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#47 Austin Kent

Austin Kent - Football - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Year R-Senior
Height 6-1
Weight 215
Hometown Charlotte, N.C.
High School Providence H.S.
Last School UCLA
Austin Kent - Football - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

2020 (Redshirt Junior): Saw action in all 10 games … Nearly exclusively handled kickoff duties, taking 41 of the Yellow Jackets’ 45 kickoffs on the season … Averaged 63.8 yards per kick, good for an average landing spot at the opponent’s 2 yard line … Had 11 touchbacks … Punted three times for a 41.3-yard average … All three punts were fair caught and one traveled 50+ yards (51).

2016-19 (UCLA): Attended UCLA from 2016-19 … Only saw game action with the Bruins as a true freshman in 2016 … Averaged 38.3 yards over 44 punts, including 12 downed inside the 20 yard line … Also served as a holder on place kicks for UCLA in ’16 … Did not appear in any games over his final three seasons with the Bruins … Member of UCLA Athletics Director’s Academic Honor Roll.

High School: Rated as a three-star recruit and the No. 12 punter in the nation by Scout … Ranked No. 2 punter in the nation by Chris Sailer Kicking … First-team all-state and all-area … Greater Charlotte Area Punter of the Year … Averaged 47.2 yards over 56 yards with a long of 70 as a senior at Providence H.S. in Charlotte, N.C. …  As a kicker, made three three field goals of 50 yards or longer, including a school record 55-yarder, and 34 of his 38 kickoffs went for touchbacks … Selected to participate in 2016 International Bowl all-star game in Dallas, Texas … Coached by Brad Bowles … Also earned four letters in swimming and  two in soccer … Served as captain of Providence’s swim team and was named team MVP as a senior … Named Providence’s 2015-16 Student-Athlete of the Year as a senior … Member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Was born in Chicago … Has two older brothers … Pursuing a master’s degree in public policy.

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