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Tarleton State University Athletics

2022 Football Roster

Toby Rhodes
Toby Rhodes
Toby Rhodes
Toby Rhodes
Toby Rhodes

83 Jake Walrath

  • Class Junior
  • Position Punter
  • Ht./Wt. 6-4 / 200
  • Hometown Salado, TX
  • Prev School Utah State

Biography

Junior (2022):
Was Tarleton’s lone punter all season … Played in all 11 games, booting 49 punts for 1,969 yards (40.2 yards per punt) with 13 landing inside the 20-yard line, nine going 50+ yards, 18 fair catches and five touchbacks … Had a season-high seven punts that went a season-best 47.0 yards per punt at Utah Tech on Nov. 12 … Had a season-high 58-yard punt vs. Abilene Christian on Nov. 5 … Pinned Southwest Baptist inside their 10-yard line twice on Oct. 22.
 
Sophomore (2021):
Phil Steele FCS All-WAC Third Team … Played in all 11 games, serving as the team’s only punter in game action … Had 50 punts cover 2,129 yards, averaging 42.6 yards per punt … Had 16 punts inside the 20-yard-line, nine punts go 50 or more yards, 24 fair catches and six touchbacks … Set a new team single-season record for yards per punt at 42.6, surpassing Ron Reid’s 42.1 yards per punt average in 2018 … Had a 74-yard punt against Abilene Christian on Nov. 13, the tied-second longest punt in the Western Athletic Conference in 2021 … Only 10 punts across the FCS all season were longer than his 74-yarder … In the Western Athletic Conference, ranked first in fair catches, second in total yards, second in total punts, third in average punt yards, third in punts inside the 20 … In the FCS, only 20 players averaged more yards per punt … Recorded his most punts in a game at Eastern Kentucky on Oct. 2 (eight) … Had his best yards per punt average in a game vs. For Lewis on Sept. 11 at 46.7 yards per … Pinned Midwestern State at the 1-yard-line on a 45-yard punt with 38 seconds remaining in the game with Tarleton leading, and eventually winning, 17-14.
 
Sophomore (2020):
Was the lone punter to appear in a game for the Texans, booting 30 punts … Averaged 37.5 yards per punt, trapping opponents inside the 20-yard-line 10 times, a career-high mark … Had four punts go 50+ yards, topping at 55 yards against New Mexico State on Feb. 21 … Had a season-high seven punts against the Aggies and averaged his long of 51.5 yards in his two punts against Northeastern State on March 27 … Had 13 fair catches and four touchbacks.
 
Redshirt Freshman (2019):
Appeared in five games … Punted 15 times for 672 yards … Had five punts over 50 yards, including a long of 63 … Pinned six punts inside the 20 … LSC Champion.
 
Utah State:
Redshirted as a true freshman.
 
Salado High School:
Lettered three years in football for head coach Alan Haire … Also lettered in track and soccer … 2018 District Champs in football … 2018 District Champs in soccer … Two-time football all-district … Academic All-State … Holds the school record for longest field goal … Averaged 41.3 yards per punt as a senior.
 
Personal:
Is a 2018 graduate of Salado HS … Son of Jason and Kathi … Has a sister, Olivia … Majoring in kinesiology … Born Aug. 27.

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Historical Player Information

  • 83

    2019Redshirt Freshman

    Punter
    6'4" 200 lbs
    83
  • 83

    2020Sophomore

    Punter
    6'4" 200 lbs
    83
  • 83

    2021Sophomore

    Punter
    6'4" 200 lbs
    83
  • 83

    2022Junior

    Punter
    6'4" 200 lbs
    83