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Tommy Townsend

Age
29
Height
6'1"
Weight
191 lbs
College
Florida
Drafted
Not drafted
Experience
7th NFL season
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Overall grade

29th of 33 punters

Well below typical

below average; 50 is average

Grades updated Rechecked every few hours on game days

The read

Tommy grades below average among punters so far, with no number far from the middle.

Lately he is playing better. Touchbacks is 0% over the last 2 games (7 punts), against 25% before that. The change points one way, but a few plays could still explain it.

Written from his numbers, not from film. 5 games are behind the season figures.

How he stacks up

Every graded stat at a glance, against all the punters in the league.

  • EPA per punt−0.1017th of 33small sample
  • Net yards per punt41.2 yds21st of 33small sample
  • Punts inside the 2035%23rd of 33small sample
  • Touchbacks17%31st of 33small sample

Left is the worst at his job, right is the best, and the line down the middle is average. The bubble is his percentile: 90 means better than nine in ten qualifying punters. Faded bars are still small samples.

How he has progressed

Where he has ranked among punters after each week, and every game behind it.

WorstMiddleBestrecent12345Week 1: 0th percentileWeek 2: 11th percentileWeek 3: 16th percentileWeek 4: 41st percentileWeek 5: 50th percentile50th

Season rank climbed: 0th to 50th percentile since Wk 1.

The line is his season-to-date rank among players at his position after each week, from 100 (the best) to 0 (the worst). It rises when he passes other players, not when he has one big game. Early weeks are noisier because fewer plays are behind them. The shaded weeks are the recent stretch.

EPA per punt game by game
WeekOpponentThat gamepuntsSeason rank after
1vs NYJ−0.6370th pct
2vs PHI−0.09411th pct
3vs NYG+0.04516th pct
4vs BAL+0.66441st pct
5vs HOU−0.14350th pct

One game is a small sample: a single stat over 5 punts can swing on a handful of plays. Shaded rows are the recent stretch.

The numbers, in context

Each one against every punter with at least 8 punts. Right on the strip is better.

EPA per punt

Typical

−0.10

17th of 33 punters · bottom 52%

Expected points added: how many points the play added to (or took from) the offense's scoring chances, given the down, the distance and the field position. From the punting team's side: a punt that pins the offense deep adds points, a short punt gives them up.

The box score: Punting average ignores the return, the touchback and where the punt was kicked from.

Does it show up in winning? Across 70 games league-wide, a good or bad game on EPA per punt from a punter has not lined up much with his team winning (35% wins in the best third, 30% in the worst).

Last 2 games: +0.32 (7) vs −0.29 before+17.5grade points upA clear change

Small sample: could move a lot · 23 punts · true level likely −0.42 to +0.21

Net yards per punt

Below typical

41.2 yds

21st of 33 punters · bottom 40%

Punt distance minus the return, with 20 yards taken off for a touchback.

The box score: Gross average counts yards the returner takes back.

Does it show up in winning? Across 70 games league-wide, teams won 35% of the time when their punter was in the best third on net yards per punt, and 22% when he was in the worst third.

Last 2 games: 47.3 yds (7) vs 38.5 yds before+25.7grade points upA clear change

Small sample: could move a lot · 23 punts · true level likely 37.6 yds to 44.8 yds

Punts inside the 20

Below typical

35%

23rd of 33 punters · bottom 34%

The share of his punts that land inside the 20-yard line.

The box score: Counted, but not against how many punts were close enough to try.

Does it show up in winning? Across 70 games league-wide, teams won 56% of the time when their punter was in the best third on punts inside the 20, and 22% when he was in the worst third.

Last 2 games: 43% (7) vs 31% before+6.8grade points upWithin the noise

Small sample: could move a lot · 23 punts · true level likely 18% to 51%

Touchbacks

Among the weakest

17%lower is better

31st of 33 punters · bottom 10%

The share of his punts that are touchbacks, which waste the distance. Fewer is better.

The box score: Counted, but not against attempts.

Does it show up in winning? Across 70 games league-wide, teams won 44% of the time when their punter was in the best third on touchbacks, and 22% when he was in the worst third.

Last 2 games: 0% (7) vs 25% before+30.7grade points upA clear change

Small sample: could move a lot · 23 punts · true level likely 4% to 31%

How he plays

Tendencies: how his game differs from the punters around him. These are not better or worse, only different, and often say as much about the offense or defense he plays in as about him.

Gross punt average

Style

48.7 yds

Right around the middle of punters: a typical one is 47.9 yds.

Average punt distance before the return. It is the box score number, shown beside net yards for comparison.

Small sample: could move a lot · 23 punts

Fair catches

Style

9%

Lets returners run, and more so than almost any of the punters. A typical one is 33%.

The share of his punts that are fair caught, a sign of directional kicking and hang time.

Sample still growing · 23 punts

Game by game

Every game this season: how it ended for his team, how much he played, his box score, and the advanced numbers from that one game. One game is a small sample, so read the right-hand columns as a snapshot, not his level.

Tommy Townsend game by game
GameResultPuntsIn 20EPA/puntNet ydsInside 20Touchbacks
Wk 1 vs NYJL 10–2371−0.6333.9 yds14%43%
Wk 2 vs PHIL 20–2441−0.0938.0 yds25%25%
Wk 3 vs NYGL 7–1253+0.0445.4 yds60%0%
Wk 4 vs BALL 18–2442+0.6653.0 yds50%0%
Wk 5 vs HOUL 3–2631−0.1439.7 yds33%0%

The box score

The traditional totals, with where each ranks among punters. A total rewards volume, which is why the advanced numbers above matter.

Tommy Townsend box score totals
StatTotalRank
Punts234th of 33
Punts inside the 2088th of 33

Players with a similar profile

The punters whose grades are closest to his across the same stats. Similar means similar numbers, not the same style of play.

Ranks are among players at the same job who have enough plays to be graded. Grades and rankings come from play-by-play, charting and snap-count data, so they cannot see blocking, route running or assignments. See how the grades work.

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Data: nflverse play-by-play, CC BY 4.0. Also FTN charting, Pro Football Reference advanced stats, snap counts and injury reports, all through nflverse. Calculations and charts by Raiders Rundown.

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