00:00 – Big Game USA
02:00 – Early life and small town roots
05:00 – #HardWorkPaysOff, Jamie Kohl’s Kicking Camps, Showcases, Rankings
08:30 – Recruiting story and how he got a scholarship to Georgia Tech
12:45 – Earning a starting spot as a true freshman and acclimating to division 1 football
17:22 – According to the Simple Kicking Punting Index he is the most improved punter in college football from 2019 to 2020. He improved 16.6% in a single year.
20:00 – ACC Punting Talent: Porter Wilson (Duke) Lou Hedley (Miami) Kirk Christodoulou (Pitt) Anthony Pecorella (Maryland)
22:45 – FUN! A Car Hobby!?
28:40 – What drives Pressley to work hard?
31:20 – Saxaphone Talk! Kenny G and PUNT GOLF!
35:41 Inaugural McGaughey Cup: Team Australia vs. Team USA Punters
37:00 – Throw a Touchdown like he did at Florida State, or have a rushing touchdown
39:30 – Goals from high school, college, and now
43:00 – What is it like going to the NFL?
46:10 – Quick NFL Analysis using the Simple Kicking App
49:00 – Wrapping up and more advice
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Pressley Harvin III is currently one of the top punting prospects for the 2021 NFL Draft. He is the former punter for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. He finished atop the NCAA for gross punting (minimum 20 punts). He was named the winner of the 2020 Ray Guy Award, an annual award given to college football’s top punter.
On 45 punts he averaged 48 yards per punt and net 44.8 yards. His 2020 season ranked 12th best since 2013: here are the others on his list:
1) Mitch Wishnowsky, University of Utah, San Francisco 49ers
2) Michael Dickson, University of Texas, Seattle Seahwaks (also holds #10)
3) Max Duffy, University of Kentucky, 2021 NFL Draft Prospect
4) Dane Roy, University of Houston, NFL Free Agent
5) Braden Mann, Texas A&M, New York Jets
6) Tom Hackett, University of Utah (also holds #7)
7) Jimmy Smith, University of Cincinnati, NFL Free Agent
8) Cameron Johnston, Ohio State University, Philadelphia Eagles
9) Tyson Dyer, University of New Mexico
11 Joseph Charlton, University of South Carolina, Atlanta Falcons
The two other finalists in 2020 Ray Guy Award were Jake Camarda (University of Georgia Bulldogs) and Lou Hedley (University of Miami.)
Harvin made his way to Atlanta after graduating from Sumter High School in Alcolu, South Carolina. He loves to play Punt Golf, which is the same game the specialists at Westminster in Atlanta play under kicking Coach Joe Struniolo.
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In Harvin’s free time he loves retrofitting cars, with dreams of opening his own custom car shop one day. And one more fun fact, he loves to play the saxophone.
Harvin has aspirations to play in the NFL, and this episode covers topics of growth in college. His freshman year he was named All-ACC which was the first time a Georgia Tech freshman had received the honor other than Calvin Johnson. Harvin shared how he experienced the most improvement in 2020 again which was 16.6% year over year. Also he named to the all ACC team in a year when ACC punting talent was stacked with Lou Hedley, (University of Miami Hurricanes ) and Kirk Christodoulo (Pitt Panthers) Ben Kiernan (University of North Carolina Tarheels) and Porter Wilson (Duke University Blue D) This was his second naming to the
All-ACC team. Additionally, in 2020 Harvin was named first team all American according to the AP.
Duffy drew insight from listening to the Podcast with Thomas Morstead, who is the punter for the New Orleans saints. You can find that episode here:
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The network of kickers and punters is small, and Duffy shares how he and Keith Duncan are friends. Duncan is the kicker for the Iowa Hawkeyes who was named a 2019 Lou Groza Finalist. He stopped by the Special Teams Lounge with Jake Pinegar, who is the kicker for the Penn State Nittany Lions. You can hear that episode here:
Also, the conversation brought up fellow Aussie Punters: Brad Wing, LSU, New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Jamie Keehn, LSU.
And finally, if you would like to nerd out more on punting you can hear the podcast with his Jack Fox, who is leading the NFL in Gross Distance and Net Average through 11 Weeks of the 2020 season as a Rookie for the Detroit Lions.
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