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Detroit Lions punter Jack Fox (3) during an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams on Sept. 8, 2024 in Detroit. (Jeff Nguyen/Detroit Lions via AP)

Jack Fox

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Experience: 6 years

Height: 6-2

Age: 28

Weight: 218 lbs

College: Rice

2024 SEASON

  • PUNTS
    45
  • AVG
    51
  • LNG
    68
  • In 20
    22
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Punting

YEAR TEAM G PUNTS YDS LNG AVG BLK RET RETY IN 20 NET AVG
2024 Detroit Lions 17 45 2295 68 51 0 21 135 22 46.2
2023 Detroit Lions 17 57 2646 70 46.4 0 21 168 26 41.7
2022 Detroit Lions 17 52 2525 66 48.6 0 30 313 14 41.4
2021 Detroit Lions 17 65 3198 70 49.2 0 35 308 17 42.3
2020 Detroit Lions 16 59 2897 67 49.1 0 21 116 26 44.8
TOTAL 84 278 13561 70 48.8 0 128 1040 105 43.3

Passing

YEAR TEAM G ATT COMP PCT YDS AVG LNG TD INT 1st 1st% 20+ SCK SCKY RATE
2024 Detroit Lions 17 1 1 100 17 17 17 0 0 1 100 0 0 0 118.8
2023 Detroit Lions 17
2022 Detroit Lions 17 1 1 100 6 6 6 0 0 1 100 0 0 0 91.7
2021 Detroit Lions 17 3 2 66.7 38 12.7 21 0 0 2 66.7 1 0 0 109.7
2020 Detroit Lions 16
TOTAL 84 5 4 80 61 12.2 21 0 0 4 80 1 0 0 119.6

Defense

YEAR TEAM G Total Solo AST SCK SFTY PDEF INT TDS YDS AVG LNG
2024 Detroit Lions 17
2023 Detroit Lions 17 1 1 0 0 0 0
2022 Detroit Lions 17 0 0 0 0 0 0
2021 Detroit Lions 17
2020 Detroit Lions 16 1 1 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 84 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fumbles

YEAR TEAM G FUM LOST FF OWN FR OPP FR TD
2024 Detroit Lions 17
2023 Detroit Lions 17 0
2022 Detroit Lions 17 0 0 0 1
2021 Detroit Lions 17
2020 Detroit Lions 16 0 0 0 1
TOTAL 84 0 0 0 2 0 0

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

  • AP First-Team All-Pro: 2024
  • AP Second-Team All-Pro: 2020
  • Pro Bowl: 2020, 2024
  • NFC Special Teams Player of the Month: September (2020)
  • NFC Special Teams Player of the Week: 2024 (Week 3)
  • Entering the 2025 season, he ranks first in NFL history in gross punting average (48.8 avg.) and is second in net punting average (43.2 avg.) among all qualified punters.
  • Set the NFL single-season record for highest net punting average (46.2 in 2024).
  • In 2024, he became the first punter in NFL history to average at least 51.0 gross yards and 46.0 net yards per punt in a season.
  • Owns the franchise record for single-season gross average (51.0 in 2024) and net average (46.2 in 2024). He also owns the second (49.2 in 2021 ) and third (49.1 in 2020) highest gross averages in franchise history as well as the second (44.8 in 2020) and fourth (42.3 in 2021) highest net averages in team history.
  • In his NFL career, Fox is four-of-five passing (80.0%) for 61 yards. All four of his completions have resulted in first downs. His completions and yardage both rank second in franchise history among punters.
  • In Week 8 of the 2024 season, he punted five times for 305 yards (61.0 gross, 56.2 net), pinning three punts inside of the 20-yard line. This is the first time in NFL history a punter has averaged at least 60.0 gross yards per punt and 55.0 net yards per punt in a game with at least five punts.
  • In 2020, he became the first Lions punter to make a Pro Bowl since 1988.
  • In 2020, he posted the highest gross average (49.1) and net average (44.8) in a punter's first season in NFL history. His 44.8 net average in 2020 ranked as the third-highest single-season net average in NFL history.
  • In September of 2020, he became the first punter in franchise history to be named NFC Special Teams Player of the Month. He led the League with a 53.1 avg. and 51.1 net (13 punts for 690 yards), pinning seven inside the 20 in September of 2020.
  • Is one-of-three punters in franchise history to record a punt of 70-or-more yards.

COLLEGE:

  • Played in 49 games at Rice, punting 212 times for 9,207 yards (43.4 avg.) landing 74 within the 20-yard line and 23 touchbacks.
    • Named Conference USA Special Teams Player of the Year, the winner of the George Martin Award as team MVP and also the OJ Brigance Award as a senior in 2018.
    • His 3,636 punting yards in the 2018 regular season led the nation, and his 45.5 yards per punt average ranked 10th in the nation.

PERSONAL:

  • All-State selection as a punter (first team) and placekicker (second team) as a senior at Ladue Horton Watkins (Mo.) High School.
  • Suburban Central Conference Player of the Year as a catcher in baseball as a junior, batting .489.
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