Utah’s history of having Australian punters thrive in the program influenced freshman Ben Lennon’s choice of the Utes, although he’s not getting the same opportunities that national award winners Tom Hackett and Mitch Wishnowsky received.
In three of Utah’s games this season, Lennon has punted only once. He might have gone the entire game last Saturday without kicking, except the Utes were stopped on a 3rd-and-1 play at the Arizona 38-yard line with seven minutes remaining. Utah has punted 28 times in 11 games (compared with opponents’ 62 punts), with only Oklahoma, Air Force and Washington State having given their punters less work.