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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: 29

Weight: 218 lbs

College: Rice

2025 SEASON

  • PUNTS
    48
  • AVG
    45.83
  • LNG
    66
  • In 20
    25
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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 7 9 324 41 36 0 0 0 9 36
Own 1-20 - by Yard Line 5 7 376 66 53.7 0 4 55 0 45.9
Own 21-50 - by Yard Line 13 32 1500 64 46.9 0 16 94 16 43.3

Game Halves

G PUNTS YDS LNG AVG BLK RET RETY IN 20 NET AVG
1st Half 12 27 1235 66 45.7 0 11 70 15 43.2
Last Two Minutes of Half 5 5 229 58 45.8 0 2 17 3 42.4
2nd Half 11 21 965 63 46 0 9 79 10 41.2

Home vs Road

G PUNTS YDS LNG AVG BLK RET RETY IN 20 NET AVG
Home Games 7 27 1231 66 45.6 0 10 59 16 43.4
Road Games 7 21 969 64 46.1 0 10 90 9 40.9

Margin of Victory

G PUNTS YDS LNG AVG BLK RET RETY IN 20 NET AVG
Margin 0-7 1 5 200 46 40 0 1 0 4 40
Margin 15+ 4 13 624 66 48 0 6 50 8 44.2
Margin 8-14 3 10 454 64 45.4 0 5 37 5 41.7

Point Differential

G PUNTS YDS LNG AVG BLK RET RETY IN 20 NET AVG
Ahead 7 20 954 66 47.7 0 10 76 11 43.9
Ahead by 1-8 Points 7 9 440 64 48.9 0 6 36 4 44.9
Ahead by 9-16 Points 3 8 362 66 45.2 0 2 24 5 42.2
Behind 7 23 1031 62 44.8 0 8 62 11 41.3
Behind by 1-8 Points 7 15 651 58 43.4 0 3 20 9 42.1
Behind by 9-16 Points 5 8 380 62 47.5 0 5 42 2 39.8
Tied 14 5 215 53 43 0 2 11 3 40.8

Quarters

G PUNTS YDS LNG AVG BLK RET RETY IN 20 NET AVG
1st Quarter 9 13 553 55 42.5 0 4 24 8 40.7
4th Quarter 11 14 661 63 47.2 0 7 78 6 40.2
4th Quarter within 7 3 2 85 49 42.5 0 1 10 1 37.5
2nd Quarter 9 14 682 66 48.7 0 7 46 7 45.4
3rd Quarter 6 7 304 54 43.4 0 2 1 4 43.3

Stadium Surfaces

G PUNTS YDS LNG AVG BLK RET RETY IN 20 NET AVG
Grass 5 13 599 62 46.1 0 6 53 5 40.5
Turf 9 35 1601 66 45.7 0 14 96 20 43

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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