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  Brad Nortman

Brad Nortman

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Brookfield, Wis.

High School:
Central

Height / Weight:
6-3 / 211

Position:
P

Experience:
2V

Brad Nortman Photo Gallery

Honors and Awards: 2010 Preseason: Second-team All-Big Ten by Athlon Sports and third-team by Phil Steele ... 2009: Honorable mention All-Big Ten (coaches) ... ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District ... Academic All-Big Ten

Career: Ranks third in school history with career punting average of 41.9 yards per punt (min. 100 attempts) ... sits 10th in UW history with 4,817 career punting yards

2009: Earned second letter ... played in all 13 games at UW's punter ... averaged 42.0 yards per punt, ranking fourth in the Big Ten and 40th in the nation ... recorded five punts for 195 yards (39.0 avg.) and had three downed inside the 20-yard line against Miami in Champs Sports Bowl on Dec. 29 ... had five punts for 205 yards (41.0 avg.), with two punts downed inside the 20 and one touchback against Northwestern on Nov. 21 ... booted four punts for 177 yards (44.2 avg.) against Indiana on Nov. 7 ... had five punts for 223 yards (44.6 avg.) and had one downed inside the 20-yard line against Iowa on Oct. 17 ... punted four times for 195 yards, including season-long of 61 yards, against Ohio State on Oct. 10 ... totaled 101 yards on two punts (one inside the 20-yd line) for season high average of 50.5 yards against Minnesota on Oct. 3 ... recorded five punts for 185 yards and had three downed inside the 20-yard line against Michigan State on Sept. 26 ... averaged 45 yards on two punts, with a long of 54 against Wofford on Sept. 19 ... punted season-high six times for season-high 285 yards (two inside the 20-yd line) for an average of 47.5 yards against Fresno State on Sept. 12

2008: Earned first letter ... played in all 13 games as UW's starting punter ... had 66 punts for 2,761 yards with a 41.8 yard average ... 41.8 yard average ranked sixth in the Big Ten and fifth among freshmen in the nation ... six punts for an average of 44.3 yards with a long of 55 and one downed inside the 20-yard line in the Champs Sports Bowl against Florida State ... six punts averaging 41.2 yards per punt, including two inside the 20-yard line against Minnesota on Nov. 15 ... named the Big Ten, ESPN.com's Big Ten and UW's Special Teams Player of the Week after kicking six punts (three inside the 20-yd line) for a career-best 51.7 per punt average (third-best game average in UW history) and a career long 64-yard boot against Illinois on Oct. 25 ... career-high seven punts averaging 37.4 yards against Penn State on Oct. 11 .. six punts against Ohio State on Oct. 4 ... averaged 42.0 yards per punt and had a long off 55 yards versus the Buckeyes ... had three punts averaging 47.7 yards on Sept. 6 against Marshall ... made his debut as a Badger against Akron on Aug. 30 ... had one punt for 58 yards inside the 20-yard line

High School: Ranked as the No. 4 punter in the nation by Rivals.com and No. 8 by Scout.com ... rated as the fourth-best player in the state by Scout.com ... first-team all-state (WFCA, AP), first-team all-suburban, first-team all-area, first-team all-county and first-team all-conference punter as a senior ... first-team all-suburban, first-team all-county and first-team all-conference linebacker as a senior ... conference defensive co-perimeter player of the year and honorable mention all-conference tight end as a senior ... honorable mention all-state, first-team all-area, first-team all-suburban, second-team all-county and first-team all-conference punter as a junior ... honorable mention all-area, all-state tournament team, high honorable mention all-suburban and first-team all-county linebacker as a junior ... second-team all conference punter as a sophomore ... totaled 56 tackles and two interceptions as a senior ... 24 punts with a 39 yard average, including 13 inside the 20-yard line ... team captain as a senior ... National Honor Society member ... National Society of High School Scholars ... Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Milwaukee Brewers Student Achiever Award ... head coach was Doug Lange

Personal:
Parents are William and Jane Nortman ... enjoys golfing ... Special Olympics and Nursing Home volunteer ... Calvary Lutheran Church Praise Band and mission servant ... majoring in accounting

Career Punting Statistics
Season GP/GS Att. Yds. Avg. Inside 20
Long
2008 13/0 66 2761 41.8 19 64
2009 13/0 49
2056 42.0 17 61
Totals 26/0 115 4817 41.9 36 64

Game-by-Game Punting (Att-Yds, Avg)
2008 SEASON: Akron (1-58, 58.0); Marshall (3-143, 47.7); Fresno State (5-194, 38.8); Michigan (6-239, 39.8); Ohio State (6-252, 42.0); Penn State (7-262, 37.4); Iowa (6-219, 36.5); Illinois (6-310, 51.7); Michigan State (8-319, 39.9); Indiana (2-98, 49.0); Minnesota (6-247, 41.2); Cal Poly (4-154, 38.5); Florida State (6-266, 44.3)

2009 SEASON: Northern Illinois (2-66, 33.0); Fresno State (6-285, 47.5); Wofford (2-90, 45.0); Michigan State (5-185, 37.0); Minnesota (2-101, 50.5); Ohio State (4-195, 48.8); Iowa (5-223, 44.6); Purdue (6-216, 36.0); Indiana (4-177, 44.2); Michigan (1-34, 34.0); Northwestern (5-205, 41.0); Hawaii (2-74, 37.0); Miami (5-195, 39.0)