Fresno State Athletics
2015 Football Roster
Roster
Blake Cusick
- Position:
- P
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Monrovia, Calif.
- High School:
- Monrovia HS
Last updated on Feb 3, 2020
2019 (Senior): All-Mountain West honorable mention … appeared in all 12 games ... punted 44 times for a total of 1,944 yards … landed 17 punts inside the opponent’s 20-yard line … had 11 punts that went 50+ yards … no punts were blocked … just four punts were touchbacks, and 21 were fair caught … had a season-long 64-yard punt at Air Force … averaged 42.5 yards per punt to tie his single-season best average … just 12 punts were returned for 51 total yards on the year … Fresno State ranked fourth in the Mountain West and 32nd in the NCAA in net punting at 41.66 ... 2019 Fall Academic All-MW selection.
2018 (Junior): Named an All-Mountain West Second-Team selection and a Ray Guy Award semifinalist … appeared in all 14 games … finished the season with an average of 42.2 yards per punt on a total of 65 attempts for 2,745 yards … landed 31 punts inside the 20-yard line, 11 of which were inside the 10-yard line … only 12 punts were returned by opponents for a total of 42 yards … just five punts went for touchbacks while 25 were fair caught … logged 12 punts that were 50 yards or more … kicked a career-long 72-yard punt in the Bulldogs’ 21-3 win over Nevada on Oct. 6 – it was the third-longest punt by a Mountain West punter in 2018 ... named to the Fall Academic All-Mountain West team.
2017 (Sophomore): Appeared in all 14 games handling punting duties for a second-straight season ... also handled place-holding duties for field goals for a second-straight season … punted 67 times for an average of 42.5 yards per punt … had a season-long boot of 66 yards against Incarnate Word on Sept. 2 ... nearly half of his punts were fair-caught with 33 fair catches ... landed 19 punts inside the 20-yard line … 16 kicks went for more than 50 yards … eight punts went for touchbacks … his three punts that averaged 52.67 yards per punt in the season-opener ranked as the 23rd single-best single game average in the nation in 2017 ... a former walk-on who was awarded a scholarship prior to the 2017 season.
2016 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in all 12 games as the first-string punter while also handling place-holding duties for field goals … punted 78 times for an average of 38.3 yards per punt … it was not until the ninth game of the season that an opponent logged positive punt return yardage (four returns on 49 punts for zero yards) – there were only three other teams in the FBS that held the same distinction after eight games … Fresno State ended the season 28th in the country in punt return defense with 10 returns held to 5.2 yards per return … had a long punt of 59 yards in the season’s home opener against Sacramento State on Sept. 10, a game in which the ball was pinned inside the 20-yard line a season-high six times (out of eight attempts) … owned seven punts that went for greater than 50 yards … downed 20 punts inside the 20-yard line … two punts of his 78 attempts were touchbacks … led the Mountain West in single-game highs in both categories of punts and yards with 12 punts for 461 yards in the Bulldogs’ Sept. 17 contest at Toledo – which was one off the single-game punts school record set in 1983 and tied Garrett Swanson’s 12 boots in a matchup against Nebraska in 2014 … had the opportunity to pass the ball on fake attempts twice, both unsuccessful attempts in games against San Diego State on Oct. 14 and San Jose State on Nov. 26.... earned Academic All-Mountain West honors.
2015 (Freshman): Redshirted.
High School: Earned all-Rio Hondo league honors as a kicker in his final two years at Monrovia High School ... made a 53-yard field goal as a Wildcat in high school ... also competed in soccer and track while in high school.
Personal: Born in Long Beach, Calif. ... major at Fresno State is criminology-law enforcement.
