Jeremy
Crawshaw.
Jeremy
Crawshaw.
Florida· 6'4"· 198 lb
"The decorated Gators punter boasts a genuine leg, evidenced by a 46.4-yard career average, but his lower-trajectory punts raise questions about NFL hang time and net yardage."Pre-draft read
A five-year Florida starter and ProKick Australia product, Crawshaw is a two-style punter: he can spiral the traditional ball for distance and turn straight to the rugby drop when the situation calls for a roller or a coffin-corner placement. The delivery is quick and repeatable, and he holds his mechanics with a rush in his face.
The separator is placement inside the plus-40. He works the sideline deliberately, kills the ball short of the end zone and forces fair catches rather than chasing raw yardage. Hang time is the trade-off — the ball comes off low and hot on his bombs, which is what keeps his net below his gross. As a two-time all-conference punter and Ray Guy finalist, the operation was never the question.
Field-position and directional punting units — schemes that call for placement and sideline location over max distance, with a coordinator willing to use the rugby drop inside the plus-45
Year 1: immediate starting punter and holder. Ceiling: a decade-long starter and genuine field-position weapon if the hang time climbs to match the gross average.
A cold-weather, coverage-first unit that grades its punter almost entirely on net and gunner-friendly hang time — the low trajectory on his bombs works against exactly that measurement.
His value goes up on a defense that plays a lot of field-position football and wants the ball killed inside the 10 rather than a punter who simply outkicks his coverage.
The Most Technically-Sound Punter You'll Ever See
Technical breakdown of his drop, swing plane and the mechanics behind both the spiral and the rugby-style punt.
This is Why the Denver Broncos Drafted a Punter in Jeremy Crawshaw
Post-draft tape review of the Florida punts that made him the first specialist off the board in 2025.
Jeremy Crawshaw | 1st and Ten Florida
Gators feature covering his path from ProKick Australia to four years as the SEC's most consistent punter.
Crawshaw arrived from Emu Plains in western Sydney as a raw ProKick Australia product and left Gainesville as the most decorated punter in program history. Four years as the primary punter in the SEC, a team captaincy, a single-season school record of 48.9 yards per punt in 2023, a Ray Guy Award finalist nod, and a Senior Bowl invitation. There was no projection required — the sample was enormous and the environment was hostile.
The tape shows a genuine leg with a career 46.4-yard average on 190 punts, a 69-yard long, and only 16 touchbacks across that volume, which is the number that tells you he can be trusted to punt from midfield. His signature game came against Georgia in 2024: eight punts, 49.1 yards per, four inside the 20. The flag every evaluator wrote down was hang time. He drives the ball on a lower trajectory than the ideal, and NFL returners will chop at a net average that his gross does not protect.
The board consensus was clear: the best punter in the class and a legitimate draftable specialist rather than a priority free agent. Denver traded down from 197 to acquire this pick, and Darren Rizzi worked him out personally at his pro day. Taking the top punter with the final selection of the sixth round is exactly what that grade is worth.
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Two-style versatility
comfortable spiraling the traditional ball for distance or dropping to the rugby-style roller, which gives a coordinator different answers by field position.
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Placement inside the plus-40
78 career punts downed inside the 20 with a deliberate coffin-corner approach that pins returners against the sideline.
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Leg strength on volume
a 46.4-yard career average on 190 punts with a 69-yard long, sustained across four full SEC seasons rather than one hot year.
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Touchback discipline
only 16 touchbacks on 190 career punts; he can be sent out from midfield without the ball running through the end zone.
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Proven operator under pressure
four years as the primary punter in the SEC, a team captain, and a Ray Guy finalist who never had the job taken from him.
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Hang time
the ball comes off on a lower trajectory than ideal on his distance punts, which lets returners get a head start and eats into his net.
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Net versus gross gap
his coverage-adjusted numbers never matched his raw average, the single most repeated note in his pre-draft evaluations.
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Positional value
a punter is the last thing on a roster to justify a draft pick, so the margin for a slow start is essentially zero.
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Frame and durability
listed under 205 pounds on a 6-3 build with no NFL history of absorbing contact on the punt.
| Yr | Team | G | Punts | Yds | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Florida | 1 | 2 | 98 | 49 |
| 2021 | Florida | 13 | 52 | 2293 | 44.1 |
| 2022 | Florida | 12 | 35 | 1678 | 47.9 |
| 2023 | Florida | 12 | 42 | 2052 | 48.9 |
| 2024 | Florida | 13 | 59 | 2699 | 45.7 |
| Career | — | 51 | 190 | 8820 | 46.4 |
Season punt totals sum exactly to the career figures (190 punts for 8,820 yards, a 46.4-yard average). The prior record stored a career average of 235.6, which was the sum of the five season averages rather than a real number; corrected here. Career touchbacks (16) and long (69) come from the draft-day team and On3 reporting; On3 lists 76 punts inside the 20 against the 78 the season lines add up to, a small postseason/charting discrepancy. He never attempted a placekick and his rushing and tackle lines are incidental fake-punt and coverage plays, so they are omitted rather than zero-filled.
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
ProKick product with a big gross average, dependable placement and a net that lives on coverage rather than hang time.
The Australian ceiling — a two-style punter whose placement and creativity make him a scheme weapon rather than a specialist.
Same background and tools, but the net average settles mid-pack and he becomes a competent, replaceable starter.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
He beat out veteran Matt Haack in camp and started all 17 games as a rookie, which is the entire point of drafting a punter. The regular season produced 75 punts for a 47.6-yard gross, 41.1 net, 30 downed inside the 20, nine touchbacks and a 76-yard long — a gross average that ranked near the top of the league and a net that landed mid-pack, which is precisely the hang-time gap scouts flagged before the draft. He also recorded a single assisted tackle covering his own punt. Where he mattered most was January: through Denver's run to the AFC Championship game he punted 10 times for a 49.7-yard average with five inside the 20, including six punts for 51.5 yards in the loss to New England.
For pick 216, this is a hit. He is the immediate, unquestioned starter at a position where teams routinely churn through free agents, he handled a full 17-game workload and a playoff run in year one, and his gross average already sits in the league's upper tier. The honest caveat is that the net number has to come up — the low trajectory that limited him in the SEC is the same thing capping him in the NFL, and closing that gap is what separates a decade-long starter from a punter who gets replaced in three years.
Data note: Season punt totals sum exactly to the career figures (190 punts for 8,820 yards, a 46.4-yard average). The prior record stored a career average of 235.6, which was the sum of the five season averages rather than a real number; corrected here. Career touchbacks (16) and long (69) come from the draft-day team and On3 reporting; On3 lists 76 punts inside the 20 against the 78 the season lines add up to, a small postseason/charting discrepancy. He never attempted a placekick and his rushing and tackle lines are incidental fake-punt and coverage plays, so they are omitted rather than zero-filled.