Kyle Schmidt

Photo by: Tim Cowie Photography

Photo by: Jessica Lyle

Photo by: Kyle Crawford

Position:
Punter
Height:
6-2
Weight:
228
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Chesterton, Ind.
Prev School:
Chesterton HS
High School:
Chesterton

Awards and Honors:
2016 Ball State Bill Reynolds Special Teams Award
Mid-American Conference West Division Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 12, 2013)

2016 (R-Sr.): Handled the team’s punting and kickoff duties … his career punting average of 41.0 yards ranks third in the Ball State annals … totaled career highs in number of punts (9) and punting yards (379) in the loss to Eastern Michigan on Nov. 8 … also tallied three touchbacks on kickoffs against EMU … hit his longest punt of the season on Nov. 1 against Western Michigan, a 66-yarder which pinned the Broncos on their four yard line … four of his five punts at Toledo on Nov. 16 landed inside the 20-yard line … only four of his 66 punts (6.1 percent) resulted in touchbacks.

2015 (R-Jr.): Served all 12 games as the team’s punter … also split time on kickoffs … helped Ball State rank third in the MAC in both net punting (37.6 yards per punt) and kickoff coverage (41.7 yards net average) … of his 58 punts, 21 landed inside the 20-yard line, 15 were fair caught and none resulted in a touchback … all four of his punts in the opener versus VMI landed inside the 20-yard line … notched two punts more than 50 yards at Western Michigan on Nov. 5, including a season-best 64-yarder … recorded 14 touchbacks on 40 kickoffs.

2014 (R-So.): Played in all 12 games to earn second letter … career-long punt of 70 yards versus Eastern Michigan … career-high eight punts for career-best 320 yards versus Northern Illinois … punted six times for 305 yards with a long punt of 58 yards versus Western Michigan … had a season best game average of 50.8 yards per punt vs. Western Michigan, which tied for the seventh best single-game effort in Ball State history … had 10 punts of 50 or more yards … pinned opponents inside the 20-yard line 14 times out of 52 punts.

2013 (R-Fr.): Saw first career action in the season opener versus Illinois State … played in 12 games to earn first letter … averaged 46.7 yards on three punts with a long punt of 59 yards versus Illinois State … two punts for a 45.5 average at North Texas … long punt of 53 yards versus Toledo … career-high five punts for 202 yards at Virginia … four punts for 183 yards, a 45.8 average, a long punt of 50 yards and pinned the opposition inside the 20-yard line twice versus Kent State to earn Mid-American Conference West Division Special Teams Player of the Week honors … season-high seven punts for a season-best 279 yards at Akron, including a season-long punt of 62 yards.

2012 (Fr.): Redshirted as a walk-on.

HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters in football for coach John Snyder at Chesterton … helped the Trojans to a 7-5 overall record as a senior and a 40-15 career mark … All-Duneland Athletic Conference as a junior and senior … all-state as a sophomore and junior and received honorable mention as a senior … all-area as a senior … set the school record for most field goals in a season as a senior.

PERSONAL: Son of Kevin and Lori Schmidt … one brother and one sister … grandfather, Len Schmidt, played football at Western Michigan … earned his Ball State bachelor’s degree in finance in May 2016 … born April 21, 1994, in Munster, Indiana … full name is Kyle Michael Schmidt.