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Johnny Hekker

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Experience: 14 years

Height: 6-5

Age: 35

Weight: 225 lbs

College: Oregon State

2024 SEASON

  • PUNTS
    74
  • AVG
    45.73
  • LNG
    65
  • In 20
    24
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Punting

Field Position

G PUNTS YDS LNG AVG BLK RET RETY IN 20 NET AVG
Opp 49-20 - by Yard Line 6 7 262 47 37.4 0 0 0 4 31.7
Own 1-20 - by Yard Line 9 13 667 62 51.3 0 8 104 0 43.3
Own 21-50 - by Yard Line 17 53 2409 65 45.4 1 18 74 20 43.7

Game Halves

G PUNTS YDS LNG AVG BLK RET RETY IN 20 NET AVG
1st Half 16 42 1906 65 45.4 0 15 137 17 41.6
Last Two Minutes of Half 9 10 462 64 46.2 0 4 69 4 39.3
2nd Half 15 30 1375 57 45.8 1 11 41 6 43.1

Home vs Road

G PUNTS YDS LNG AVG BLK RET RETY IN 20 NET AVG
Home Games 9 40 1794 64 44.8 0 14 85 12 42.2
Road Games 8 33 1544 65 46.8 1 12 93 12 42.8

Margin of Victory

G PUNTS YDS LNG AVG BLK RET RETY IN 20 NET AVG
Margin 0-7 4 20 931 57 46.6 0 6 46 9 43.2
Margin 8-14 1 4 177 51 44.2 0 1 0 2 44.2

Point Differential

G PUNTS YDS LNG AVG BLK RET RETY IN 20 NET AVG
Ahead 6 18 804 55 44.7 0 4 30 4 41.9
Ahead by 1-8 Points 6 12 523 54 43.6 0 2 23 1 40
Ahead by 9-16 Points 2 5 230 55 46 0 1 7 2 44.6
Behind 13 41 1842 64 44.9 1 15 120 13 41.5
Behind by 1-8 Points 11 18 778 55 43.2 0 6 39 8 41.1
Behind by 9-16 Points 6 9 421 62 46.8 0 5 27 2 43.8
Tied 17 14 692 65 49.4 0 7 28 7 46

Quarters

G PUNTS YDS LNG AVG BLK RET RETY IN 20 NET AVG
1st Quarter 12 16 707 65 44.2 0 4 10 8 42.3
4th Quarter 13 15 679 57 45.3 0 7 35 1 41.6
4th Quarter within 7 7 9 438 57 48.7 0 5 35 0 44.8
Overtime 1 1 57 57 57 0 0 0 1 57
2nd Quarter 14 26 1199 64 46.1 0 11 127 9 41.2
3rd Quarter 11 15 696 53 46.4 1 4 6 5 44.7

Stadium Surfaces

G PUNTS YDS LNG AVG BLK RET RETY IN 20 NET AVG
Turf 17 73 3338 65 45.7 1 26 178 24 42.5

Biography

Johnny Hekker (6-5, 225) has played in 212 career NFL games over 13 seasons and punted 963 times for 45,052 yards (46.8 gross avg.) with 378 punts placed inside the 20-yard line and a 42.9 career net punting average. A member of the NFL 2010's All-Decade team, Hekker is a six-time All-Pro selection (4 first team and 2 second team) and has been named to four career Pro Bowls. He holds the NFL single-season record for punts inside the 20 (51 in 2016), ranks second all-time in net punt average for a season (46.0 in 2016) and is fifth all-time in career net average (42.9).

Hekker entered the league as a rookie free agent with the St. Louis Rams in 2012. The Oregon State product spent his first 10 NFL campaigns with the club and won Super Bowl LVI before signing with the Carolina Panthers as a free agent in 2022. Last season with the Panthers, Hekker saw action in all 17 games and punted 73 times for 3,338 yards (45.7 gross avg.) with 24 punts placed inside the 20-yard line and a 41.9 net punt average.

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