2020 Football Roster
Roster
Tucker Day
- Position:
- P
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Brentwood, Tenn.
- High School/Previous School:
- Brentwood HS
• 2020 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
• 2019 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
• 2018-19 ESPN.com All-Bowl Team
2021 (Senior Season)
Saw action in 13 games … Punted 17 times for 675 yards with a long of 56 … Averaged 39.7 yards per punt … Kicked off five times for 312 yards … Booted three punts 50 or more yards and pinned two inside the 20 … Five punts were fair caught … NC State (9/11): Logged a season long 56-yard punt … at Vanderbilt (10/23): Punted twice for a 51.5-yard average … Matched a season long with a 56-yard punt … Pinned one inside the 20.
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) … at LSU (9/26): Averaged 47.5 yards on two punts ... Recorded a 58-yard punt in the first quarter … Arkansas (10/3): Punted twice for a 37.5 average … 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 …Texas A&M (10/17): Punted five times for 216 yards ... Long punt traveled 54 yards ... Had one tackle …. at Alabama (10/31): Punted five times for 192 yards … at Ole Miss (11/28): Hit one punt for 35 yards … Auburn (12/12): Averaged 42.2 yards on four punts ... Dropped one punt inside the Auburn 20-yard line ... Long boot was 47 yards … 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 … 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.
2019 (Sophomore Season)
Season: Started all 13 games at punter ... Hit 51 punts for 2,174 yards … Pinned 13 punts inside the 20 … Finished with 11 punts of 50-plus yards … Four punts went for touchbacks and 10 were fair caught … Logged at least one 50-plus yard punt in nine of the 13 games … Added 17 kickoffs for 991 yards (58.3 ypko) … Owned four touchbacks on kickoffs … Ranked No. 9 in the SEC in punting average (42.6 ypp) … vs. Louisiana (8/31): Hit two punts in the game for 80 yards … Downed both of his fourth-quarter punts at the 1-yard-line … Southern Miss (9/7): Averaged 49.8 yards on four punts … Booted a pair of 50-plus yard punts … Had each of his first two punts downed inside the 10-yard line … Long punt of 59 yards. Kansas State (9/14): Logged six punts for a 40.3-yard average … Boomed a 55-yard punt during the fourth quarter. Kentucky (9/21): Punted three times for to average 49.0 yards per punt … Hit a 50-yarder in the fourth quarter … Added four kickoffs for a 64.0-yard average … Three of four kickoffs went for touchbacks. at No. 7 Auburn (9/28): Averaged 42.8 yards on four punts … Had one punt inside the 20 … Had one kickoff for 64 yards. at Tennessee (10/12): Owned four punts for 43.2 yards per punt … Hit a long punt of 56 yards. No. 2 LSU (10/19): Averaged 42.6 yards on five punts … Hit a 70-yard punt in the third quarter … Had one punt downed inside the 20. at Texas A&M (10/26): Logged three punts for a 44.7-yard average … Long punt traveled 50 yards … Kicked off three times for a 60.3 average. at Arkansas (11/2): Hit two punts for a 43.0-yard average … Long punt was 50 yards. No. 5 Alabama (11/16): Logged five punts for 39.4 yards per punt … Long punt went 48 yards … Landed one punt inside the 20-yard line. Abilene Christian (11/23): Punted three times for an average of 33.7 yards per punt … Pinned two of three punts inside the 20-yard line … Added two kickoffs. Ole Miss (11/28): Averaged 43.6 yards per punt on five punts … Allowed just eight total return yards … Had two punts downed inside the 20-yard line … Hit a long punt of 51 yards. vs. Louisville (12/30): Hit five punts for a 43.0 yards per punt average … Notched two 50-plus yard punts … Long punt went 56 yards … One punt downed inside the 20 … Added three kickoffs for a 62.7-yard average.
2018 (Redshirt Freshman Season)
Started all 13 games at punter … Punted 47 times for 1,851 yards (39.4 ypp) … Pinned 20 punts inside the 20 … Finished with four punts of 50-plus yards … Two punts went for touchbacks and 19 were fair caught … Averaged 40.0 or more yards per punt in seven different games … Stephen F. Austin (9/1): Hit three punts for a 41.0-yard average … 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 … Three punts downed inside the 20 … Two punts were fair caught … 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 … Long punt went 48 yards. at No. 5 LSU (10/20): Averaged 34.6 yards per punt on five boots … Three punts were fair caught. No. 16 Texas A&M (10/27): Logged 36.3 yards per punt on three punts … Pinned one punt inside the 20-yard line … Louisiana Tech (11/3): Hit three punts for 40.7 yards per punt … Had one punt downed inside the 20-yard line … Two punts were fair caught. at No. 1 Alabama (11/10): Booted eight punts for 36.8 yards per punt … Long punt traveled 51 yards … Had two punts inside the 20 … Four punts were fair caught. Arkansas (11/17): Punted once for 40 yards … 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 … Long punt went 48 yards … Four punts were fair caught … Three punts downed inside the 20. vs. Iowa (1/1): Punted five times for a 50.4-yard average … Two punts were fair caught … Booted a long punt of 70 yards … Also hit a 54-yard punt downed at the Hawkeye's 12-yard line in the fourth quarter.
2017 (True Freshman Season)
Season: Appeared in the first two games of the season before missing the remainder of the season due to injury … Redshirted his initial year with the program … Saw time on field goal and PAT units … Finished the year 8-for-10 on extra points … Went 2-for-4 on field goal attempts with a long of 40 yards … Added two kickoff attempts, both traveling 65 yards for touchbacks … Charleston Southern (9/2): Made collegiate debut … Converted all five extra points … Made 1-of-3 field goal attempts … Connected from 40 yards in the second quarter. at Louisiana Tech (9/9): Hit from 36 yards for MSU’s first points of the game … Added three extra points.
High School
Prepped at Brentwood High School under head coach Ron Crawford … Nation's top-ranked punter by Chris Sailer Kicking and No. 9 by 247Sports … Tabbed No. 2 combo specialist by Pro Kicker … Became the first player in program history selected for the U.S. Army All-American squad … Tennessee Class 5A Punter of the Year as a senior … Defeated 8- participants to earn national punt championship at Chris Sailer Kicking Camp prior to his senior season … Prior to his senior season, nailed a 60-yard punt with 4.84-second hang time at a specialist camp … Tasked with kickoffs, punts, field goals and extra point attempts during his prep career … As a senior, averaged 39.3 yards per punt with 13 inside the 20 … Connected on 15 field goals with a long of 50 yards and hit 48-of-51 extra points … 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 … Also lettered in soccer and hockey … Committed to MSU on January 15, 2017.
Personal
Born Tucker Radford Day on April 23, 1998 … Son of Susan and Stewart Day … Earned his undergraduate degree in political science in December 2020 ... Two-time member of the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll (2019-20) … Twitter handle is @TuckerDay42 … Earned a year of eligibility back after an injury in 2017 … Longest career punt is 70 yards, which he has recorded twice.
