Jesse Mirco is an Australian-born American football punter for the Vanderbilt Commodores. He previously played for the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Early life and high school

Mirco attended ProKick Australia and was rated as a 3-star recruit and the number five punter by 247Sports. Mirco would decide to commit to play

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at the Ohio State University.

College career

Ohio State

Mirco entered the 2021 as the Buckeyes starting punter, at the age of 24 years. In week two of the 2021 season, Mirco punted three times, where all three were downed inside the 20 yard line, while two were downed at the one yard line. Mirco finished the 2021 season punting the ball 31 times, for 1,310 yards. In week five of the 2022 season, Mirco converted a fake punt where he ran for 22 yards, as he helped Ohio State beat Rutgers. In week ten, Mirco punted seven times for 352 yards with an average of 50.4 yards, including two punts over 50 yards, and a punt downed inside the five yard line. Mirco finished the 2022 season punting 49 times for 2,223 yards with an average of 45.4 yards per punt. For his performance on the season, Mirco was named honorable mention all Big Ten. Mirco also finished as one of the ten semifinalists for the

Ray Guy Award The Ray Guy Award is presented annually to college football's most outstanding punter as adjudged by the Augusta Sports Council. The award is named after punter Ray Guy, an All-American for Southern Mississippi and an All-Pro in the National Foo ...

. For the 2023 season, Mirco was named to the Ray Guy Award watch list. On December 30, 2023, shortly after playing in the 2023 Cotton Bowl, Mirco announced that he would enter the transfer portal.

Vanderbilt

On January 3, 2024, Mirco announced he would be transferring to Vanderbilt.

References

External links

Ohio State Buckeyes bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mirco, Jesse Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Australian players of American football American football punters Ohio State Buckeyes football players Vanderbilt Commodores football players