2024 Football Roster
Jersey Number 32
Patrick Rea
- Position:
- Punter
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 194
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Melbourne, Australia
- High School:
- St. Patrick's College Ballarat
CAREER HONORS & AWARDS
Saw action in all 12 games as the team’s punter and holder … Tallied 2,511 yards on 64 punts for an average of 39.23 yards per punt … Had 22 punts land inside the 20-yard line and 22 punts that were fair caught … Ranked second in CUSA in both categories … Had five 50+ yard punts including a season-long of 70 yards against Nicholls (Aug. 31) … Finished with 304 yards on seven punts versus Nicholls … Recorded three punts inside the 20-yard line against Tulsa (Sept. 21) and UTEP (Oct. 22) … Punted twice for 113 yards to average 56.60 yards per punt against MTSU (Oct. 10) … Five of his eight punts versus Arkansas were fair caught (Nov. 23) … Had one carry for 26 yards against Arkansas.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2023)
Saw action in two games as the Bulldogs' holder ... Saw action against SMU (Sept. 2) and WKU (Oct. 5).
FRESHMAN (2022)
Saw action in four games at punter ... Totaled 396 yards on ten punts for an average of 39.6 yards per punt in 2022 ... Recorded his first career punt at Missouri in the season opener (Sept. 1) ... Had a season best 51-yard punt at Charlotte (Nov. 19).
HIGH SCHOOL
Played Australian rules football in high school ... Athletics Year Level Champion ... State Australian Rules Football Representative ... Year 11 Mathematics Dux ... High Academic Achiever Awards (years 11-12).
PERSONAL
Born in Melbourne, Victoria … Son of Virginia Rea … Has two siblings, James and Pippa … Born on June 9, 2002.
- CUSA Comissioner's Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2025)
- CUSA Commissioner's Academic Medalist (2022, 2023, 2025)
Saw action in all 12 games as the team’s punter and holder … Tallied 2,511 yards on 64 punts for an average of 39.23 yards per punt … Had 22 punts land inside the 20-yard line and 22 punts that were fair caught … Ranked second in CUSA in both categories … Had five 50+ yard punts including a season-long of 70 yards against Nicholls (Aug. 31) … Finished with 304 yards on seven punts versus Nicholls … Recorded three punts inside the 20-yard line against Tulsa (Sept. 21) and UTEP (Oct. 22) … Punted twice for 113 yards to average 56.60 yards per punt against MTSU (Oct. 10) … Five of his eight punts versus Arkansas were fair caught (Nov. 23) … Had one carry for 26 yards against Arkansas.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2023)
Saw action in two games as the Bulldogs' holder ... Saw action against SMU (Sept. 2) and WKU (Oct. 5).
FRESHMAN (2022)
Saw action in four games at punter ... Totaled 396 yards on ten punts for an average of 39.6 yards per punt in 2022 ... Recorded his first career punt at Missouri in the season opener (Sept. 1) ... Had a season best 51-yard punt at Charlotte (Nov. 19).
HIGH SCHOOL
Played Australian rules football in high school ... Athletics Year Level Champion ... State Australian Rules Football Representative ... Year 11 Mathematics Dux ... High Academic Achiever Awards (years 11-12).
PERSONAL
Born in Melbourne, Victoria … Son of Virginia Rea … Has two siblings, James and Pippa … Born on June 9, 2002.
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