Michael Turk
Michael Turk is an American football punter who currently plays college football for Arizona State.Early years
Turk attended Ridge Point High School. He was the team's starting punter, contributing to the school winning the 6A Region Championship in 2014 and 2015.College career
Turk accepted a football scholarship from Lafayette College in 2017, where he registered over 2,800 punting yards and setting a school single-season record with an average of 42.7 yards per attempt. He received second-team All-Patriot League honors. In 2018 after his freshman season, he transferred to Arizona State University and was redshirted to comply with the NCAA transfer rules.
As a sophomore in 2019, against Kent State University, he recorded punts of 64, 62, 65, 49 and 75 yards, setting an NCAA single-game record with a 63.0-yard average per attempt. In 2019 Turk earned Honorable Mention All-American honors from GPR Analytics while ranking 4th in the nation with a 95.80 GPR Punt Rating.Turk entered the 2020 NFL draft.Personal life
His uncles are former NFL punter Matt Turk and former NFL long snapper Dan Turk.
