Australians in College Football

Australians in college football are making waves in division one universities.

Sam Irwin-Hill is an Australian-born American who plays for the University of Arkansas. Irwin moved to Arkansas in 2013 from the City College of San Francisco. He scored a career-best punt of 79 yards last year and averaged 44.3 yards in 12 games. This season he has an average of 40 yards and even a score to his name.

Adam Gotsis is from Georgia Tech and plays in the National Football League for Jacksonville Jaguars. He is 1.95m tall and 130kg.

Will Gleeson played for Ole Miss from 2014 to 2018 in the Punter position. He won the punter of the week award in round one earlier this year. Gleeson scored a respectable average of 43.7 in 2014 and is an expert at placing punts within the 20-yard line.

Cameron Johnston is a punter for Houston Texans. He played college football at Ohio State College. Several NFL draft websites rank him as the top Punter in his graduating class of 2017.

Blake Muir played college football for Baylor. He is from Sutherland Shire, Australia. Muirs played in the Gridiron NSW league.

Brad Craddock is an Australian-born American who is currently a free agent. He played for the College of Maryland as a Kicker and Punter. His field goal conversion percentage was 62% as an freshman and it increased to 84% the following year.

There are plenty of Australians who played college football in the USA. Some of them even made it to the NFL.