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#43 David Shanahan

David Shanahan - Football - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Year Senior
Height 6-2
Weight 195
Hometown Castleisland, County Kerry, Ireland
Last School St. Patrick’s Secondary School
Major Business Administration
Year Sophomore
David Shanahan - Football - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

2023 (Junior): Appeared in all 13 games, handling all but one of Georgia Tech’s 46 punts on the season … Averaged 42.8 yards per punt, which would have ranked 41st nationally but due to the proficiency of Tech’s offense, he fell short of the 3.6 attempts needed per game to qualify for the official NCAA and ACC rankings … 10 of his 45 punts traveled 50-plus yards (22.2%), 14 pinned the opponent inside the 20-yard line (31.1%) and 17 were fair caught (37.8%) … Averaged 43.0 yards on four punts in the season-opener vs. Louisville (Sept. 1) … Did not attempt a punt in the 48-13 win vs. South Carolina State (Sept. 9) … Boomed four kicks at a 46-yard clip, including a 54-yard punt in the 30-16 win at Wake Forest (Sept. 23) … Also averaged 45.2 yards per punt over six tries, including a 58-yarder, at then-No. 17 Miami in the 23-20 win …  Boomed a season-long 61-yard punt in the 46-42 win against then-No. 17 North Carolina (Oct. 28), while totaling two punts for a 48.5-yard average … Saved his best single-game performance of the season for last, averaging 43.9 yards per punt, including a 57-yarder, with no returns in Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl win over UCF (Dec. 22) … Named to All-ACC Academic Team for the third-straight season in recognition of his performances on the field and in the classroom.

2022 (Sophomore): Ranked No. 4 in the ACC and 35th nationally with a 43.5-yard punting average … 43.5-yard average was the eighth-best in Georgia Tech single-season history … Upped his career average to 42.6 yards per punt, which ranks third in school history, behind only Ray Guy Award winners Durant Brooks (45.3 – 2006-07) and Pressley Harvin III (44.7 – 2017-20) … Had at least one punt of 50 or more yards in 9-of-12 games … Also averaged at least 43 yards per punt in 9-of-12 games … Downed two kicks inside the 20 yard line twice in a game four times … 65-yard punt in finale at No. 1 Georgia (Nov. 26) tied for the 26th-longest punt in Georgia Tech history … Named to All-ACC Academic Team for the second year in a row in recognition of his performances on the field and in the classroom.

2021 (Freshman): Appeared in all 12 games and handled all 61 of Georgia Tech’s punts on the season, despite having never played in an American football game prior to the campaign … Averaged 41.5 yards per punt with 13 traveling 50-plus yards (21.3%), 16 pinned inside the 20 yard line (26.2%) and 18 fair catches (29.5%) … Averaged a whopping, season-high 52.7 yards per punt in his American football debut versus Northern Illinois (Sept. 4) … 52.7 yards per punt against NIU, which came over three punts and included a 63-yarder, is the seventh-highest single-game punting average in Georgia Tech history (min. two punts) …  Averaged better than 44 yards per punt on six occasions — vs. NIU, Sept. 25 vs. North Carolina (44.7), Oct. 2 vs. Pitt (45.5), Oct. 9 at Duke (45.3), Oct. 30 vs. Virginia Tech (48.2) and Nov. 27 vs. Georgia (Nov. 27) … Boomed a season-best 71-yard punt at Duke, which was the eighth-longest in school history and the longest by a GT punter since Durant Brooks booted a 77-yarder vs. UNC on Nov. 17, 2007 … Named to ACC’s all-academic team for achievements on the field and in the classroom.

Prior to Georgia Tech: Rated as a three-star prospect by 247Sports and ESPN … Versatile athlete played Gaelic football, rugby and basketball in his native County Kerry, Ireland … Was a member of Kerry U17 Gaelic football “panel” that won the 2017 Munster championship (Gaelic football’s national title) at the U17 level … Attended Prokick Austrailia in Melbourne, Australia, a American football kicking academy that has produced six of the past seven Ray Guy Award winners and four current National Football League punters … Is the first Prokick alumnus from Ireland … Continued to hone his punting skills during the Covid-19 pandemic by punting in solitude on his uncle’s dairy farm in southwest Ireland.

Personal: Believed to be the first Ireland native ever awarded a full scholarship to play American college football … Graduated from Georgia Tech in December 2023 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration … Pursuing postgraduate studies in business administration … Member of ACC academic honor roll.

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