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Oliver Straw #41 P

  • Position:
    Punter
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    210
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Melbourne, Australia
  • High School:
    Mentone Grammar School
  • Instagram:
    olliestraww
  • Twitter:
    Ollie_Straw

Summary

Biography

  • Preseason All-Big 12 Third Team (Phil Steele)
  • Has played in 37 career games
  • Has 126 career punts for 5,420 yards, averaging 43.0 yards per kick and placed 52 inside the opponents 20-yard line and only had six touchbacks

 2024 (Jr.)

  • Earned Academic All-Big 12 First Team honors
  • Saw action in all 13 games
  • Finished with 49 punts for 2,084 yards, averaging 42.5 yards per punt and had a long of 63 yards
  • Placed 18 inside the opponent’s 20-yard line, had eight punts of 50 yards or more and only had two touchbacks
  • Ranked No. 6 in Big 12 Conference for punting average
  • Punted twice for 89 total yards in the Frisco Bowl against Memphis
  • Recorded two punts for 96 total yards and a long of 52 at Texas Tech
  • Big 12 Conference Special Teams Player of the Week (UCF)
  • Totaled four punts for 200 yards against UCF, pinning two inside the 20 with a season-high tying long of 57
  • Punted three times for 89 yards against Baylor
  • Finished with five punts for 218 yards and a long of 46 yards at Cincinnati
  • Tallied three punts for a total of 138 yards at Arizona
  • Punted the ball two times against Kansas State, totaling 99 yards with a long of 54
  • Recorded four punts for 154 yards against Kansas, placing a pair inside the 20
  • Finished with three punts for 135 yards, including a season-long 57 yarder, at Pitt
  • Added just one punt for 46 yards against UAlbany
  • Punted four times for 176 total yards, averaging 44 yards per punt in the season opener against Penn State

2023 (So.)

  • College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
  • Academic All-Big 12 Conference First Team
  • Saw action in all 13 games as the punter
  • All-Big 12 Conference Honorable-Mention
  • Finished with 43 punts for 1,853 punts, averaging 43.1 yards per punt, with a long of 61 yards
  • Placed 19 inside the opponent’s 20-yard line, had eight punts of 50 yards or more, had 21 punts results in a fair catch and two that rolled into end zone for a touchback
  • Punted three times against North Carolina in the Duke's Mayo Bowl, totaling 145 yards with a season long of 61 yards
  • Four punts at Baylor traveled a total of 158 yards, including a long of 42
  • Finished with six punts for 248 yards and a long of 47 at Oklahoma
  • Totaled 84 yards on two punts and placed two inside the 20-yard line at UCF
  • Three punts against Oklahoma State traveled a total of 136 yards and an average of 45.3 yards per punt
  • Punted three times for 111 yards and a long of 39 at Houston
  • Had five punts for 230 yards, averaging 46.0 yards per punt at TCU; season-long of 58 yards and placed three inside the 20-yard line
  • Season-high six punts went for a total of 246 yards and a long of 50 against Texas Tech
  • Recorded three punts for 133 yards and a long of 50 in the Pitt game
  • Lone punt against Duquesne went for 52 yards
  • Punted four times for 168 yards in the season opener at Penn State, longest punt went for 50 yards

2022 (Fr.)

  • College Football News Freshman All-American Honorable Mention
  • Academic All-Big 12 Conference Rookie Team
  • Saw action in all 11 games in which he played
  • WVU did not record a punt against Towson
  • Finished with 48 punts for 2,029 yards, averaging 42.3 yards per kick
  • Registered 17 punts inside the opponent's 20-yard line, had seven that were 50 yards or more, two touchbacks and had a long punt of 63 yards
  • Played in 11 games in his first season at WVU
  • Punted eight times for 352 yards at Oklahoma State, placing two inside the 20; longest punt of the day went for 55 yards
  • Big 12 Conference Co-Special Teams Player of the Week (Oklahoma)
  • Finished with six punts for 263 yards, with a long of 51 against Oklahoma; four of six punts vs. OU were    placed inside the 20
  • Punted nine times for 385 yards, including a long of 61 yards, at Iowa State
  • Tallied 130 yards on three punts vs. TCU; longest punt of the game went for 55 yards
  • Big 12 Conference Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance at Texas Tech
  • Punted five times for 233 yards at Texas Tech, with a career-long of 63; WVU’s longest punt since Tyler Sumpter at Baylor on Oct. 9, 2021 (72)
  • Averaged 40-plus yards per punt for the second consecutive game vs. Baylor
  • Placed two of his four punts inside the 20 at Texas
  • Punted twice for 77 yards at Virginia Tech, with a long of 42 yards
  • Made his Mountaineer debut at Pitt; averaged 41.2 yards on six punts (247 yards) and placed three inside the 20-yard line
  • Enrolled at WVU in January 2022

High School

  • Strong athletic background playing both Australian rules football and basketball
  • Kicks with either foot and can punt spiral or end-over-end rugby style
  • Has dual citizenship in United States and Australia
  • Trained with Prokick Australia
  • Prokick Australia has produced five Ray Guy Award winners and 17 All-Americans
  • Prokick Australia has placed three punters on current Big 12 rosters
  • Played Australian rules football for his high school team and local AAU team for seven years
  • Foreign-exchange student who was born in Hoboken, New Jersey
  • Played high school football (DE/TE) at Shore Regional High School in West Long Branch, New Jersey

 Personal

  • Son of Anthony and Joanne Straw
  • One of two children (1 brother)
  • Graduated with a bachelor's degree in finance in May 2025
  • Currently pursuing a master's degree in business administration
  • Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
  • Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

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    2022Freshman

    Punter
    6'2" 214 lbs
    41
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    2023Sophomore

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    6'2" 211 lbs
    41
  • 41

    2024Junior

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    6'2" 210 lbs
    41
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    2025Senior

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    6'2" 210 lbs
    41
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