Lac Edwards
Lachlan Edwards (born 27 April 1992) is an Australian professional American football punter who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Sam Houston State.
Edwards in the 2017 NFL season. | |||||||||||
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Position: | Punter | ||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||
Born: | Hastings, Victoria, Australia | 27 April 1992||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 209 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||
High school: | Mornington Secondary College (Mornington, Victoria, Australia) | ||||||||||
College: | Sam Houston State | ||||||||||
NFL Draft: | 2016 / Round: 7 / Pick: 235 | ||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||
Career NFL statistics as of 2019 | |||||||||||
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Early life
Edwards was born in Hastings, Victoria, and attended Mornington Secondary College.[1] In his youth, he was a promising player of Australian rules football, winning selection for the Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup (Victoria's under-18 competition). Edwards subsequently went on to the North Ballarat Football Club, who play in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He spent three years on North Ballarat's list, but was unsuccessful in his attempts to be drafted into the Australian Football League (AFL).[2] Prior to emigrating to the United States, Edwards attended the University of Ballarat, where he represented the university in Australian rules football, rugby, cricket, and track and field. He was selected to the 2012 All-Australian University team.
College career
Sam Houston University
Edwards was selected to the All-Southland Conference First-team and Sports Network FCS All-America third team. Edwards led the NCAA with a 44.4 yard punting average.[3]
Professional career
New York Jets
On 30 April 2016, Edwards was drafted by the New York Jets in the seventh round (235th overall) in the 2016 NFL Draft.[4][5] As a rookie in 2016, Edwards appeared in 16 games making 75 punts with 3,236 total punting yards, 24 attempts inside the 20, one attempt blocked, 59 yards at the longest, six landed out of bounds, and four touchbacks.[6][7] In Week 4, against the Jacksonville Jaguars, he completed his first professional pass attempt, which went for 31 yards to Marcus Williams.[8] Overall, in the 2017 season, he had 94 punts for 4,378 net yards for a 46.57 average.[9]
References
- Taylor, Stephen (10 May 2016). "Punter lands a first for Australia". MPNEWS. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- Lachlan Edwards lands NFL contract with New York Jets
- "Player Stats - Lac Edwards - Sam Houston State Bearkats - washingtonpost.com". stats.washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Jets Select Lachlan Edwards With the 235th Pick in the 2016 NFL Draft". ganggreennation.com. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- Johnson, Logan. "Why the New York Jets should embrace Aussie rules". isportsweb. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- "Lac Edwards 2016 Game Log". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "2016 NFL Kicking & Punting". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Jacksonville Jaguars at New York Jets - October 1st, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Lac Edwards 2017 Game Log". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 30 January 2018.