2022 Football Roster
Elzinga, Luke
Jersey Number 28
Luke Elzinga
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Grand Rapids, Mich.
- High School:
- Grand Rapids Christian
Bio
CAREER
Earned All-MAC honors in three seasons (2020, 2021, and 2022) … Over his three-year, 31-game career, he has 145 punts for 6,147 yards (42.4 average) with 61 placed inside the 20-yard line and 24 50-yard punts … three-year letterman.
2022
Earned All-Mid-American Conference Third Team honors as a punter … First Team All-MAC honoree by Phil Steele Magazine … Academic All-Mid-American Conference selection … preseason Ray Guy Award Watch List member … ranked No. 3 in the MAC in punting with a 42.2 average per punt (55 punts for 2,321 yards) … with a long of 65 yards, Elzinga kicked eight 50-yard punts, placed 22 inside the 20-yard line and had no punts blocked … also served as the Chippewas' holder on PATs and field goals … punted six times for 239 yards in season finale at Eastern Michigan (11/25) … punted five times for 214 yards (42.8 yards per punt) and kicked off once vs. Western Michigan (11/16) … punted four times for 191 yards vs. Buffalo (11/9) … averaged 35 yards per punt (3-105) and completed a pass for 20 yards on a fake field goal at Northern Illinois (11/2) … averaged 41.3 yards per punt (4-165) vs. Bowling Green (10/22) …punted five times for 181 yards at Akron (10/15) … averaged 39.0 yards per punt (7-273) vs. Ball State (10/8) … averaged 46.4 yards per punt (5-232) at Toledo (10/1) … averaged 44.5 yards per punt (4-178) and credited with a tackle at Penn State (9/24) … punted two times for 92 yards vs. Bucknell (9/17) … averaged 49.0 yards per punt (5-254) vs. South Alabama (9/10) … punted five times for 197 yards in the season opener at Oklahoma State (9/1).
2021
Earned All-Mid-American Conference First Team honors from Pro Football Focus and third team recognition from Phil Steele … averaged 41.3 yards per punt … 10 of his punts traveled over 50 yards, and 25 of his 57 punts pinned opponents inside their own 20-yard line … forced returners into 18 fair catches … CMU’s 13 opponents combined for just 13 punt returns for 84 yards, an average of 6.5 yards per return … named Ray Guy Punter of the Week following performance at LSU (9/18), when he averaged 49 yards on six punts, had four punts downed inside the 20-yard line, hit three punts at least 50 yards including one of 60, and LSU returned just two punts for a net of minus-1 yard … earned Academic All-Mid-American Conference honors.
2020
Named to All-MAC first team as a redshirt freshman … selected first team All-MAC by both Phil Steele and Pro Football Focus … earned Academic All-MAC honors … first Chippewa punter to earn first team all-conference honors since CMU joined the MAC in 1975 and its first all-conference punter since 2006 … ranked second in the MAC with a 43.2-yard average … 14 of his 33 punts were downed inside the 20-yard line … six of his punts traveled 50 yards or more … led the MAC with 10 fair-caught punts … booted a 76-yarder vs. Ohio (11/4) in his first game as a Chippewa … his 76-yard punt was the longest by a MAC punter on the season … also had a 64-yard punt, the third longest of the season by a MAC punter, at Eastern Michigan (11/27).
2019
Redshirted … did not see game action.
HIGH SCHOOL
Named to the Detroit News Dream Team and was a unanimous first team all-state selection by the Associated Press in 2018 … also earned first team all-state honors in 2017 … two-time selection to the Grand Rapids Press All-City Dream Team … earned all-conference honors as a senior … named a 2018 Pro Team Hall of Fame All-American … earned his team’s ACE Award in 2018 … averaged 48.0 yards per punt as a senior and 46.0 yards per punt as a junior … had a 76-yard punt, the longest in school history … helped his squad to a conference title his senior year … earned two letters in football, two in baseball and one in basketball … coach was Don Fellows.
Earned All-MAC honors in three seasons (2020, 2021, and 2022) … Over his three-year, 31-game career, he has 145 punts for 6,147 yards (42.4 average) with 61 placed inside the 20-yard line and 24 50-yard punts … three-year letterman.
2022
Earned All-Mid-American Conference Third Team honors as a punter … First Team All-MAC honoree by Phil Steele Magazine … Academic All-Mid-American Conference selection … preseason Ray Guy Award Watch List member … ranked No. 3 in the MAC in punting with a 42.2 average per punt (55 punts for 2,321 yards) … with a long of 65 yards, Elzinga kicked eight 50-yard punts, placed 22 inside the 20-yard line and had no punts blocked … also served as the Chippewas' holder on PATs and field goals … punted six times for 239 yards in season finale at Eastern Michigan (11/25) … punted five times for 214 yards (42.8 yards per punt) and kicked off once vs. Western Michigan (11/16) … punted four times for 191 yards vs. Buffalo (11/9) … averaged 35 yards per punt (3-105) and completed a pass for 20 yards on a fake field goal at Northern Illinois (11/2) … averaged 41.3 yards per punt (4-165) vs. Bowling Green (10/22) …punted five times for 181 yards at Akron (10/15) … averaged 39.0 yards per punt (7-273) vs. Ball State (10/8) … averaged 46.4 yards per punt (5-232) at Toledo (10/1) … averaged 44.5 yards per punt (4-178) and credited with a tackle at Penn State (9/24) … punted two times for 92 yards vs. Bucknell (9/17) … averaged 49.0 yards per punt (5-254) vs. South Alabama (9/10) … punted five times for 197 yards in the season opener at Oklahoma State (9/1).
2021
Earned All-Mid-American Conference First Team honors from Pro Football Focus and third team recognition from Phil Steele … averaged 41.3 yards per punt … 10 of his punts traveled over 50 yards, and 25 of his 57 punts pinned opponents inside their own 20-yard line … forced returners into 18 fair catches … CMU’s 13 opponents combined for just 13 punt returns for 84 yards, an average of 6.5 yards per return … named Ray Guy Punter of the Week following performance at LSU (9/18), when he averaged 49 yards on six punts, had four punts downed inside the 20-yard line, hit three punts at least 50 yards including one of 60, and LSU returned just two punts for a net of minus-1 yard … earned Academic All-Mid-American Conference honors.
2020
Named to All-MAC first team as a redshirt freshman … selected first team All-MAC by both Phil Steele and Pro Football Focus … earned Academic All-MAC honors … first Chippewa punter to earn first team all-conference honors since CMU joined the MAC in 1975 and its first all-conference punter since 2006 … ranked second in the MAC with a 43.2-yard average … 14 of his 33 punts were downed inside the 20-yard line … six of his punts traveled 50 yards or more … led the MAC with 10 fair-caught punts … booted a 76-yarder vs. Ohio (11/4) in his first game as a Chippewa … his 76-yard punt was the longest by a MAC punter on the season … also had a 64-yard punt, the third longest of the season by a MAC punter, at Eastern Michigan (11/27).
2019
Redshirted … did not see game action.
HIGH SCHOOL
Named to the Detroit News Dream Team and was a unanimous first team all-state selection by the Associated Press in 2018 … also earned first team all-state honors in 2017 … two-time selection to the Grand Rapids Press All-City Dream Team … earned all-conference honors as a senior … named a 2018 Pro Team Hall of Fame All-American … earned his team’s ACE Award in 2018 … averaged 48.0 yards per punt as a senior and 46.0 yards per punt as a junior … had a 76-yard punt, the longest in school history … helped his squad to a conference title his senior year … earned two letters in football, two in baseball and one in basketball … coach was Don Fellows.
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