Gordon stars for offense but several players make most of opportunities
Honors and Awards 2012: Consensus honorable mention All-Big Ten
2012: Punted seven times for an avaerage of 44.6 yards per punt, including three punts inside the 20 against Stanford in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1 ... punted three times for an average of 47.0 yards, including a career-long 61 yard punt, in the Big Ten Championship game against Nebraska on Dec. 1 ... tallied eight punts, averaging 39.6 yards per punt, including 3 inside the 20, at Penn St on Nov. 24 ... punted eight times for an average of 39.6 yards per punt against Ohio State on Nov. 17 ... recorded three punts, averaging 39.3 yards per punt, with one inside the 20 at Indiana on Nov. 10 ... punted seven times, averaging 41.3 yards per punt against Michigan State on Oct. 27 ... recorded five punts for 179 yards and collected a tackle against Minnesota on Oct. 20 ... punted three times for 115 yards at Purdue on Oct. 13 ... recorded five punts for 208 yards against Illinois on Oct. 6 ... punted seven times for 327 yards, 46.7 yards per punt, at Nebraska on Sept. 29 ... averaged 45.2 yards on four punts against UTEP on Sept. 22 ... punted a career-high nine times for 373 yards, averaging 41.4 yards per punt against Utah State on Sept. 15 ... recorded seven punts for 279 yards at Oregon State on Sept. 8 ... made Badger debut with four punts for 167 yards against Northern Iowa on Sept. 1
2011: Redshirt season
High School: Two-star recruit by ESPN/Scouts Inc. ... ranked as No. 13 punter in the nation and No. 30 kicker by Kohl's, No. 33 kicker according to ESPN/Scouts Inc. ... No. 17 player in Wisconsin by ESPN/Scouts Inc. ... went 16-of-28 on field goals in his career with a long of 50 yards and was 74-of-76 on extra points ... made nine out of 14 field goals as a senior with a long of 46 yards and was eight out of 10 from inside 45 yards, also made 39 out of 40 extra point tries ... recorded touchbacks on 30 of 47 kickoffs during the regular season and averaged 40.4 yards per punt ... as a senior, named first-team all-state by WFCA and first-team all-region, all-district, all-conference and all-area as a kicker ... first-team all-conference and all-area as a punter, also a first-team all-area and second-team all-conference selection as a defensive back ... winner of the Kevin Stemke Award as the state's top senior kicker or punter ... honorable mention all-county as a junior by Waukesha Freeman after making 7-of-14 field goals, including a long of 50 yards, and 35-of-36 extra points ... first-team all-area and second-team all-conference as a punter and honorable mention all-conference as a kicker ... lettered three times in football and twice in lacrosse ... member of the National Honor Society ... head coach was Tom Traska
Personal: Parents are Carl and Amy Meyer ... coached youth lacrosse and volunteered at youth football camps ... undeclared major
Career Punting Statistics
Season
GP/GS
Att.
Yds.
Avg.
Inside 20
Long
2012
14/0
80
3323
41.5
36
61
Totals
14/0
80
3323
41.5
36
61
Game-by-Game Punting (Att.-Yds., Avg.) 2012 SEASON: UNI ( 4-167, 41.8); OSU (7-279, 39.9); USU (9-373, 41.4); UTEP (4-181, 45.2); NEB (7-327, 46.7); ILL (5-208); PUR (3-115, 38.3); MINN (5-179, 35.8); MSU (7-289, 41.3); IND (3-118, 39.3); Ohio State (8-317, 39.6); Penn St (8-317, 39.6); Nebraska (3-141, 47.0); Stanford (7-312, 44.6)
