LOOK AT THIS F***ING 95-YARD PUNT
OH MY GOD.
On Saturday, Heidelberg’s Austin Baker uncorked a 95-YARD PUNT, which really traveled more like 104 YARDS OFF HIS FOOT:
FOLKS WE'VE GOT FOOTAGE OF A DIVISION III 95-YARD PUNT pic.twitter.com/p6rtDGXMpw
— Yahoo Sports College Football (@YahooSportsCFB) November 3, 2018
The thing rolled into the end zone for a touchback for home team John Carroll, but whatever. A 95-yard punt is still the longest in Division III history, eclipsing a 91-yarder from 2014. That’s provided nobody else in 2018 has hit a 95-yard punt in DIII. I certainly haven’t heard about it, so when the NCAA releases a new record book for 2019, I bet Baker will be atop it.
It’s not the longest punt in NCAA history. Nevada’s Pat Brady had a 99-YARDER against Loyola Marymount in 1950, when every punter’s leg was made of melted steel. (Do not fact-check me on that. Just trust me.) It’s nonetheless a preposterous boot. You could watch football your whole life and not come across a 95-yard punt. Even funnier to me is thinking about it as a touchback that still netted 75 yards.