Sun Devil Athletics
HomeHome
Loading
Sun Devil

Football

2023 Football Roster

Josh Carlson Season 2023

#16
PositionPunter
Weight205 lbs
Height6-0
ClassGraduate Student
HometownGilbert, Ariz.
Previous SchoolUtah Tech / New Mexico State
NEW MEXICO STATE/UTAH TECH/HIGH SCHOOL
  • Punter Josh Carlson among special teams transfers brining consistency back home (by Dana Scott, azcentral.com/Aug. 24, 2023)
  • Named a 2018 AFCA Division II First Team All-American at Dixie State in 2018 and to Phil Steele’s Preseason All-Independent Second Team in 2022
  • Saw only 23.5 percent of his punts returned in 2022, the 27th-lowest tally among 97 FBS punters with at least 40 punts…The 29 yards on punt returns against Carlson were the seventh-fewest in the FBS among punters with at least 40 punts and the 2.4 yards per punt return average were the fourth-fewest in the FBS
  • Induced 30 fair catch balls, the sixth-highest tally in the FBS (min. 40 punts) while his average hang time of 3.93 was 23rd in the nation
  • Saw time in all 12 games throughout the 2021 season, where he punted 70 times for an average of 41.1 yards…Had a career-long punt of 67 yards on the road against San Diego State…Pinned 16 punts inside of the 20-yard line…Boomed nine punts that went 50 or more yards…Did not have a punt blocked all season
  • Averaged 44.7 yards per punt during the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season
  • During his true freshman season at Utah Tech, he averaged 45.7 yards per punt on 53 punts with 17 of 50 or more yards
  • Earned second-team All-Region honors as a senior at Gilbert High School