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Jersey Number 11
Patrick Rea
- Year:
- Fifth Year
- Position:
- Punter
- Hometown:
- Melbourne, Australia
- High School:
- St. Patrick's College Ballarat
- Previous:
- Louisiana Tech
2025:
2024 at Louisiana Tech:
2023 at Louisiana Tech:
2022 at Louisiana Tech:
High School:
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
- Played in all 14 games, serving as team's primary punter and holder
- Had 48 punts for 1,968 yards, averaging 41.0 yards per punt
- Had six punts over 50 yards, 16 punts inside the 20 and three touchbacks
- Season-long 61-yard punt at Marshall (Nov. 8)
- Season-best 47.5 yards per punt with a long of 52 vs. Washington State (Nov. 22)
- Also averaged 46.25 per punt on four tries in Marshall road win
- Had a 43.8 punt average at Oregon (Dec. 20) in the College Football Playoff
- Had pair of 50+ yard punts in two games
- Season-high four punts inside the 20 at Georgia State (Oct. 4)
- Also had a seven-yard rush on a fake punt
- NFF Hampshire Honor Society Member
- JMU Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2026)
2024 at Louisiana Tech:
- Played in all 13 games, serving as team’s primary punter and holder
- Averaged 39.6 yards per punt on 67 attempts
- Had six punts over 50 yards, 23 punts inside the 20 and nine touchbacks
- Ranked second in Conference USA in punts inside the 20
- Career-long 70-yard punt vs. Nicholls (Aug. 31)
- Averaged 56.5 yards per punt on pair of punts vs. Middle Tennessee (Oct. 10), which included a 64-yarder
- In 2024 Radiance Technologies Bowl vs. Army West Point (Dec. 28), averaged 47.7 yards per punt on three attempts
- Averaged 44.2 yards per punt on five tries vs. Jacksonville State (Nov. 9)
- Had an average of 43.0 yards per punt or better in six games and was 40.0 or better in eight outings
- Career-best four punts inside the 20 vs. Kennesaw State (Nov. 30) and had three or more inside the 20 in three games
- Also had one carry for 26 yards against Arkansas (Nov. 23)
- Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medalist
- Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2023 at Louisiana Tech:
- Played in two games as primary holder
- Appeared in games at SMU (Sept. 2) and Western Kentucky (Oct. 5)
- Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medalist
- Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2022 at Louisiana Tech:
- Played in four games
- Averaged 39.6 yards per punt on 10 attempts
- Had one punt over 50 yards, one inside the 20 and one touchback
- Averaged 47.5 yards per punt at Charlotte (Nov. 19), which included a season-best 51-yard punt
- Also averaged 47.0 yards per punt on pair of tries at FIU (Oct. 28)
- Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medalist
- Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
High School:
- Played Australian Rules Football in high school
- Athletics Year Level Champion
- State Australian Rules Football Representative
- Year 11 Mathematics Dux
- High Academic Achiever Awards (Years 11-12)
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