The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2025 Football Roster
Roster
Jack Bouwmeester
- Position:
- P
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 209
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bendigo, Australia
- Major:
- Earned undergraduate degree from Utah; pursuing master's degree in Strategic Communication
A first-year punter who transferred to Texas from Utah during the spring … has played in 43 career games ... named to the 2025 Ray Guy Award preseason watch list ... 2025 preseason Second-Team All-SEC ... played in all 39 games for Utah from the 2022-24 seasons … a two-time All-Conference selection (2023 Pac-12 First Team AP and Coaches; 2024 Big 12 Second Team Coaches and AP) … placed on the 2024 Ray Guy Award watch list … named a 2023 semifinalist for the Ray Guy Award … ranked sixth in Utah program history with a career average distance of 43.6 yards per punt … his career average ranked fourth among active Big 12 punters at the end of the 2024 regular season … ranked seventh in Utah program history with 33 career punts for 50-plus yards … played at Michigan State from 2019-20 but did not see any game action.
SENIOR (2025)
Texas' primary punter and holder ... has five 50+ yard punts this season ... booted four punts for 185 yards (46.3 avg) vs. No. 3/2 Ohio State (8/30), pinning the Buckeyes inside their 10-yard line three times ... had two punts go for 52 yards vs. Ohio State ... recorded six punts for 262 yards (43.7 avg) vs. San Jose State (9/6), pinning the Spartans inside their own 20-yard line once ... punted four times vs. UTEP (9/13), averaging 47.8 yards per punt and connecting on a season-long 58-yard punt ... his 58-yard punt was the longest by a Longhorns punter since Ryan Sanborn had a 64-yard punt vs. BYU on Oct. 28, 2023 ... boomed two punts for 106 yards (53 avg), including a 58-yard punt, against Sam Houston (9/20).
BEFORE TEXAS
JUNIOR (2024)
Punted in all 12 games and served as holder on field goal and PAT attempts … booted 60 punts, leading the Big 12 in the regular season (14th among Power Four teams) with an average of 44.7 yards per punt … 13 of his punts went for 50-plus yards, with a season-long 62-yarder against UCF along with two 60-yard punts against Baylor and Arizona … pinned opponents inside the 20-yard line at least twice in the final six games and nine times overall, including five times vs. BYU … boomed two punts at Houston for 50-plus yards, with a long of 54 yards, pinning the Cougars inside their own 20-yard line twice … dropped two punts inside the Baylor 20-yard line while kicking three punts for 50-plus yards.
SOPHOMORE (2023)
Held primary punting duties in all 13 games, totaling 55 punts for 2,503 yards (45.5 avg) with 19 going for 50+ yards and 20 landing inside the 20-yard line … led the Pac-12 and ranked No. 16 nationally with 45.5 yards per punt … three-time recipient of Ray’s 8 weekly honors … twice named Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week … smashed 19 punts for 50-plus yards, the most by a Ute since 2018 … tied for the third-longest punt in the Pac-12 with his 64-yard boot vs. Florida … boomed four of six attempts for 50-plus yards vs. Florida, including his season-long of 64 yards and another for 61 yards … also served as primary holder on PATs and field goals.
FRESHMAN (2022)
Primary punter in all 14 games, averaging 39.2 yards on 39 punts with 1,528 yards … 22 of his punts resulted in a fair catch with 17 landing inside the 20-yard line … provided the boot for the nation’s second-leading punt return defense (1.0 yard allowed per return) … boomed a then-career-long 52-yard punt during the Rose Bowl vs. No. 11 Penn State … had three punts in the Pac-12 Championship vs. No. 4 USC with two dropping inside the 20-yard line … pinned both his punts inside the 15-yard line vs. Arizona, with one at the 20yard line … punted twice with a long of 48 yards during his Utah debut at Florida.
HIGH SCHOOL
Rated the No. 6 punting prospect by 247Sports out of Bendigo Catholic College while training with ProKick Australia … also played cricket for Victoria as an opening bowler … played for the Sandhurst Dragons in the Bendigo Football Netball League as part of Australian Rules Football … also trained with the Punt Factory in Australia.
PERSONAL
Son of Martin and Jodie Bouwmeester.
