2021 Football Roster
Roster
Tucker Day
- Position:
- P
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Brentwood, Tenn.
- High School/Previous School:
- Brentwood HS
โข 2020 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
โข 2019 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
โข 2018-19 ESPN.com All-Bowl Team
2021 (Senior Season)
Saw action in 13 games โฆ Punted 17 times for 675 yards with a long of 56 โฆ Averaged 39.7 yards per punt โฆ Kicked off five times for 312 yards โฆ Booted three punts 50 or more yards and pinned two inside the 20 โฆ Five punts were fair caught โฆ NC State (9/11): Logged a season long 56-yard punt โฆ at Vanderbilt (10/23): Punted twice for a 51.5-yard average โฆ Matched a season long with a 56-yard punt โฆ Pinned one inside the 20.
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2020 (Junior Season)
Appeared in nine games with eight starts at punter ... Set the MSU single game record for punting average at Kentucky (59.6 ypp), which surpassed Andy Russ (51.4; at Kentucky, 1996) โฆ at LSU (9/26): Averaged 47.5 yards on two punts ... Recorded a 58-yard punt in the first quarter โฆ Arkansas (10/3): Punted twice for a 37.5 average โฆ at Kentucky (10/10): Recorded five punts for 298 yards ... Averaged a program single game record 59.6 yards per punt ... Hit four 60-plus yard punts, with two downed inside the 20-yard line ... His four punts of 50-plus yards marked a career best ... Downed a third quarter punt at the UK 2-yard line โฆTexas A&M (10/17): Punted five times for 216 yards ... Long punt traveled 54 yards ... Had one tackle โฆ. at Alabama (10/31): Punted five times for 192 yards โฆ at Ole Miss (11/28): Hit one punt for 35 yards โฆ Auburn (12/12): Averaged 42.2 yards on four punts ... Dropped one punt inside the Auburn 20-yard line ... Long boot was 47 yards โฆ Missouri (12/19): Logged one punt for 46 yards ... Lone punt was muffed at the 11-yard line and recovered in the end zone by Paul Blackwell for Mississippi State's first score of the game in the first quarter โฆ vs. Tulsa (12/31): Hit four punts for a 29.5 average ... Final punt of the game traveled zero yards after a slip on the wet turf ... Pinned two punts inside the Tulsa 20-yard line.
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2019 (Sophomore Season)
Season: Started all 13 games at punter ... Hit 51 punts for 2,174 yards โฆ Pinned 13 punts inside the 20 โฆ Finished with 11 punts of 50-plus yards โฆ Four punts went for touchbacks and 10 were fair caught โฆ Logged at least one 50-plus yard punt in nine of the 13 games โฆ Added 17 kickoffs for 991 yards (58.3 ypko) โฆ Owned four touchbacks on kickoffs โฆ Ranked No. 9 in the SEC in punting average (42.6 ypp) โฆ vs. Louisiana (8/31): Hit two punts in the game for 80 yards โฆ Downed both of his fourth-quarter punts at the 1-yard-line โฆ Southern Miss (9/7): Averaged 49.8 yards on four punts โฆ Booted a pair of 50-plus yard punts โฆ Had each of his first two punts downed inside the 10-yard line โฆ Long punt of 59 yards. Kansas State (9/14): Logged six punts for a 40.3-yard average โฆ Boomed a 55-yard punt during the fourth quarter. Kentucky (9/21): Punted three times for to average 49.0 yards per punt โฆ Hit a 50-yarder in the fourth quarter โฆ Added four kickoffs for a 64.0-yard average โฆ Three of four kickoffs went for touchbacks. at No. 7 Auburn (9/28): Averaged 42.8 yards on four punts โฆ Had one punt inside the 20 โฆ Had one kickoff for 64 yards. at Tennessee (10/12): Owned four punts for 43.2 yards per punt โฆ Hit a long punt of 56 yards. No. 2 LSU (10/19): Averaged 42.6 yards on five punts โฆ Hit a 70-yard punt in the third quarter โฆ Had one punt downed inside the 20. at Texas A&M (10/26): Logged three punts for a 44.7-yard average โฆ Long punt traveled 50 yards โฆ Kicked off three times for a 60.3 average. at Arkansas (11/2): Hit two punts for a 43.0-yard average โฆ Long punt was 50 yards. No. 5 Alabama (11/16): Logged five punts for 39.4 yards per punt โฆ Long punt went 48 yards โฆ Landed one punt inside the 20-yard line. Abilene Christian (11/23): Punted three times for an average of 33.7 yards per punt โฆ Pinned two of three punts inside the 20-yard line โฆ Added two kickoffs. Ole Miss (11/28): Averaged 43.6 yards per punt on five punts โฆ Allowed just eight total return yards โฆ Had two punts downed inside the 20-yard line โฆ Hit a long punt of 51 yards. vs. Louisville (12/30): Hit five punts for a 43.0 yards per punt average โฆ Notched two 50-plus yard punts โฆ Long punt went 56 yards โฆ One punt downed inside the 20 โฆ Added three kickoffs for a 62.7-yard average.
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2018 (Redshirt Freshman Season)
Started all 13 games at punter โฆ Punted 47 times for 1,851 yards (39.4 ypp) โฆ Pinned 20 punts inside the 20 โฆ Finished with four punts of 50-plus yards โฆ Two punts went for touchbacks and 19 were fair caught โฆ Averaged 40.0 or more yards per punt in seven different games โฆ Stephen F. Austin (9/1): Hit three punts for a 41.0-yard average โฆ Long punt was 48 yards. at Kansas State (9/8): Punted once for 34 yards. Louisiana (9/15): Hit one punt for 43 yards. at Kentucky (9/22): Logged seven punts for 37.9 yards per punt โฆ Three punts downed inside the 20 โฆ Two punts were fair caught โฆ Long punt traveled 59 yards. Florida (9/29): Punted once for 45 yards. No. 8 Auburn (10/6): Hit three punts for a 40.0-yard average โฆ Long punt went 48 yards. at No. 5 LSU (10/20): Averaged 34.6 yards per punt on five boots โฆ Three punts were fair caught. No. 16 Texas A&M (10/27): Logged 36.3 yards per punt on three punts โฆ Pinned one punt inside the 20-yard line โฆ Louisiana Tech (11/3): Hit three punts for 40.7 yards per punt โฆ Had one punt downed inside the 20-yard line โฆ Two punts were fair caught. at No. 1 Alabama (11/10): Booted eight punts for 36.8 yards per punt โฆ Long punt traveled 51 yards โฆ Had two punts inside the 20 โฆ Four punts were fair caught. Arkansas (11/17): Punted once for 40 yards โฆ Long punt was fair caught inside the 20-yard line. at Ole Miss (11/22): Hit six punts for a 38.5 yard-per-punt average โฆ Long punt went 48 yards โฆ Four punts were fair caught โฆ Three punts downed inside the 20. vs. Iowa (1/1): Punted five times for a 50.4-yard average โฆ Two punts were fair caught โฆ Booted a long punt of 70 yards โฆ Also hit a 54-yard punt downed at the Hawkeye's 12-yard line in the fourth quarter.
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2017 (True Freshman Season)
Season: Appeared in the first two games of the season before missing the remainder of the season due to injury โฆ Redshirted his initial year with the program โฆ Saw time on field goal and PAT units โฆ Finished the year 8-for-10 on extra points โฆ Went 2-for-4 on field goal attempts with a long of 40 yards โฆ Added two kickoff attempts, both traveling 65 yards for touchbacks โฆ Charleston Southern (9/2): Made collegiate debut โฆ Converted all five extra points โฆ Made 1-of-3 field goal attempts โฆ Connected from 40 yards in the second quarter. at Louisiana Tech (9/9): Hit from 36 yards for MSUโs first points of the game โฆ Added three extra points.
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High School
Prepped at Brentwood High School under head coach Ron Crawford โฆ Nation's top-ranked punter by Chris Sailer Kicking and No. 9 by 247Sports โฆ Tabbed No. 2 combo specialist by Pro Kicker โฆ Became the first player in program history selected for the U.S. Army All-American squad โฆ Tennessee Class 5A Punter of the Year as a senior โฆ Defeated 8- participants to earn national punt championship at Chris Sailer Kicking Camp prior to his senior season โฆ Prior to his senior season, nailed a 60-yard punt with 4.84-second hang time at a specialist camp โฆ Tasked with kickoffs, punts, field goals and extra point attempts during his prep career โฆ As a senior, averaged 39.3 yards per punt with 13 inside the 20 โฆ Connected on 15 field goals with a long of 50 yards and hit 48-of-51 extra points โฆ Made a 35-yard game-winning field goal as time expired in the quarterfinal round of the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association Class 5A state playoffs โฆ Also lettered in soccer and hockey โฆ Committed to MSU on January 15, 2017.
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Personal
Born Tucker Radford Day on April 23, 1998 โฆ Son of Susan and Stewart Day โฆ Earned his undergraduate degree in political science in December 2020 ...ย Two-time member of the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll (2019-20) โฆ Twitter handle is @TuckerDay42 โฆ Earned a year of eligibility back after an injury in 2017 โฆ Longest career punt is 70 yards, which he has recorded twice.
