with senior walk-on DJ Howard.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2010)
Redshirted as a true freshman in 2010.

HIGH SCHOOL
Talented punter who played only one season of football after moving from Melbourne, Australia … Lettered at Parkview Baptist in Baton Rouge … Ranked the No. 5 kicker in the nation by Rivals.com … Averaged 41.8 yards per punt his senior year … Net punting average was 41.5 yards, aided by an average hang-time of nearly 5 seconds … Class 3A first-team all-state selection in 2009 … Also named to The Advocate’s 2009 All-Metro team for 3A/2A/1A … Boomed a season-best 73-yard punt from his own end zone against Acadiana … Coached by Kenny Guillot.

PERSONAL
Full name is Bradley T. Wing … Goes by Brad … Born Jan. 27, 1991, in Melbourne, Australia … Played 15 years of Australian Rules Football while growing up in Melbourne … Parents are David and Kathi Wing … Father punted for the Detroit Lions (1990) and Scottish Claymores of NFL Europe … Majoring in sports administration.

WING’S CAREER HIGHS
Punts: 10 at Texas A&M, 2012
Punting Yards: 451 at Texas A&M, 2012
Punting Avg.: 54.3 vs. Washington, 2012
Long: 73 at Alabama, 2011

WING’S CAREER PUNTING STATISTICS