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39 Xavier Subotsch

  • Position Punter
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 210
  • Class Super Senior
  • Hometown Melbourne, Australia
  • High School Haileyburg

Biography

Career: Three-year starter at punter tied an App State record (along with Thomas Hennigan and Caleb Spurlin) by playing in 66 career games … Had 216 career punts for 8,914 yards (41.3 average, with a net average of 38.6) with 79 punts inside the 20 and 84 fair-caught kicks … Career-long punt of 67 yards in 2019 … Ray Guy Award Watch List during career … In final three seasons as a starter, allowed only 47 returns and 154 return yards … Had 25 punts of 50-plus yards despite App State focusing on directional or high-hanging punts that couldn’t be returned.
 
2021: Appeared and punted in all 14 games … One of eight team captains … Had 49 punts for 2,007 yards for an average of 41.0 yards (with a net average of 39.5) … Allowed only 13 returns and 53 return yards all season … Season-long punt of 57 yards against Georgia Southern … Helped App State rank in the top 25 nationally by allowing just 4.1 yards per punt return.
 
2020: Ray Guy Award candidate … Third-team All-Sun Belt punter from PFF ... Net punting average of 40.3 yards led full-time starters in the Sun Belt … Averaged 41.9 yards on 36 punts, with a long of 56 and just one touchback … Of 36 punts, there were 12 fair catches and 11 kicks inside the 20 … Had three punts of 50-plus yards … Opponents had only 39 punt return yards (on 18 attempts) with a long return of 11 yards all season … App State ranked No. 11 nationally (No. 1 Sun Belt) by allowing 2.2 yards per punt return and No. 23 nationally (No. 2 Sun Belt) by allowing 3.3 punt return yards per game ... Preseason third-team All-Sun Belt from Athlon.

2019: Second-team All-Sun Belt from PFF College … Averaged 42.7 yards on 71 punts with a long of 67 to go with a school-record 26 punts inside the 20, 25 fair-caught punts and 12 punts of at least 50 yards … Long punt return of the season by an opponent was only 15 yards, as they totaled only 62 punt return yards (23rd nationally) on 17 returns for a 3.65 average (13th nationally) … Net average of 39.6 yards ranked fourth in the league … App State ranked 21st nationally by allowing just 4.4 punt return yards per game … Averaged 48.2 yards on four punts against ULM, including the career-long kick of 67 yards, and had punts downed at the 3 and 2 … Averaged 49.6 yards on five punts at UNC with a long of 58 and one punt inside the 20 ... Broke previous school record of 25 punts inside the 20 set by Sam Martin in 2012. 

2018: Starting holder on field goals/extra points and backup punter who averaged 33.8 yards on five punts … Appeared in all 13 games … Three of his five punts were downed inside the 20, including a 36-yard kick downed at the 1-yard line at Coastal Carolina ... Athlon Sports preseason All-Sun Belt fourth team ... Finished first on the team during its preseason, 2.8-mile run from Kidd Brewer Stadium to the top of Howard's Knob.

2017: Averaged 39.9 yards as the left-footed starting punter … Fair catches on 22 of his 55 punts … Sixteen of his punts were downed inside the 20 … Had five punts of at least 50 yards, with a season high of 58 against Texas State … Averaged 56.0 yards per punt at ULM … Had four punts inside the 20 against Wake Forest.

High School: Born in Perth, Australia, grew up in Melbourne, attended high school at Haileybury College and graduated in 2015 … Grew up playing Australian Rules football … Trained as a punter under Nathan Chapman and John Smith at Prokick Australia.

Personal: Born Nov. 1, 1997 … Son of Nick and Bambi Subotsch … Has one sister, Portia.

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Historical Player Information

  • 39

    2017Freshman

    Punter
    6'2" 204 lbs
    39
  • 39

    2018Sophomore

    Punter
    6'1" 193 lbs
    39
  • 39

    2019Junior

    Punter
    6'1" 195 lbs
    39
  • 39

    2020Senior

    Punter
    6'1" 195 lbs
    39
  • 39

    2021Super Senior

    Punter
    6'1" 210 lbs
    39