Bryce Baringer
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Experience: 3 years
Height: 6-2
Weight: 215 lbs
College: Michigan State
2024 SEASON
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PUNTS70
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AVG49.8
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LNG75
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In 2031
Recent Games
| WK | OPP | RESULT | Punts | Yds | Net Yds | Lng | Avg | Net Avg | Blk | OOB | Dn | In 20 | TB | FC | RET | RetY | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Colts | L 24 - 25 | 1 | 38 | 35 | 38 | 38 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | @Cardinals | L 17 - 30 | 2 | 110 | 97 | 57 | 55 | 48.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
| 16 | @Bills | L 21 - 24 | 3 | 133 | 133 | 46 | 44.3 | 44.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Chargers | L 7 - 40 | 4 | 220 | 202 | 64 | 55 | 50.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 0 |
| 18 | Bills | W 23 - 16 | 3 | 111 | 111 | 39 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | @Bengals | W 16 - 10 | 5 | 250 | 228 | 56 | 50 | 45.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 0 |
| 2 | Seahawks | L 20 - 23 | 6 | 342 | 284 | 67 | 57 | 47.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 0 |
| 3 | @Jets | L 3 - 24 | 5 | 245 | 218 | 57 | 49 | 43.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 0 |
| 4 | @49ers | L 13 - 30 | 4 | 196 | 180 | 61 | 49 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 0 |
| 5 | Dolphins | L 10 - 15 | 6 | 310 | 238 | 69 | 51.7 | 39.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| 6 | Texans | L 21 - 41 | 6 | 299 | 269 | 58 | 49.8 | 44.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 0 |
| 7 | @Jaguars | L 16 - 32 | 4 | 209 | 113 | 66 | 52.2 | 28.2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 96 | 1 |
| 8 | Jets | W 25 - 22 | 5 | 236 | 165 | 55 | 47.2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 71 | 0 |
| 9 | @Titans | L 17 - 20 | 4 | 169 | 162 | 60 | 42.2 | 40.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | @Bears | W 19 - 3 | 5 | 285 | 207 | 75 | 57 | 41.4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 0 |
| 11 | Rams | L 22 - 28 | 2 | 74 | 54 | 42 | 37 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | @Dolphins | L 15 - 34 | 5 | 259 | 224 | 69 | 51.8 | 44.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
Career Stats
P Career
| SEASON | TEAM | G | GS | Punts | Yds | Net Yds | Lng | Avg | Net Avg | Blk | OOB | Dn | In 20 | TB | FC | RET | RetY | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | New England Patriots | 17 | 0 | 98 | 4598 | 3999 | 79 | 46.9 | 40.8 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 38 | 8 | 24 | 44 | 439 | 0 |
| 2024 | New England Patriots | 17 | 0 | 70 | 3486 | 2920 | 75 | 49.8 | 41.7 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 8 | 17 | 32 | 406 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 34 | 0 | 168 | 8084 | 6919 | 79 | 48.3 | 41.2 | 0 | 17 | 18 | 69 | 16 | 41 | 76 | 845 | 1 |
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
- Son of Bruce and Kimberly Baringer.
- Graduated with a bachelor's degree in advertising creative in December 2021.
- Also lettered in golf, soccer and basketball in high school.
- Three-year letter winner under Coach Pat Fox at Notre Dame Prep High School.
- Started punting in December of his junior season.
- Married to wife, Bella.
