Michael Turk is on the 2020 Ray Guy Award preseason watch list after being named a semifinalist for the award last season! #ForksUp
— Sun Devil Football (@ASUFootball) July 22, 2020
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MICHAEL TURK LINKS
--How Michael Turk has made a name for himself as one of the nation's best punters (by Carson Breber, ASU State Press/Oc. 23, 2020)
--ASU’s Michael Turk a better punter after unprecedented NFL Draft process (by Tyler Drake, arizonasports.com/Oct. 22, 2020)
--Turk thankful to return to ASU after NFL Draft (by Garreth Kwok, WCSN/Oct. 22, 2020)
--Turk granted return to ASU after going undrafted (247sports.com)
--Michael Turk granted rare waiver, returns after going undrafted (arizonasports.com)
--Michael Turk granted a rare NCAA reinstatement (ASU Rivals.com)
--Michael Turk returning to Sun Devil football program (House of Sparky)
--Michael Turk returns to ASU in potentially unprecedented ruling (sports360az.com)
Junior (2019):
- Ray Guy Punter of the Week in first week of the season (Sept. 4)
- A semifinalist for the Ray Guy Award, Michael Turk's 46.0 yards per punt average on 59 punts were 11th in the FBS and led the Pac-12.
- He pinned 32 of those 59 punts inside the opponent 20-yard line (54.2 percent), a total that was second in the nation.
- Turk had 21 punts out of 59 (35.6 percent) punts over 50 yards this season, six more than any other player in the Pac-12.
- Turk held the top mark in the FBS this season for max hang time on a punt with a mark of 5.51seconds in generally unfavorable conditions in Week 8 against Utah. Pro Football Focus gave Turk the 10th-highest grade among FBS punters this season that played at least 10 games.
- The 63.0 yards per punt mark by Turk on Aug. 29 vs. Kent State broke an NCAA record. The previous record for highest average yards per punt in a game with minimum five attempts was Braden Mann of Texas A&M on Sept. 22, 2018, as he had a 60.8 yards per punt average vs. Alabama on punts of 56, 65, 62, 61 and 60 for 304 yards. Turk punted five times for 315 yards with boots of 64, 62, 65, 49 and 75 in his Sun Devil debut.
- Turk crushed Sun Devils school records for punting average, breaking the previous school record for average on five punts of 55.0 by Danny White in 1972. Turk's 63.0 yards per punt would have set records for every minimum number of punts in a game with the closest being Tony Lorick's 59.3 yards per punt on three punts in 1962.
- Trained in the offseason with his Uncle, former NFL punter Matt Turk, who played 19 seasons in the NFL.
- His other Uncle, Daniel Turk, spent 15 seasons in the NFL as an offensive lineman.
- Redshirted the season due to NCAA transfer rules but played a prominent role in ASU's special team's preparations.
Freshman (2017):
- Made an immediate impact as the team's punter, setting a Lafayette single-season record for punting average (42.7 yard per attempt).
- Earned All-Patriot League Second-Team honors.
- Punted 67 times with 16 efforts of 50-plus yards while landing 18 punts inside the opponent's 20-yard line.
- Boomed a career-long punt of 64 yards against No. 7 Villanova (9/16) while also managing 60-yard punts against Princeton (9/23) and Bucknell (10/21).
- Named Patriot League Special Teams Player of the Week (11/6) after playing a crucial role in Lafayette's 7-0 win over Georgetown (11/4).
- Averaged 44.7 yards per punt against the Hoyas and placed three punts inside the Georgetown 10-yard line.
- Competed at Ridge Point High School, serving as the starting punter for the 6A Region Champions in 2014 & 2015.