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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

Field Position

G PUNTS YDS LNG AVG BLK RET RETY IN 20 NET AVG
Opp 49-20 - by Yard Line 4 6 211 38 35.2 0 1 -2 6 35.5
Own 1-20 - by Yard Line 7 8 430 67 53.8 0 6 18 0 51.5
Own 21-50 - by Yard Line 13 31 1654 68 53.4 0 14 119 16 46.9

Game Halves

G PUNTS YDS LNG AVG BLK RET RETY IN 20 NET AVG
1st Half 12 21 1104 68 52.6 0 14 97 5 45.1
Last Two Minutes of Half 3 3 166 60 55.3 0 2 16 1 50
2nd Half 12 24 1191 64 49.6 0 7 38 17 47.2

Home vs Road

G PUNTS YDS LNG AVG BLK RET RETY IN 20 NET AVG
Home Games 9 23 1203 67 52.3 0 11 57 11 48.1
Road Games 8 22 1092 68 49.6 0 10 78 11 44.3

Margin of Victory

G PUNTS YDS LNG AVG BLK RET RETY IN 20 NET AVG
Margin 0-7 7 21 1076 68 51.2 0 6 58 10 44.7
Margin 15+ 6 12 646 67 53.8 0 8 49 8 49.8
Margin 8-14 2 7 339 60 48.4 0 4 8 1 47.3

Point Differential

G PUNTS YDS LNG AVG BLK RET RETY IN 20 NET AVG
Ahead 11 27 1374 68 50.9 0 9 46 14 47.7
Ahead by 1-8 Points 10 12 635 68 52.9 0 4 12 4 48.6
Ahead by 9-16 Points 4 8 366 61 45.8 0 2 7 7 44.9
Behind 6 13 631 63 48.5 0 8 59 6 42.5
Behind by 1-8 Points 6 8 369 63 46.1 0 4 23 4 40.8
Behind by 9-16 Points 3 5 262 60 52.4 0 4 36 2 45.2
Tied 17 5 290 67 58 0 4 30 2 48

Quarters

G PUNTS YDS LNG AVG BLK RET RETY IN 20 NET AVG
1st Quarter 9 13 689 67 53 0 9 64 3 45
4th Quarter 10 17 797 63 46.9 0 4 27 13 45.3
4th Quarter within 7 5 6 290 63 48.3 0 1 5 4 47.5
2nd Quarter 7 8 415 68 51.9 0 5 33 2 45.2
3rd Quarter 6 7 394 64 56.3 0 3 11 4 51.9

Stadium Surfaces

G PUNTS YDS LNG AVG BLK RET RETY IN 20 NET AVG
Turf 17 45 2295 68 51 0 21 135 22 46.2

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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