Ann Arbor — Back home in Melbourne, Australia, Michigan punter Blake O’Neill helped pay his way through college by modeling.
The 6-foot-2, 212-pound O’Neill did it all thanks to the prominent fashion industry there.
Now, he’s Michigan’s starting punter, part of a growing number of Australians who have become college football kickers in the United States after training at ProKick Academy back home. O’Neill is a graduate transfer after playing one season at Weber State, where he averaged 44.1 yards a game and had a long of 74 yards.
He has six punts through two games at Michigan and is averaging 42.