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2019 Football Roster

16 Payton Theisler

  • Position P
  • Ht./Wt. 5-9 / 144
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Phoenix, Ariz.
  • High School Desert Vista HS

Biography

Career Notes: 2020 Phil Steele All-Independent First Team ... 2017 Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team ... Program's all-time leader in punts (287) and punting yards (11,914) ... Finished Aggie career with fourth-best punting average (41.5).

2019 (Senior)
Phil Steele All-Independent First Team ... Starting punter for all 12 games ... 63 punts for 2,651 yards, averaging a career-best 42.1 yards per punt ... Season long of 65 yards ... Pinned 15 punts inside the 20-yard line ... 14 punts of 50 or more yards.

2018 (Junior)
Played in all 12 games … 74 punts for 3,014 yards (40.7 avg.) with a season and career long of 69 … 18 punts inside the 20-yard line … 14 punts of 50 or more yards.

2017 (Sophomore)
Played in all 13 games … Career-high 80 punts for career-high 3,322 yards (41.5 avg.) with a season long of 61 … 18 punts inside the 20-yard line… 15 punts of 50 or more yards ... Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team

2016 (Freshman)
Played in all 12 games ... 70 punts for 2,927 yards (41.8 avg.) with a long of 67 ... 21 punts inside the 20-yard line ... 13 punts of 50 or more yards.

High School
Played three years at Desert Vista HS in Phoenix, Ariz., under head coach Dan Hinds … Averaged 40 yards per punt … Long punt of 64 yards.
 
Personal
Son of Marty and Marcy Theisler … Has a younger sister, Mia, and a younger brother, Nik … Majoring in individualized studies.

Statistics

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2019

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2016Freshman

    Punter
    5'8" 160 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2017Sophomore

    Punter
    5'9" 160 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2018Junior

    Punter
    5'9" 145 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2019Senior

    Punter
    5'9" 144 lbs
    16