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Pronunciation
klump
Klumph has played in all 18 possible games at Cal off the bench since his first action on the field in 2016 after redshirting in 2015 and has a 44.2 career punt average that is on top of Cal's all-time list. Klumph's 44.8 punt average as a 2016 sophomore is fourth in single-season school history and was second in the Pac-12 and eighth nationally while his current 43.0 mark through the first five games of his 2017 junior campaign is ninth in school history. He was also a national semifinalist for the 2016 Mortell Award honoring the nation's top holder. Before arriving at Cal, Klumph shared punting and kicking duties for one season at Golden West College in 2014 after doing the same as a 2013 prep senior. He was also one of the top punters for two consecutive years at Chris Sailer Kicking highlighted by winning a junior college/ transfer competition in Las Vegas in 2015 and California summer camp overall and punt winner crowns in 2014.
Klumph's Career Game Highs
Punts: 7 (twice, last at Oregon, 2017)
Punting Yards: 348 (vs. Washington, 2016)
Punting Average: 49.7 (vs. Washington, 2016)
Long Punt: 64 (vs. Texas, 2016)
Opponents’ Fair Catches: 2 (five times, last vs. Ole Miss, 2017)
Inside 20-Yard Line Punts: 4 (vs. Washington, 2016)
50+ Yard Punts: 3 (twice, last vs. Washington, 2016)
Pass Completions: 1 (at Oregon State, 2016)
Pass Attempts: 1 (at Oregon State, 2016)
Passing Yards: 11 (at Oregon State, 2016)
Long Pass: 11 (at Oregon State, 2016)
Tackles: 1 (at USC, 2016)
Cal Career (2015 – Present)
• Has a 44.2 career punt average that is on top of Cal's all-time list with 76 punts for 3358 yards and a long of 64 yards, three touchbacks, 16 fair catches, 22 punts that have pinned opponents inside their 20 yard line and 22 punts of 50 or more yards
• Put up single-season career bests as a 2016 sophomore with 50 punts, 2240 punt yards, 18 punts that pinned opponents inside their 20 yard-line and 15 punts of 50 or more yards, as well as a career-long punt of 64
• Has forced opponents into a single-season career-high nine fair catches in the first six games of his 2017 junior campaign
• Named the Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week for his performance against Washington as a sophomore when he averaged a career-high 49.7 yards per punt on a career-high-tying seven punts with a single-game career high three punts of 50 or more yards while pinning the Huskies inside their 20-yard line a single-game career-high four times
• Also equaled a single-game career-high-tying seven punts at Oregon during his junior campaign
Junior (2017)
• Has registered a 43.0 yards per punt average that is ninth among the top single-season marks in school history over the first six games all off the bench on 26 punts for 1118 yards with a single-season career-high nine fair catches, opponents pinned inside their 20-yard line four times and seven punts of 50 or more yards including a season-long 57-yarder at North Carolina
• Has had at least one punt of 50 yards or more and forced his opponents into at least one fair catch in all six games
• Punted four times for a single-game season-best 46.3 yards per punt average including a season-long 57-yarder with a single-game season-high-tying pair of opponents' fair catches in the season-opener at North Carolina to earn Cal's Special Teams Player of the Game honors
• Punted five times for an average of 45.8 with a long punt of 52 yards, a single-game season-high-tying two opponents' fair catches and a single-game season-high two punts of 50 or more yards vs. Ole Miss
• Punted three times for an average of 44.7 yards per punt with a long punt of 51 yards, a single-game season-high-tying two opponent fair catches and one punt pinning the opponent inside their 20-yard line vs. Weber State
• Punted twice for an average of 43.5 yards per punt with one opponent fair catch and a long punt of 51 vs. USC
• Punted a single-game career-high-tying seven times for an average of 41.3 yards per punt with a single-game season-high three inside the opponents' 20-yard line as well as one opponents' fair catch and a long punt of 53 at Oregon
• Punted five times for an average of 38.8 yards per punt at Washington with one opponents' fair catch and a long punt of 51 yards
• Did not punt in the spring game as there was no punting in the contest but did participate as a holder
Sophomore (2016)
• Played in 12 games all off the bench
• Ray Guy Award candidate
• Registered a single-season career best 44.8 yards per punt average that ranked second in the Pac-12 and eighth nationally in addition to currently being the fourth-best single-season mark in school history
• Posted single-season career-highs of 50 punts for 2,240 yards with a long of career-long of 64 yards, three touchbacks, 18 punts that pinned opponents inside their 20 and 15 of 50 or more yards, while adding seven fair catches
• Named the Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week for his performance against Washington when he averaged a career-high 49.7 yards per punt on a career-high-tying seven punts with a single-game career high three punts of 50 or more yards and had a net average of 44.7 while pinning the Huskies inside their 20-yard line a single-game career-high four times with three of his punts not returned while another was brought back for a three-yard loss and another fumbled
• Posted other punt numbers and averages at Arizona State (5-49.6), vs. Texas (5-48.2), vs. UCLA (3-46.7), at Washington State (5-44.0), at San Diego State (4-47.5), at USC (3-45.0), vs. Utah (5-44.6), vs. Stanford (3-40.0), at Oregon State (4-39.8), vs. Oregon (3-40.7) and vs. Hawai'i (3-31.3)
• Completed an 11-yard pass to Evan Weaver on the only passing attempt of his career on a fake punt in the first quarter at Oregon State that eventually led to a second-quarter 27-yard Matt Anderson field goal and Cal's first points of the game in an eventual 47-44 overtime loss
• Added one tackle at USC
• Also a national semifinalist for Peter Mortell's Holder of the Year honor
• Totaled 122 special teams snaps
• Did not punt in the spring game as there was no punting in the contest but did participate as a holder
Sophomore (2015)
• Redshirted
• Did not play
Golden West College (2014)
• Played one season as a 2014 freshman for a team that finished 7-4 overall and 4-2 in the Northern Conference National Division of Southern California Football Association to earn a spot in the Beach Bowl
• Averaged 40.6 yards per punt on 50 attempts while punting in all 11 contests
• Booted a career-long 76-yard punt at Long Beach in the Beach Bowl
• Averaged 46.0 yards per punt or better in four games, including a career-high 48.3 at Orange Coast
• Trapped opponents inside their own 20-yard-line 12 times and at least once in eight games
• Made 8-of-10 extra-point attempts and missed on both field goal tries in two games as a kicker
• Added one rush for six yards on offense as well as two tackles on defense
• Wore No. 89
Crespi HS (Class of 2014)
• Shared kicking and punting duties as a 2013 senior, making 1-of-2 field goal attempts with his make a 54-yarder and 7-of-8 extra points for a team that reached the first round of the Southern Section playoffs, while adding 23 touchbacks in 34 kickoffs and a 38.0 yard average on six punts
• On the roster as a 2012 junior for a team that finished 8-2 overall and ranked No. 19 in California
Recruiting Notes (Junior College Class of 2015)
• Stars: Chris Sailer (5), Scout (2)
• National Punter Ratings: ESPN (152)
Other
• Full name is Dylan Rice Klumph
• Born May 10, 1995
• Son of Bruce and Debra Klumph
• Member of the Chris Sailer Top 12
• Chris Sailer 2015 Vegas XXV junior college/transfer punt champion and overall punt finalist
• Chris Sailer 2014 California summer camp overall and punt champion
• Major is legal studies
Last Updated
October 13, 2017
