2016 Football Roster
Roster
Tim Gleeson
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 200
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Melbourne, Australia
2015 Academic All-Big Ten
2012 Honorable Mention All-Mountain West
2016 (Redshirt Senior): Did not see game action.
2015 (Senior): Did not see game action due to injury ... redshirted ... one of 22 in the program named Academic All-Big Ten (12/9).
2014 (Junior): Punted in nine games during the regular season with seven starts ... totaled 32 punts for a 40.3 average ... landed 11 attempts inside the 20-yard line with only two touchbacks ... collected six punts of at least 50 yards with a long of 59 ... forced six fair catches ... had a season-long 59-yard attempt versus Wisconsin (11/1) ... punted five times at Nebraska (10/25) with a 43.2 average ... recorded one punt for 57 yards against the Cornhuskers and bounced another one that stuck at the 1-yard line and was downed at the six ... had six attempts at Ohio State (10/18) ... three punts against Michigan (10/4), including a long of 57 yards from the end zone ... punted four times with a long of 50 versus Tulane (9/27) ... started and had a 51-yarder on three attempts at Navy (9/20) ... punted three times with a long of 45 versus Penn State (9/13) ... landed a punt at the nine against Howard (9/6) ... downed two punts inside the 20 in RU debut at Washington State (8/28) ... arrived at Rutgers during summer camp and was eligible to compete immediately.
2013 (Sophomore at Santa Barbara CC): Played in 10 games ... First Team All-APC punter ... No. 1 punter in Southern Cal and No. 2 in state with 40.3 average ... 21 of his 52 punts were inside the 20-yard line ... long punt of 65 yards vs. Santa Monica (11/2) ... had a perfect punt late in the Antelope Valley (10/19) game that was downed at the 1-yard line (defense picked up a safety on the next play and won the game 18-16 for a 6-0 start -- the best start in 38 years).
2012 (Freshman at Wyoming): Started all 12 games for the Cowboys at punter ... named Honorable Mention All-Mountain West ... totaled 62 punts and placed 21 inside the 20-yard (34 percent), forcing 14 balls into fair catches ... averaged 43.0 yards per punt, ranked fourth in the Mountain West Conference and No. 27 nationally ... had 13 punts of at least 50 yards ... only recorded six touchbacks and had zero blocked ... averaged 47.5 yards on four attempts at UNLV (11/17) ... punted seven times at New Mexico (11/10) with three downed inside the 20-yard line and a long of 51 yards ... booted the ball a season-high 10 times at Fresno State (10/20) with a long of 63 yards and only one touchback ... named Mountain West Special Team Player of the Week for performance at Nevada (10/6), where he averaged 45.5 yards on six attempts, including a 54-yard kick from deep inside his own territory to flip field position late in the game ... averaged 48.6 yards per punt on five attempts, including one punt inside the 20-yard line and three punts over 50 yards at Idaho (9/22) ... had nine punts with a season-long of 66 yards versus Cal Poly (9/15), landing four inside the 20 ... made collegiate debut at Texas (9/1) with five punts.
Prior to College: Attended Viewbank College Prep, which is a secondary school in the northeastern Melbourne suburb of Viewbank ... trained at Prokick Australia by Nathan Chapman, a former Australian Football League player who also punted for the Green Bay Packers ... played for the Northern Knights, which is an Under 18 Australian rules football team that competes in the TAC Cup series in the Australian state of Victoria ... named MVP for his performance in the Under 18 State Championship ... also an accomplished track and field athlete, representing his high school in the Victorian State Championships in the long jump, triple jump, high jump and 4x100 meter relay.
Personal: Son of Sally and Steve Gleeson ... brother, Will, punts at Ole Miss ... has a younger sister, Annabelle ... a double major in labor and employment relations and communication.
