Jason Puhr

Position:
Placekicker/Punter
Height:
5-9
Weight:
188
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Smyrna, Tenn.
High School:
Blackman

Completed Ball State career after the 2014 season . . .

2014 (Jr.): Played vs. Eastern Michigan . . . earned first letter.

2013 (So.): Did not see action

2012 (Fr.): Did not see action

2011: Redshirted as a walk-on

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned three letters for Coach Philip Shadowens at Blackman H.S. . . . helped the team to an 11-2 record as a senior and a 26-9 mark in his career . . . named the district's Most Valuable Special Teams Player as a junior and senior . . . three-time all-region . . . second team all-state as a senior . . . selected to the Kentucky-Tennessee Border Bowl after his senior season . . . connected on 5-of-7 field goals and 53-of-55 extra points as a senior plus averaged 40.0 yards per punt . . . tallied 153 career points and a 41.0 punt average in career.

PERSONAL: Son of Richard and Kathleen Puhr . . . two brothers . . . born Dec. 2, 1992, in Raleigh, N.C. . . . full name is Jason William Puhr . . . valedictorian of his high school senior class with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average on the school's 4.0 scale . . . owns a 3.769 cumulative grade-point average on Ball State's 4.0 scale . . .managed a 3.769 GPA last fall