Tim Masthay

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Tim Masthay
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Masthay in August 2011
No. 8 Green Bay Packers
Position: Punter
Personal information
Date of birth: (1987-03-16) March 16, 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Career information
High school: Murray (KY)
College: Kentucky
Undrafted: 2009
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
  • Kentucky Special Teams Player of the Year (2007)
  • 2nd team Academic All-America (2007)
  • 2× SEC Academic Honor Roll (2006, 2007)
  • Frank Ham Society of Character member(2008)
  • 1st Team All-SEC (2008)
  • Super Bowl Champion (XLV)
  • NFC Champion (2010)
  • 3× NFC Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 8: 2010, Week 13: 2011, Week 2: 2012)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 5, 2015
Punts: 329
Punt Yards: 14,453
Punting Yard Average: 43.9
Player stats at NFL.com

Timothy James Masthay (born March 16, 1987) is an American football punter for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He was signed by the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2009, but released before the first 2009 pre-season game. He played college football at Kentucky. He was nicknamed "Ginger Wolverine" by his Packers teammates for his long red sideburns.[1]

Early years

Tim was born to Mark Masthay, who currently serves as the chairman of the chemistry department at the University of Dayton and to Jean Masthay, currently Executive Director of PregnancyCare in Cincinnati, Ohio. Masthay played youth soccer in Des Moines for the Johnston Hornets. Masthay played both football and soccer, as well as baseball and basketball at Murray High School in Murray, Kentucky. His positions on the school's football team included punter, placekicker, kickoff returner, wide receiver, and special teams coach. In the off-seasons, he, along with Thomas Morstead, Pat McAfee, T. J. Conley, Dan Bailey are currently instructors for Kohl's Kicking Camps, a training camp from high-school upwards especially for kickers, punters and long snappers.[2][3]

College career

While majoring in economics at the University of Kentucky,[4] Masthay played football for the Kentucky Wildcats as a punter.

College statistics

Year Punts Yards Average Long Inside 20
2005 54 1,965 36.4 59 15
2006 50 1,959 39.2 60 13
2007 50 1,992 39.8 63 16
2008 53 2,397 45.2 72 14

Postseason appearances

Professional career

Indianapolis Colts

Masthay was signed by the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent following the 2009 NFL Draft on May 1, 2009. He was waived on August 10, 2009.[5]

Green Bay Packers

Masthay was signed to a reserve/future contract with the Green Bay Packers in a deal announced by general manager Ted Thompson on January 15, 2010.[6]

On November 3, 2010, he was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week.[7]

During the 2011 NFL season, Masthay set Green Bay franchise records for gross and net punting averages for a season with 45.6 and 38.6 yard averages respectively.[8]

In Week 2 of the 2012 NFL season, he threw a 27 yard touchdown pass to TE Tom Crabtree off of a fake field goal.[9] (This gave him a perfect career passer rating of 158.3, although such ratings are not entered as records unless numerous passes are thrown.)

During the 2013 season he performed the team's kickoff duties for some games.

Career statistics

Source:[10]

Season Team Games Kicking
GP GS Pnts Yds Lng Avg I20
2010 Green Bay Packers 16 0 71 3,114 62 43.9 25
2011 Green Bay Packers 16 0 55 2,506 71 45.6 23
2012 Green Bay Packers 16 0 70 3,043 65 43.5 30
2013 Green Bay Packers 16 0 64 2,854 62 44.6 22
2014 Green Bay Packers 16 0 49 1,888 63 44.1 14
Total 80 0 309 13,676 71 44.3 114

Personal life

In 2009, Masthay married his longtime girlfriend, Amanda. They welcomed a daughter, Emory Grace, on March 15, 2012, one day before Tim's 25th birthday. The couple welcomed their second child, baby boy Paxton, on November 14, 2014.

References

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  2. ↑ What NFL Pros Are Saying About Kohl's Kicking Camps
  3. ↑ Kohl's Staff
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  7. ↑ NFC Special teams Player of the Week
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  10. ↑ Statistics

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by Green Bay Packers punters
2010–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
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