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43 Thomas Chapin

  • Position Punter/Kicker
  • Ht./Wt. 6-3 / 199
  • Year Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown Fair Haven, N.J.
  • High School Rumson Fair Haven Regional HS

Biography

CAREER -- Started at punter 23 games for USF which is 15-8 in those games...has totaled 90 punts for 3,583 yards for 39.8 yards per punt...17 punts have been fair caught...has ranked in the top four punters in the NSIC in back-ot-back years...has placed 29 kicks inside the 20-yard line...has had 14 punts of 50 yards or more in career, three over 60 and two in excess of 70 yards.

2019 - Started all 12 games for 8-4 team that reached the playoffs…totaled 53 punts for 2,118 yards or an average of 40.0 yards per kick, which rank third in the NSIC….had a long of 73 yards while averaging a season best 45.0 yards per kick on four punts for 180 yards against Wayne State on Nov. 16…also had a 62-yard punt against Colorado School of Mines in the playoffs while averaging 44.3 yards per kick on six boots for 266 yards…12 times had kicks of 46 yards or more…sevens punt traveled more than 50 yards while registering three punts of 60 yards or more…three punts were block…placed 15 kicks inside the 20-yard line…against U-Mary against seven kicks for a high of 274 yards (39.1 avg.)….played two punts inside the 20-yard line against U-Mary (Oct. 5), Minnesota Duluth (Oct. 19), Upper Iowa (Nov. 2), Minnesota State (Nov. 9) and Colorado Mines (Nov. 23)…a total of nine catches fair caught.

2018 - Served as punter and kicker for the USF Football Team, which finished 7-4...had 37 punts for 1,465 yards or 39.6 yard average for fourth in the NSIC and ranks third all-time at USF...had a 72-yard punt in the "Key to the City" victory (51-13) at Augustana on 9-22-18...averaged 54.0 yards per kick on four punts against Augustana...in the USF-Augustana game had a career-high three punts over 50 yards (72, 50, 52) and placed two kicks inside the 20-yard line...with his performance against Augustana, received first-ever NSIC Special Teams Player of the Week honor...had  six punts for a career-best 271 yards for a 45.2 yard average (career-game-high) with a long of 52 yards at Winona State on 9-8-18...set a career-best average with one punt for 58 yards against Bemidji State on 10-6-18...placed 14 punts inside the 20 yard line, which was tied for seventh in the NSIC...converted 3-of-4 extra points and finished with three points...also had one kickoff for 56 yards against Winona State...eight of his 37 punts were fair caught with just five total touchbacks...participated on USF's Track and Field Team in the javelin throw in spring of 2019, including earning points for USF with a seventh place finish at the NSIC Outdoor Championship in Duluth, Minn., on May 11...with a throw of 52.57 meters (172-06), recorded a career-best throw which ranks ninth all-time at USF...also placed fourth in the javelin throw at the USD Twilight on 4-23-19 with throw of 46.43 meters (152-04) and four at the Red Raider Open on April 20 with throw of 50.73 meters (166-05).

2017 - Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Named first team all-shore at Rumson Fair Haven Regional High School…selected second team on Group Three Coaches All-Division team… played for coach Jerry Schulte…had 29 punts, placing 19 inside the 20 and six inside the 10-yard line…average hang time of 4.5 seconds…made five of seven field goals with a long of 37 yards.

PERSONAL: Son of Lawrence and Alison Chapin.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

    Punter/Kicker
    6'2" 193 lbs
  • 43

    2018Redshirt Freshman

    Punter/Kicker
    6'2" 194 lbs
    43
  • 43

    2019Redshirt Sophomore

    Punter/Kicker
    6'3" 199 lbs
    43