Student-Athlete Features
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As a Graduate (2024)
• All-SEC second team (coaches)
• All-SEC first team (Associated Press)
• Phil Steele honorable mention All-America
• USA Today All-SEC first team
• Sports Info Solutions All-SEC first team
• Finished the season with 48.0 yards per punt
• Punted 51 times with 21 pinning opponents inside their own 20-yard line
• Had 20 punts over at least 50 yards
• Pinned three punts inside the Tennessee 20-yard line in the contest with the Volunteers
• Named the SEC Special Teams Player of the Week and to the Ray Guy Award Ray’s 8 for performance in the Dores’ win at Auburn
• Averaged 52.9 yards on a career-high eight punts at Auburn, the second-best average in Vanderbilt history (min. five punts)
• Made a 60-yard punt in the third quarter versus Texas, his third punt of at least 60 yards this season
• Season-long 69-yard punt versus Alcorn State, averaged 55.5 yards per punt, matching his career-best
Prior to Vandy
• Punter and holder for three seasons at Ohio State (2021-23)
• Career punting average of 44.0 yards on 129 punts ranked fourth all-time at OSU
• Pinned opponents inside the 20-yard line 55 times, with 31 punts over 50 yards and just eight touchbacks
• Punted a career-high eight times in the Cotton Bowl vs. Missouri, good for a 48.3 yard average
• Ranked third in the Big Ten and 12th nationally in punting average (45.4 yards per punt) as a sophomore
• Semifinalist for the Ray Guy Award in 2022
• His sophomore average was the sixth-best single-season mark in Ohio State history
• Punted seven times for 352 yards at Northwestern, good for an average of 50.3 yards which ranked ninth in school history
• Two-time Ohio State Scholar-Athlete, Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree
• Majored in sport industry at Ohio State
The Mirco File
• Product of ProKick Australia program which produced Vanderbilt All-American punter Matthew Hayball
• Was rated the No. 4 punter in the 2021 signing class
• Played Australian rules football prior to learning to punt
• Son of Leanne and Luca Mirco