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Punter Bryce Baringer Is Halfway through an NCAA Record Season
EAST LANSING It’s never good when your MVP is your punter. But, holy smoke, this particular Michigan state soccer team is lucky to have Bryce Baringer.
Not since the late Mike Sadler has had an MSU gambler who captivated his audience so much. And never has an MSU gambler dominated the college football punting scene like Baringer has spent half a season averaging 52 yards per point, about 3.5 meters ahead of anyone else in the country.If he maintains this pace, he will set the NCAA record for yards per point (for a minimum of 36 points), set last year by Matt Araiza of San Diego State at 51.2.
Baringer is so good that he almost makes you forget the failed third-down just before he takes the field.
For his efforts against Ohio State seven punts averaging 48.9 yards, an average brought down by a 36-yard pooch punter knocked down on the 2-yard line, he was named the Ray Guy College Punter of the Week.
This is not new. If you’ve watched MSU football, you’ve seen the man with the sports glasses, mustache and huge leg save the Spartans for a few seasons.
Baringer’s average of 48.4 yards per point a year ago broke the MSU record, held by Brandon Fields (47.9 in 2004) and ahead of him, the late Greg Montgomery (47.8 in 1986). Fields and Montgomery each played nine NFL seasons. Baringer has a chance to do the same.
Not bad for a former walk-on, who first tried out at MSU in 2018 after moving from Illinois where he passed through a year earlier. The story of Baringers is well described. He first pitched for MSU in the relief of the injured Jake Hartbarger in 2018, before being removed from the MSU team in 2019 when there was no room for him on the roster. Dantonio brought him back just before retiring in the winter of 2020. Baringer finished as MSU starter during that pandemic shortened season, averaging 43.6 yards per point for a new coaching staff.
FROM 2018: MSU’s Bryce Baringer goes from watching TV to punting for Spartans
At the time, he was just trying to prove that he belonged. Now in his sixth year of college, he’s trying to prove he’s a professional.
The only thing with my job that needs to be there is consistency. Can you trust me to do my job? Baringer said Tuesday, ahead of the Spartans’ homecoming game at 4 p.m. Saturday against Wisconsin. I never take a rep, anything for granted, a day on the practice, whatever it is. So I’m just trying to treat it like I have a chance to maybe play at the next level. I try to take every practice rep, every game rep like I’m a pro. I take care of my body, that has played a major role.
The NFL, for gamblers and kickers, is a killer numbers game. There are 32 jobs. To have one, you have to push someone else out.
It is a super binary position. You get a one or a zero, Baringer said. You either do your job or you don’t. It’s really just being as consistent as possible. Some guys can have a giant leg and can flip 5 out of 10 balls (with great kicks). One of the things I took to heart and this is what I learned from (Miami Dolphins punter) Thomas Morstead, who is a legend: It’s not how many times you can hit your A-ball. It’s how consistent you can get your B to B-plus ball. Since my B-plus is ball, it’s a good shot.
Baringer says his A-ball is that 74-meter, five-second meteor he shot against Western Michigan. His B-plus is between 45 and 50 yards with a hang time of 4.7 or 4.8 seconds. Its a fair catch, Baringer said. I would rather have 50 (yards) and 4.8 (seconds). Its fair catches.
And what he enjoys even more than sending a ball to the moon is fluttering a ball just far enough to pin the opponent back near the goal line, as he did on Saturday, his 36-yard point caught. by MSU freshman Tyrell Henry on the 2.
I like that one more than the big one, frankly, said Baringer, who also drove a 58-yard punt, which forced the state of Ohio to start at its 9-yard line, and another for 57 yards that pinned the Buckeyes on their 10. . I mean T (Henry) did a really good job getting there. We have worked very hard on this in practice. We drill a lot of them on Wednesdays as our gunners go down and find the goal line, find the ball, where they are. I’m doing what I can to help our defense as best I can.
Those detailed drills include talks and practice kicks with MSU’s own return man, Jayden Reed, to find out which types of punts are the hardest to catch and return.
The number that matters most to a gambler is the net average, even more so than how far the kick goes.
My net is 47-something, so I only lost about four or five yards per return, which is good, Baringer said. It means they did the job they were supposed to do.
Without MSU’s 2-4 record, Baringer would be living his best life. Hes taking one class this semester board and board in athletics. That’s all that’s left to earn his Masters in Sports Coaching, Leadership and Administration.
I’m having some fun now, he said.
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At age 23, he jokes about a photo his father took of him early in his time at MSU. I looked like a toothpick. Now I’m three or four inches taller and about 40 pounds heavier.
Hes the old man in a specialist position group that includes three sophomores, two freshmen and a grad transfer.
It’s cool to see how I’ve changed in five, six years now. Then see little bits of what I was like and then see it in our freshmen and sophomores But it’s just, they keep you on your toes.
Baringer wouldn’t mind having his number called out on a trick play before he was done, as happened to several MSU gamblers before him, sometimes famous. He was on the field for a fake punt in the Peach Bowl, but that was an instant click for Connor Heyward.
Good must see. Nothing yet, Baringer said. I’m not going to give anything away. Could be. Hopefully. That would be cool.
He’s also well aware that while he may be MSU’s top NFL prospect and MVP, he’s just a gambler. What he’s going through this tough season is nothing compared to his teammates, including friend and quarterback Payton Thorne.
Like I said, it’s a cliche (but) I’m a gambler. I don’t have as much on my mind as he does. Good game? High five. Bad game? High five. I’m just trying to support him and be there for him.
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Contact Graham Couch at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @Graham_Couch.
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