2019 Football Roster
Jersey Number 96
Josh Growden
- Position:
- Punter
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 199
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Sydney, Australia
- High School:
- Clare
- Prev School:
- LSU
2019 (r-Sr.)
- Enrolled at WVU in August as a graduate transfer from LSU
- All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
- Ranked No. 4 in the Big 12 in punting (42.1)
- Punted five times for 228 yards at TCU, an average of 45.6; long of the day went for 56
- Finished with a 44.5 average on four punts against Oklahoma State
- WVU Special Teams Champion: Kansas State
- Punted the ball six times for 249 yards at Kansas State, longest punt went for 46 yards
- Had a pair of punts total 92 yards against Texas Tech, good for a season-high 46.0 average
- Matched his season high with nine punts at Baylor, totaling 376 yards, for an average of 41.8 yards
- Had a season-high nine punts for 374 yards at Oklahoma, averaging 41.6 yards with a long of 56
- Also converted a fake punt vs. the Sooners, completing a 7-yard pass for a first down
- Punted six times for a then-season-best 263 yards against Iowa State, including a season-long of 62
- Punted five times for 218 yards and 43.6 average against Texas; long went for 55 yards and placed three inside the 20-yard line
- Named to the Ray Guy Award’s list of eight best punters for performance against Texas
- Finished with a 41.0 average on four punts at Kansas; placed one inside the 20
- Punted five times against NC State, placing four of them inside the 20; finished with a long of 50 vs. the Wolfpack
- Finished with a long of 48 yards on five punts at Missouri
- WVU Community Service Award: James Madison
- Punted eight times in his WVU debut against James Madison, including a long of 60 yards
- Placed one punt inside the 20 vs. the Dukes
2018 (r-Jr.) - LSU
- Played in all 13 games
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Punted in eight games and served as LSU’s holder for placekicks in all 13 contests
- Mainly called on to punt on a short field
- Punted 16 times for an average of 34.9 yards
- Had 12 of his 13 punts downed inside the 20-yard line
- Had best outing against Alabama, punting three times for 33.7 yards, including a 42-yarder
- Had two of his three punts against Alabama downed inside the 20-yard line, one at the 15 and the other at the 11
- Against Florida, punted three times with all three punts downed inside the 10-yard line
- Punted once against Georgia for 40 yards which was downed at the 4-yard line
- Had his 38-yard punt against Auburn downed at the 10-yard line in the third quarter
- Punted twice against UCF in the Fiesta Bowl with one punt downed at the 5-yard line and the other at the 12-yard line with less than a minute to go in the contest
2017 (r-So.) - LSU
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Punted 23 times for 827 yards as one of two specialty punters
- Effectively placed 13 punts inside the 20 and did not allow a touchback in his sophomore campaign
- Averaged 36 yards per punt
- Punted a career-high seven times against Mississippi State with an average of 40.9 yards per punt
- Placed a crucial punt at the Auburn three-yard line in the fourth quarter to help preserve the team’s historic comeback victory
- Pinned Notre Dame inside its own 20 twice in the Citrus Bowl
- Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll for a third time
2016 (r-Fr.) - LSU
- Named to the SEC All-Freshman Team after averaging 41.4 yards on 57 punts with 10 punts of 50 or more yards and 22 inside the 20-yard line
- Played in all 12 games
- Totaled an average of more than 50 yards in seven games
- Earned Co-SEC Special Teams Player of the Week after launching two punts for more than 60 yards against Mississippi State, including a 65-yard punt and a crucial 61-yard punt that pinned MSU to its own 22-yard line as LSU was clinging to its 23-20 lead with 2:15 left in the contest
- Placed three of his four punts inside the 20 at Texas A&M
- Averaged 42.0 yards per punt against Alabama, placing five of his eight punts inside of the 20
- Booted a career-long 68-yard punt and averaged 58.0 yards, including one touchback and one punt inside of the 20 against Southern Miss
- Broke the school record for punting average in a game with his 58-yard average versus the Golden Eagles
- Placed two punts inside of the 20 in his LSU debut at Wisconsin
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
2015 (Fr.) - LSU
- Redshirted
- SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
High School
- Former member of the Australian Football League (AFL), Greater Western Sydney
- Gave up footy due to injuries and began training with ProKick Australia in order to become a punter
- Trained at ProKick Australia under former Green Bay Packers punter Nathan Chapman
- Ranked the No. 5 punter nationally by 247Sports
Personal
- Son of Glen and Cindy Growden
- One of two children
- Graduated from LSU with a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology with a concentration in fitness studies in May 2019
- Currently pursuing a second bachelor's degree in coaching and sports education
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