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Pronunciation
rhymes with “boots”
Coutts' Cal Career Game Highs
Punts: 9 (twice, last at Utah, 2019)
Punting Yards: 373 (at Utah, 2019)
Punting Average: 59.0 (vs. Oregon, 2018)
Long Punt: 73 (vs. Oregon, 2018)
Opponents’ Fair Catches: 5 (twice, last at Utah, 2019)
Inside 20-Yard Line Punts: 5 (three times, last vs. TCU, 2018)
50+ Yard Punts: 2 (twice, last vs. Illinois, 2019)
Coutts’ College Career Game Highs
Punts: 9 (twice, last for Cal at Utah, 2019)
Long Punt: 73 (for Cal vs. Oregon, 2018)
Cal Career (2017-19)
• Registered a 40.5 yards per punt average in 28 games all off the bench on 128 punts for 5182 yards, forcing opponents into 50 fair catches, pinning opponents inside their 20-yard line 52 times with only two touchbacks, and picking up 13 punts of 50+ yards and including a collegiate career-long 73-yarder as a 2018 junior against Oregon that is also tied for the seventh-long punt in Cal history, and was the second-longest in the Pac-12 and tied for the 16th-longest in the nation in 2018
Senior (2019)
• A semifinalist for the Campbell Trophy
• Earned a spot on the 2020 NFF Hampshire Honor Society, which is comprised of college football student-athletes from all divisions of play who each maintained a cumulative undergraduate 3.2 GPA or better throughout their college careers with the selections must have completed their final season of collegiate eligibility in 2019, and/or graduated or turned professional and are not returning to collegiate football
• Also made the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Played in all 13 games off the bench but spent most of the first five contests participating only as a holder while nursing an injury that kept him from punting full-time, registering all but five of his punts over the final eight contests
• Punted for a 39.1 yards per punt average on 51 punts for 1993 yards while forcing opponents into 23 fair catches and pinning them inside their 20-yard line 13 times without a touchback and blasting four punts of 50+ yards including a season-long 53-yarder at Oregon
• Punted a career-high-tying and season-high nine times (second-highest single-game total in the Pac-12 in 2019) for a career-high 373 yards (41.4 average) with a long of 51 at Utah, while forcing the Utes into a career-high-tying five fair catches, while pinning them inside their 20-yard line twice
• Punted seven times for 304 yards for a 43.4 yard average including a season-long punt of 53 yards at Oregon, one punt leaving the Ducks starting from inside their 20-yard line
• Punted six times for 271 yards and a season-best 45.2 yard average including twice for 50 yards in the Redbox Bowl against Illinois with two punts inside the 20-yard line
• Punted six times for 243 yards for a 40.5 yard average with a long of 49 yards against Oregon State with two punts inside the 20-yard line and two forcing the Beavers into fair catches
• Punted six times for 217 yards and a 36.2 yard average including a long of 40 yards against USC while forcing the Trojans into four fair catches
• Punted five times for 176 yards and a 35.2 yard average including a long of 46 yards at Stanford while forcing the Cardinal into three fair catches and knocking one punt inside their 20
• Punted four times for 173 yards and a 43.3 yard average including a long of 49 yards at UCLA while forcing the Bruins into three fair catches and knocking three punts inside their 20
• Punted three times for 107 yards and a 35.7 yard average including a long of 36 yards vs. Washington State while forcing the Cougars into two fair catches and knocking two punts inside their 20
• Punted three times for 79 yards and a 26.3 average at Ole Miss and twice for 50 yards and a 25.0 average against Washington while forcing the Huskies to start from inside the 20-yard line once while still in a role as the team's part-time punter due to injury
• Played as a holder but did not punt in the season opener against UC Davis, or vs. North Texas and Arizona State
• On the watch list for the Ray Guy Award honoring the nation's top punter
• Earned first-team preseason All-Pac-12 recognition from Athlon as well as third-team honors according to Phil Steele
• Did not play in the spring game
Junior (2018)
• An honorable mention All-Pac-12 selection and first-team Pac-12 All-Academic choice of the league's coaches after being a Ray Guy Award candidate
• Was also the winner of Cal's J. Scott Duncan Award as the team's Most Valuable Special Teams Player
• Played in all 13 games and punted 72 times for 2985 yards and a 41.5 average
• Led the nation by trapping opponents inside their 20-yard line 37 times including on a career-high-tying five occasions three times with only two touchbacks, while forcing opponents into fair catches on 25 occasions and registering nine punts of 50 or more yards
• Had at least one punt of 50 or more yards on nine occasions
• Earned Cal's Special Teams Player of the Week honors in wins at BYU, against Colorado and at USC, as well as picking up the team's Co-Special Teams Player of the Week against Washington
• Punted a career-high-tying and Pac-12 season-high-tying nine times for 350 yards and a 38.9 average in the Cheez-It Bowl against TCU, pinning the Horned Frogs inside their 20-yard line a career-high-tying five times and forcing them into four fair catches
• Was named the Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week for his performance against Colorado when he punted eight times for a season-high 371 yards include a pair of 50-plus yard punts for the first time in his career to register a 46.4 average while pinning the Buffaloes inside their 20-yard a career-high-tying five times without a touchback and forcing them into a pair of fair catches, while Cal also recovered a pair of fumbles on his punts, Colorado had another fumble for a no gain return and a negative return on two others and totaled minus-six yards in punt returns with Coutts also drawing a key roughing the kicker penalty to extend a fourth-quarter drive that helped Cal hold on to its 33-21 lead that ended as the final score
• Teamed with Ashtyn Davis (Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week) against Colorado to become the first pair of Cal players to win multiple Pac-12 Player of the Week honors since Bryan Anger (Special Teams) and Darian Hagan (Defensive) earned the same two honors on Oct. 11, 2010.
• Punted eight times for 351 yards and a 43.9 average at USC, pinning the Trojans inside their 20-yard line twice and forcing them into an opponents' career-high-tying five fair catches
• Punted eight times for 269 yards and a 33.6 average against North Carolina, pinning the Tar Heels inside their 20-yard line a career-high-tying five times and forcing them into four fair catches
• Punted six times for 255 yards and a 42.5 average at BYU, pinning the Cougars inside their 20-yard line three times and forcing them into two fair catches
• Punted six times for 248 yards and a 41.3 average against Washington, pinning the Huskies inside their 20-yard line twice and forcing them into three fair catches
• Punted five times for 215 yards and a 43.0 average against Idaho State, pinning the Bengals inside their 20-yard line three times and forcing them into two fair catches
• Punted five times for 196 yards and a 39.2 average against Stanford, pinning the Cardinal inside their 20-yard line twice and forcing them into one fair catch
• Punted four times for 184 yards and a 46.0 average at Arizona, pinning the Wildcats inside their 20-yard line twice and forcing them into one fair catch
• Punted four times for 176 yards and a 44.0 average vs. UCLA, pinning the Bruins inside their 20-yard line three times vs. UCLA
• Punted four times for 136 yards and a 34.0 average at Washington State, pinning the Cougars inside their 20-yard line once and also forcing one fair catch
• Punted three times for 116 yards and a 38.7 average at Oregon State, pinning the Beavers inside their 20-yard line twice and forcing them into one fair catch when he was serving as a team game captain
• Punted twice for 118 yards and a career-high 59.0 average vs. Oregon that was the highest in a single game in the Pac-12 in 2018 and included a 73-yarder that is the seventh-longest punt in Cal history, the longest by a Cal player since Bryan Anger had punts of 75 and 76 yards against Stanford in 2010, and was the second-longest in the Pac-12 in 2018, pinning the Ducks inside their 20-yard line on both punts
• Named a Jonathan and Judy Hoff Student-Athlete of the Week
• A fourth-team preseason All-Pac-12 pick of Athlon
• Did not punt in the spring game as there was no punting in the contest but did participate as a holder
Junior (2017)
• Registered a 40.8 yards per punt average in the two games he participated in off the bench on five punts for 204 yards and pinned opponents inside their 20-yard line twice without a touchback while adding two fair catches
• Punted four times for 168 yards and a 42.0 average including a pair of season-long-tying 43-yarders at Washington, pinning the Huskies inside their 20-yard line once and forcing them into a pair of fair catches
• On the Ray Guy Award watch list
• Had the first punt of the season at North Carolina and pinned the Tar Heels inside their 20-yard line with a 36-yard punt
Louisiana (2015-16)
• Named to the Sun Belt Newcomer Team a second-team selection on the All-Louisiana (LSWA) College Football squad after finishing among the league leaders in punting as a 2015 freshman
• Averaged 42.4 yards per attempt – the third-best average among all NCAA Division I freshmen in 2015
• Had 14 punts of 50 yards or more as a freshman, including a season-best 64-yard boot at Arkansas State when also averaged a season-high 51.2 yards per punt in six attempts
• Had 22 punts land inside the opponent’s 20-yard line as a freshman
• Placed a season-high-tying four punts inside the 20-yard line in games against Louisiana Tech and Appalachian State as a freshman
• Named to the Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll as a freshman
Citipointe Christian College
• Played Australian rules football and rugby while also lettering in track and field, cross country, cricket, volleyball and squash
• An all-state high jumper and long jumper
Recruiting Notes (Class of 2015)
• Stars: Scout (2)
Other
• Born October 1, 1995
• Son of Dean and Susan Coutts
• One of four Cal players who list international hometowns along with Siulagisipai Fuimaono (Okinawa, Japan), Gabe Siemieniec (Caledon, Ontario, Canada) and Lone Toailoa (Auckland, New Zealand)
• Has a master's degree in Cal in education and is working on a second master's degree at Cal and fourth overall in public health after picking up earlier college degrees from Citipointe Christian College (MBA) and Louisiana (bachelor's in education)
Last Updated
May 4, 2020
