Honors & Awards
- 2018 Team Mizzou Performance Nutrition FASTER Award
- 2018 Preseason All-SEC First Team (Media)
- 2017 Ray Guy Award Semifinalist
- 2017 AFCA Good Works Team
- 2017 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2016 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2015-16 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2015 Freshman All-American (Sporting News)
- 2015 Freshman All-American (USA Today)
- 2015 All-SEC Freshman Team
- 2015 Ray Guy National Player of the Week (Oct. 10)
2018 OUTLOOK
Had another great year punting as he finished was again on the final watch list for the Ray Guy Award for the second-consecutive season … Averaged 44.4 yards per punt on 50 kicks, amassing 2,222 total yards … He pinned the opponent inside the 20-yard line 24 times and had just four touchbacks … He had 15 kicks of 50+ yards, including a 60-yarder, which was his longest of the season … Only allowed 13 returns on 47 kicks during the regular season as Mizzou allowed just 10.1 yards per return, giving him a net punting average of 33.9 … His 44.4 average is currently the sixth-best mark in program history and he holds three of the school’s top-10 single-season marks … His 11,163 career punting yards are the most in school history as are his 255 career punts … His career average of 43.678 is second in school history, trailing only Trey Barrow (2010-12) who averaged 43.894
2017 SEASON
One of the nation’s top punters who turned in an outstanding junior season, and was named a semifinalist for the Ray Guy Award, given annually to the nation’s top punter ... Ranked 13th overall on the year in punting, with his 44.3 yards per kick average, and his outstanding ability to get hang time, as well as pin point directional kicking, had the Tigers ranked 13th in the team net punting category, as well (41.0 avg.) ... Had only five touchbacks in 58 attempts on the season, with 19 fair catches and 21 of his kicks finishing inside the opponent 20-yard line ... Boomed 16 punts of 50 or more yards, including a long of 70 yards against South Carolina, marking a career long.
2016 SEASON
Continued his stellar special teams play, and finished his sophomore season ranked 20th in the NCAA (5th in the SEC) with his punting average of 43.8 ... Placed three punts inside the opposing 20-yard line and sent one punt 50 yards in Mizzou’s season opener against West Virginia (9/3) … Placed two punts inside the 20-yard line with one sailing over 50-yards in Mizzou’s win over Eastern Michigan (9/10) … Achieved a season-high average of 50.4 yards per punt, including a season-long punt of 60 yards in Mizzou’s SEC opener against Georgia (9/17) ... Punted just once against Delaware State (9/24), posting a 45-yarder that was fair caught inside the 20 … Also had a completion in that game on a fake punt, picking up 11 yards and a first down … Punted eight times, averaging 44.13 yards per kick, including a long of 54 at LSU (10/1) … Four of his eight punts were fair caught and he pinned LSU inside the 20 six times in the game … Punted a season-high 10 times at Florida (10/15), averaging 44.80 yards per punt with three punts over 50 yards and two inside the 20 … Punted four times, averaging 42.5 yards per kick, with two inside the 20 while allowing just nine return yards without a touchback against Middle Tennessee (10/22) ... Punted nine times for 414 yards (46.0 avg.) with three kicks going farther than 50 yards against Kentucky (10/29) … Punted four times for 186 yards with two inside the 20 and two kicks of 50+ yards at South Carolina (11/5).
2015 SEASON
Freshman All-American by Sporting News and USA Today ... All-SEC Freshman team honoree after leading all freshmen nationally in punting ... Set the Mizzou single season record with 81 punts, passing a record that had stood at Mizzou since 1995 … Named to the Ray Guy Award Watch List and was the Ray Guy National Player of the Week following Mizzou’s game against Florida (Oct. 10) in which he punted nine time while averaging 47.8 yards per punt with a career-long of 61 yards, pinning the Gators inside the 20 four times with three kicks over 50 yards … Finished the season ranked first among freshman nationally in net punting, averaging 42.9 yards per punt … Had six games in which he punted at least seven times including three nine-punt outings … Averaged 49.8 yards per punt with four kicks over 50 yards at Arkansas State (Sept. 12) … Finished the season with 23 kicks inside the 20, 21 of 50 or more yards and 28 of his 81 punts were fair caught against only three touchbacks … Earned the team’s Special Forces Award, given to the top special teams player … Also handled kickoffs for Mizzou, tallying 18 touchbacks on 43 kicks and averaging 62.8 yards per kick.
HIGH SCHOOL
A strong, powerful kicker who has a skill set that includes all of the attributes that translate to a great combination kicker at the Division I level … Rated as the fourth-best punter in the class of 2015 by Kohl’s Kicking as he has tremendous upside as a collegiate punter … As a senior in 2014 averaged 42.5 yards per punt, placing half of his attempts inside the opponent 20-yardline … Had 43-of-53 kickoffs go for touchbacks on the year … Was a Mr. Football finalist for the state of Tennessee, and was a member of the All-USA Tennessee football team … Kohl’s All-American Team Finalist … 2013 All-State honoree and District 11-AAA Kicker of the Year … Had a long field goal of 54 yards as a junior in 2013 … High School Coach – Donnie Webb.
PERSONAL
Parents – Brandon & Cylina Meredith … Garnered interest from Auburn, Stanford, Tennessee and UCLA among others … What impressed him about Mizzou was the friendly, yet hospitable attitude of the people he encountered inside and outside of the program, as well as the beautiful campus and the driven coaching staff … Majoring in Nutritional Sciences … Lists a few of his non-football hobbies as playing guitar, video games, sailing and driving his jeep … Was a stand-in for actor Michael Ealy for the movie Unconditional.
