Bryce McFerson

Career Honors:

2026 Ray Guy Watch List

2025 Second Team All-Big Ten

3x Ray Guy Award Ray’s 8 List selection

2025 Academic All-Big Ten

2025 CSC Academic All-District

As a Redshirt Junior (2025):

Finished the regular season second in the Big Ten with a 44.2-yard punting average.

Punting average ranked as the sixth-best single-season in program history.

Averaged at least 45.0 yards per punt in six of 12 games.

Recorded 14 punts of 50-plus yards, the second-most in the Big Ten.

Placed 19 punts inside the 20-yard line, the fourth-most in the Big Ten.

Punted eight times at UCLA (10/18) for 366 yards. Had three punts of 50+ yards and five inside the 20.

Punted seven times for a total of 350 yards against FAU (8/30), including two punts for 60+ yards.

Selected as the George Boutselis Memorial Award (letterman with highest GPA) winner at the year-end banquet.

As a Redshirt Sophomore (2024):

Appeared in all 12 games as Maryland's primary punter

Totaled 52 punts for 2,343 yards with a long of 64 yards

Finished the year fifth in the Big Ten in punting average (45.1)

Landed 21 punts inside the 20

Had seven punts vs. Iowa (11/23), for 294 total yards and a long of 54

Had four punts at No. 1 Oregon with a long of 51 and three inside the 20

Booted three punts at Minnesota with an average of 50.3 yards and a long of 61

Kicked three punts for an average of 53.0 yards in a win over USC

Booted seven punts for 327 yards at Indiana, with four going 50+ yards.

Had three punts inside the 20 against both Virginia and Michigan State.

Blasted six punts for 269 yards (44.8 avg) with five inside the 20 and a career long of 64 yards in Maryland debut vs. UConn (8/31)

At Notre Dame:

Served as Notre Dame’s primary punter during the 2023 season .

Booted 38 punts for the Irish and averaged 45.1 yards per kick

Connected on 13 punts of 50 yards or more, including twice blasting career-long punts of 59-yards against N.C. State and in Notre Dame’s bowl win over Oregon State

Placed five punts inside the 20 with just two touchbacks.

Prior to College: Top ranked punter in the country by 247 Sports and Chris Sailer Kicking ... Top punter out of 300 participants at the Kohl’s National Scholarship Camp in July 2021 ... Fifth-ranked kicker/punter by ESPN ... Selected and played in the NBC/Adidas All-American Game in San Antonio ... Averaged 46 yards per punt in his senior season ... 63 of 67 kickoffs went for touchbacks in his final season ... Four-year varsity starter as the primary kicking specialist at Metrolina Christian Academy under Coach Thomas Langley ... Also played defensive end ... Selected to play in the Under Armour All-American Game ... 2021 Second Team MaxPreps All-American ... 2021 Kohl’s All-American ... 2021 All-State ... Two-time wrestling state champion (2020-170 lb./2021-182 lb.) ... School record holder in the long jump (23' 4.5”), triple jump (44' 4.5”) ... Member of the 4×100 and 4×200 relays that set school records.

Personal:

He is the son of Mike and Deanna and has two siblings, Brady and Cambria

His grandfather, Mike McFerson, Sr., played basketball at Fresno State and led the team in scoring

He enjoys golf, pickleball, bowling, and playing video games

His favorite movies are The Mario Movie, Happy Gilmore, and most Adam Sandler movies

His favorite snacks are Goldfish and fruit snacks

Joe Blair Memorial Scholarship recipient

Career Highs:

Number of Punts: 8, at UCLA, 10/18/25

Long Punt: 64 vs. UConn, 8/31/24

Total Punt Yards: 366, at UCLA, 10/18/25