West Virginia University Athletics

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