43  Tom Hornsey
	Class: Senior Hometown: Geelong, Victoria, Australia High School: St. Joseph's College Height / Weight: 6-3 / 195 Position: P Experience: 3L

Career

Three-year starting punter for the University of Memphis who will begin his senior season as one of the nation's top players at his position ... Coming off a solid junior campaign in which he became the school's all-time leader in punts and punt yardage ... Will head into his senior year having booted 235 career punts for 10,015 career punt yards ... Will begin 2013 ranked second among active NCAA Bowl Subdivision punters in career punts and first in career punting yards ... Begins senior season ranked third in all-time punts as well as first in all-time punting yards ... Has a career 42.62 punting average ... Career punting average through three seasons would rank third in school history ... Has placed 72 of his punts inside opponents' 20-yard line during his career (31 percent) ... 55 of his punts have been 50+ yards including a career-long 66-yarder during his sophomore season ... Only 8 of his 235 punts have ended in the end zone for touchbacks.

Honors (Academic/Athletic)

Member of the Tiger 3.0 Club for the 2010 fall, 2011 spring and 2011 fall semesters ... Earned Dean's List recognition for the 2011 fall semester ... Named to the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll for 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 ... Two-time Ray Guy Award nominee (2010, 2011), given to the nation's top punter ... One of two freshmen in nation to be a Guy Award nominee in 2010 ... A 2010 Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) Freshman All-American ... First player in Memphis football history to be named an FWAA Freshman All-American ... Also earned Freshman All-America third team honors from Phil Steele ... A 2010 Conference USA All-Freshman Team pick by the league's coaches ... Named C-USA Special Teams Player of the Week following the Middle Tennessee game after registering 417 yards punting ... Selected 2010 Special Teams Player of the Year at the team's postseason banquet ... Honored with the Ralph Hatley Scholar-Athlete Award in 2010 ... Named to the Phil Steele Postseason All-Conference USA Second Team as a punt returner following sophomore season in 2012 ... Also received honorable mention all-conference recognition from the league's coaches following junior year ... Received the Joe Allison Special Teams Player of the Year Award at the team's season-ending banquet.

2012

Finished junior season ranked 19th nationally in punting average at 43.43 yards per punt ... Season punting average ranked fourth all-time at the University of Memphis ... For the season had 60 punts for 2,606 yards ... Placed 25 of his 60 punts inside opponents' 20 yard line (42 percent) ... Of the 25 punts inside opponents' 20, had 15 of those punts downed inside the 10, including eight inside the five ... In the first two games of the 2012 season, had 60+ yard punts in both contests, had a total of five punts of 50+ yards and 10 downed inside opponents' 20-yard line ... Averaged 45.9 yards per punt during the first two weeks of the season including at Arkansas State where he had eight punts for a 46.8 yard average ... Seven of his punts at A-State were downed inside the Red Wolves' 20 including four inside the 10 ... For his efforts at Arkansas State, was named the National Punter of the Week by the College Football Performance Awards ... At Duke, averaged 45.2 yards on eight punts ... Had just one punt downed inside the 20 at Duke but the average starting line of scrimmage following the other seven punts was the Memphis 27 ... The ensuing play after having a punt downed at the three at Duke, Wynton McManis intercepted a pass and scored ... With Memphis leading Rice 14-10, his final punt of the game was fair caught at the four with less than four minutes to play ... Rice would go three-and-out on its ensuing series ... Pinned Rice deep in its own territory all night to help the Tigers end an eight-game losing streak as he averaged 38.1 yards on eight punts with five of his punts downed inside Rice's 15-yard line including two of his last three inside the Rice five ... Had a 21-yard for a first-down on a fake punt against UCF ... Completed a 61-yard pass to Bobby McCain for a first down on his the only attempt of his career through three seasons ... Averaged a season-high 52.7 yards on three punts against Tulane while helping alter field position in the game ... Had a pair of punts from inside the Memphis where downed at the Tulane 37 and 23 (52 and 45 yard punts, respectively) and also had a 61-yard punt in the game.

2011

Tigers' primary punter for a second-straight year ... Played in all 12 games ... Logged 95 punts for a total of 3,993 yards and a 42.0 average ... The 95 punts and 3,993 yards both set school single-season records ... Ranked No. 1 nationally in punts (95) and No. 2 in punt yardage (3,993) ... His 42.0 punting average ranked him No. 36 in the country ... His 95 punts and 3,993 punt yardage led Conference USA, while his 42.0 average was fourth in the league ... His 42.0 punt average is the eighth-best mark for a season in school history ... Also led C-USA in punts over 50 yards (19) and was second in punt inside the 20 yard line (23) ... Had only five touchbacks in his 95 punt attempts ... Also logged four solo stops and a fumble recovery on special teams ... Had one rush for 27 yards ... Opened season with nine punts for 395 yards and a 43.9 average vs Mississippi State ... Broke his previous career-best punt (63 yards) with a 64-yarder vs the Bulldogs ... Landed a season-best four punts inside the 20 yard line vs Arkansas State ... Had a season-lows of four punts and a 35.8 average vs Austin Peay ... Posted career highs (single game) for punts (12) and punt yardage (475) vs SMU ... His 12 punts and 475 punt yardage both were the second-most for a single game in school history ... Tied a season high for four punts inside the 20 vs the Mustangs ... Had a season-best four punts of 50 or more yards vs Rice ... Punted 10 times for 47.1 average vs the Owls ... The 471 punt yardage vs the Owls were the third-most for a single game in school history ... Logged a season-high two solo hits vs Rice ... Tied a season high with four punts inside the 20 vs East Carolina ... Booted a career-long 66-yard punt vs Tulane ... Had 10 punts for a 39.5 average vs UCF ... Placed two punts inside the Knights' 20 yard line and also booted three punts 50 or more yards ... Had one solo tackle vs UCF ... Placed three punts inside the 20 vs Marshall ... Had one punt blocked vs the Thundering Herd, but recovered a Marshall fumble after the block and returned it 27 yards ... Logged 11 punts for 471 yards and a 42.8 average vs Southern Miss ... The 471 yards tied for the third-most punting yards in a single game in school history ... Had two 50-plus yard punts and two punts inside the 20 vs the Golden Eagles ... Posted a solo stop vs Southern Miss.

2010

Played in first American football games in 2010 ... Ranked third nationally in punting yards (3,416) and fourth in total punts (80) ... Ranked fourth in C-USA and 34th nationally with a 42.7 punting average ... The 42.7 average is the fifth-best mark for a season in school history ... Totaled 17 punts over 50 yards and dropped 24 punts inside the 20 ... Only 30 percent of his punts were returned ... Logged 400-plus punt yardage in three games ... In every game, 50 percent or fewer of his punts were returned by the opponent ... In his first game of U.S.-style football, posted 438 yards on nine punts against Mississippi State ... Had four punts over 50 yards, including a long of 57 yards, vs the Bulldogs ... Dropped a career-high five punts inside the 20 vs Mississippi State ... His 438 punt yardage vs the Bulldogs was seventh most for a single game in school history ... Hit the 400-yard mark again two games later with 417 yards on 10 punts vs Middle Tennessee ... Registered a season-best punt of 63 yards against the Blue Raiders ... Only one of his 10 punts vs the Blue Raiders was returned ... Reached the 400-yard milestone for a third time with 419 yards on 10 punts against Louisville.

Prep

Attended St. Joseph's College and played Australian Rules Football and tennis ... Spent the 2009-10 year training at ProKick Australia, an academy developed to assist in the transition to American football by providing the fundamentals of punting ... Worked with academy director Nathan Champman, also a former Australian Rules Football player who spent time in the Green Bay Packers camp in 2004 ... Consistently booted kicks 50 or more yards at the academy and also logged hang times of five or more seconds ... Participated in the championship game of the Geelong Football League, a 12-team Australian Rules Football league based in Victoria, Australia ... The Australian Rules Football junior representative for his region ... Listed on the Geelong VFL roster for 2008 ... The leading goal kicker for his local club team.

Personal

Son of Craig and Michele Hornsey ... Born Feb. 17, 1989, in Geelong, Victoria, Australia ... Nickname is Aussie ... Enjoys surfing ... Majoring in Health and Human Performance/Exercise and Sports Science.