Bryce Baringer

Experience: 3 years

Height: 6-2

Weight: 215 lbs

College: Michigan State

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YEAR	TEAM	G	PUNTS	YDS	LNG	AVG	RET	RETY	IN 20	NET AVG
2024	New England Patriots	17	70	3486	75	49.8	32	406	31	41.7
2023	New England Patriots	17	98	4598	79	46.9	44	439	38	40.8
TOTAL		34	168	8084	79	48.1	76	845	69	41.2

YEAR	TEAM	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	SFTY	PDEF	INT	TDS	YDS	AVG	LNG
2024	New England Patriots	17
2023	New England Patriots	17	1	1	0	0	0	0
TOTAL		34	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

YEAR	TEAM	G	FUM	LOST	FF	OWN FR	OPP FR	TD
2024	New England Patriots	17
2023	New England Patriots	17	0	0	0	1
TOTAL		34	0	0	0	1	0	0

Biography

PRONOUNCED - BEAR-ringer

CAREER TRANSACTIONS

Bryce Baringer was drafted by the New England Patriots in the sixth round (192nd overall) of the 2023 NFL Draft.

SEASONAL REVIEWS

2024 (17/0)

Served as the punter and holder on extra points and field goals. Had a total of 70 punts for 3,486 yards and a 49.8 punting yard average, the highest in team history for a single season and fourth in the NFL in 2024. Jake Bailey previously held the team record with a 48.7 yard average in 2020.
Had three games in 2024 with at least two 60-yard punts with a 65 and 67-yard punt vs. Seattle (9/15), a 61 and 75-yard punt at Chicago (11/10) and a 62 and 64-yard punt vs. L.A. Chargers to give him six career games with at least 60-yard punts.
Landed two punts inside the 20-yard line vs. Buffalo (1/5/25), finishing the season with 31 punts inside the 20-yard line to become the second Patriots punter with back-to-back seasons with at least 30 punts inside the 20-yard line after Jake Bailey had 36 in 2019 and 31 in 2020.
Had a streak of at least one 50-yard punt in a game for 27-straight games. It was the longest active streak in the NFL until it ended vs. the L.A. Rams on Nov. 17.
Had a 61-yard punt and a 75-yard punt in the third quarter at Chicago (11/10). The 75-yarder is the second-longest of his career, behind the 79-yard punt he had vs. Indianapolis on Nov. 12, 2023.

2023 (17/0)

Served as the punter and holder on extra points and field goals. Had a total of 98 punts, which was second most in the NFL, for 4,598 yards and a 46.9 yard average.
Led the NFL in punts inside opponents 20-yard line and set a team record with 38. Baringer surpassed the previous team mark of 36 punts inside the 20-yard line set by Jake Bailey in 2019. Had the second-longest punt in the NFL in 2023 with a 79-yard punt vs. Indianapolis (11/12), the fifth-longest in team history.
Had at least one punt of 50 yards or more in all 17 games, setting a team record for the longest single season streak in team history (at any point of the season). Zoltan Mesko had a 12-game streak in 2011.
Landed a season-high five of his eight punts inside the 20-yard line vs. New Orleans (10/8).
Had three games in 2023 when he drilled at least two 60-yard punts, with a 60-yard and 63-yard punt at Miami on Oct 29, a 79-yard and a 65-yard punt vs. Indianapolis on Nov. 12 and a 63 and 60-yard punt vs. the NY Jets on Jan. 7. He is the only Patriots punter with at least two games with two 60-yard punts in a season.
Had a total of 38 punts inside opponents 20-yard line, the most in a season for the Patriots. Jake Bailey had 36 punts inside the 20-yard line in 2019.

EXTRA POINTS

Bryce Baringer had an unconventional path to the NFL. He began his collegiate career by earning a walk-on spot at Illinois in 2018 as a true freshman, but due to being buried on the depth chart and the cost of out-of-state tuition, he transferred home to Michigan State as a regular student. Outside of a four-game stint on the Michigan State team due to injuries on the roster, Baringer did not have a walk-on spot available to him in 2019. After a year serving as the team's photographer to maintain access to the facilities to train, Baringer attended an open tryout with a new coaching staff at the Spartans and made the team, establishing himself as the Spartans top punter in 2020 and going on to have record-breaking seasons in 2021 and 2022. In 2022, he was named the Big 10 Punter of the Year and a consensus All-American by all five major associations.

COLLEGE

Four-year letter winner and one of the most decorated punters in Michigan State history, owning school records for career average (46.0) and single-season average (49.0 in 2022).
Earned first-team consensus All-America honors from the NCAA after being named a first-team All-American by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, Associated Press and the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA).
Also earned first-team All-America honors from CBS Sports and second-team accolades from the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA).
His career punting average of 46.0 yards per punt (161 punts for 7,406 yards) is not only a school record, but also the best in Big Ten history (previous: Reggie Roby of Iowa with 45.5-yard average from 1979-82).
The 46.0-yard average is the sixth best in FBS history for punters between 150-249 career punts.
Led the Big Ten in punting in back-to-back seasons (48.4 in 2021; 49.0 in 2022).
Finished his career with 64 punts of 50-plus yards (40 percent) and 55 inside the 20 (34 percent).
Former walk-on rejoined the team in 2020 following a year off the active roster in 2019; earned a scholarship in 2021.
Transferred from Illinois during the 2018 spring semester after redshirting the 2017 season at Illinois.

PERSONAL

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