Timothy James Masthay (born March 16, 1987) is a former

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punter. He played college football at

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. Masthay was signed by the Indianapolis Colts as an

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in 2009. He has also played for the Green Bay Packers and later won

Super Bowl XLV Super Bowl XLV was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Pittsburgh Steelers and the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Green Bay Packers to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion ...

with the Packers over his hometown team, the Pittsburgh Steelers. Masthay was nicknamed "Ginger Wolverine" by his Packers teammates for his long red sideburns. Masthay joined the Centre Colonels soccer staff as a volunteer assistant coach in the spring of 2018.

Early years

Tim was born to Mark Masthay, who currently serves as the chairman of the chemistry department at the

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and to Jean Masthay, currently Executive Director of PregnancyCare in Cincinnati, Ohio, and brother of Ted Masthay. Masthay played youth soccer in Des Moines for the Johnston Hornets. Masthay played both football and soccer, as well as

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and

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at Murray High School in

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. His positions on the school's football team included punter, placekicker,

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, wide receiver, and special teams coach. In the off seasons, he, along with Thomas Morstead, Pat McAfee,

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, and Dan Bailey are currently instructors for Kohl's Kicking Camps, a training camp from high school upwards especially for kickers, punters and

long snapper In American football, the long snapper (or deep snapper) is a center on special teams whose duty is to snap the football over a longer distance, typically around 15 yards during punts, and 7–8 yards during field goals and extra point att ...

College career

Masthay played college football for the

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team from 2005 to 2008.

Statistics

Professional career

Indianapolis Colts

After going undrafted in the

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, Masthay signed with the Indianapolis Colts. He was released by the Colts on August 11, 2009.

Green Bay Packers

Masthay was signed by the Green Bay Packers to a reserve/future contract on January 15, 2010. On November 3, 2010, he was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week. At the end of the 2010 season, Masthay and the Packers appeared in

against the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the 31–25 win, he punted six times for 243 net yards (40.5 average). During the

2011 NFL season The 2011 NFL season was the 92nd regular season of the National Football League and the 46th of the Super Bowl era. It began on Thursday, September 8, 2011, with the Super Bowl XLV champion Green Bay defeating the Super Bowl XLIV champion Ne ...

, Masthay set franchise records for gross and net punting averages for a season with a 45.6 gross and 38.6 net yard average. He threw a 27-yard touchdown to

tight end The tight end (TE) is a position in American football, arena football, and Canadian football, on the offense. The tight end is often a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Lik ...

Tom Crabtree off of a fake field goal in a Week 2 game against the Chicago Bears during the 2012 NFL season. On August 30, 2016, Masthay was released by the Packers.

Statistics

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Pro-Football-Reference.com
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References

External links

Green Bay Packers bio

Kentucky Wildcats bio
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Masthay, Tim 1987 births Living people Players of American football from Pittsburgh American football punters Murray High School (Kentucky) alumni Kentucky Wildcats football players Indianapolis Colts players Green Bay Packers players