Lac Edwards


Lachlan Edwards is an Australian professional American football punter who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Sam Houston State.

Early life

Edwards was born in Hastings, Victoria, and attended Mornington Secondary College. In his youth, he was a promising player of Australian rules football, winning selection for the Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup. Edwards subsequently went on to the North Ballarat Football Club, who play in the Victorian Football League. He spent three years on North Ballarat's list, but was unsuccessful in his attempts to be drafted into the Australian Football League. Prior to emigrating to the United States, Edwards attended the University of Ballarat, where he represented the university in Australian rules football, rugby, cricket, and track and field. He was selected to the 2012 All-Australian University team.

College career

Sam Houston University

Edwards was selected to the All-Southland Conference First-team and Sports Network FCS All-America third team. Edwards led the NCAA with a 44.4 yard punting average.

Professional career

New York Jets

On 30 April 2016, Edwards was drafted by the New York Jets in the seventh round in the 2016 NFL Draft. As a rookie in 2016, Edwards appeared in 16 games making 75 punts with 3,236 total punting yards, 24 attempts inside the 20, one attempt blocked, 59 yards at the longest, six landed out of bounds, and four touchbacks. In Week 4, against the Jacksonville Jaguars, he completed his first professional pass attempt, which went for 31 yards to Marcus Williams. Overall, in the 2017 season, he had 94 punts for 4,378 net yards for a 46.57 average.