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Former Michigan State punter commits to transfer to Texas

A former Michigan State punter is transferring to Texas

At one point in time, Australian punter Jack Bouwmeester was in line to be the future starting punter for Michigan State football. Then, the pandemic sent him back to Australia, and he reset his collegiate football career with Utah.

Now, Bouwmeester’s unique journey will take him to one of the top programs in the country as he committed to transfer to Texas on Friday.

Bouwmeester led the Pac-12 in average punt yardage in 2023 with 45.5 and averaged 44.7 yards per punt in 2024.

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Former Michigan State football punter Jack Bouwmeester signs with Utah

Former Michigan State football punter Jack Bouwmeester signs with Utah

Back in 2019, Michigan State football brought in Australian punter Jack Bouwmeester. Following the pandemic, he returned to Australia, leaving the Spartans behind. Now, Bouwmeester will make his return to American football, signing with Utah on Thursday on a full scholarship.

Bouwmeester worked with PuntFactory Australia to train for American football.

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Locked On Spartans Podcast: Michigan State football mishmash

Going through a bunch of random Michigan State football news

Matt is sick and tired of all these NCAA Tournament bracket simulations. Then he and Wil go through a bunch of MSU football news.

You can find the episode on iTunes, Spotify, and Google Podcasts.

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MSU Football changes punters, adds UTEP Grad Transfer Mitch Crawford

Michigan State punter Jack Bouwmeester has left MSU for Australia and they replaced him with UTEP punter Mitch Crawford.

Michigan State Football lost sixth-year senior Jake Hartbarger over the offseason, and they were hoping that ProKick Australia product Jack Bouwmeester would be the heir apparent on special teams for the Spartans. However, on Tuesday we found out that Bouwmeester is no longer on the roster. Instead, Michigan State has UTEP Grad Transfer Mitch Crawford coming in along with walk-on Bryce Baringer.

Credit to Corey Robinson of SpartanMag for being the first one to break the story. He found out that Crawford actually announced his commitment to MSU weeks ago:

Crawford was a standout in the AFL (Australian Football League) before heading to UTEP. He was the leading goal kicker in the Black Diamond AFL while playing for the Newcastle City Blues back in 2016, according to the UTEP website.

For UTEP, Crawford received All-Conference USA Honorable Mention in 2018 and was on the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll in 2019.