Ryan Hanson Punter James Madison 2025 Tropical Bowl

Finished JMU career ranked tied for third in punt average (41.4)

2024:

Third Team All-Sun Belt punter
Boca Raton Bowl Special Teams MVP
Started all 13 games at punter
Averaged 42.4 yards per punt on 50 attempts
Ranked fifth in JMU single-season history in punt average
Had eight punts over 50 yards, 16 punts inside the 20 and four touchbacks
Season-high 49.33 yards per punt on three attempts vs. Gardner-Webb (Sept. 7)
Averaged 48.8 yards per punt on five tries vs. Coastal Carolina (Oct. 10), highlighted by 63-yarder
Also had season-best four punts inside the 20 in CCU win
Averaged 48.5 yards per punt on six attempts, which included season-long 66-yarder at Georgia Southern (Oct. 19)
Averaged 47.5 yards per boot at Charlotte (Aug. 31)
Pinned three punts inside the 20 at both Georgia Southern and vs. Southern Miss (Oct. 26)
Had pair of 50+ yard punts in three games
Ray Guy Award Watch List
Ray Guy Award Ray’s 8 (Oct. 14)
College Football Network Preseason National Punter of the Year
CFN Preseason First Team All-American
Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team
CFN Preseason Sun Belt Specialist of the Year

2023:

College Football Network Second Team All-American
Second Team All-Sun Belt
VaSID University Division Second Team All-State punter
JMU’s Challace McMillin Special Teams Award winner
Ray Guy Award Watch List
CFN National Co-Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 22)
Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 23)
Started all 13 games at punter
Averaged 40.6 yards per punt on 59 attempts
Had 29 punts inside the 20 with only two touchbacks
Season-high 49.3 yards per punt on three attempts vs. Bucknell (Sept. 2)
Career-high seven punts inside the 20, including 6 inside the 10 and three at the one at Marshall (Oct. 19)
Also had three punts inside the 20 at Troy (Sept. 16), vs. Old Dominion (Oct. 28) and vs. App State (Nov. 18)
Season-long 59-yard punt vs. Bucknell
Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team
JMU Athletic Director’s Scholar-Athlete (Fall 2023, Spring 2024)
Named to SBC Commissioner’s List

Prior to JMU:

Transferred to JMU after spending three seasons at Arkansas State (2020-22) and one season at Houston (2019)
Played in 35 career games
Had 157 punts for 6,759 yards, averaging 43.1 yards per punt in his career
Tallied 51 punts inside the 20 and 30 of at least 50 yards
2021 Third Team All-Sun Belt punter
2020, 2021 and 2022 Ray Guy Award Watch List
One-time Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the Week (2020)
Averaged 43.7 yards on 48 punts in 2022
Averaged a single-season career-best 44.0 yards on 68 punts in 2021, which included 17 over 50
Averaged 40.6 yards on 41 punts
Redshirted 2019 season at Houston before transferring to A-State
Career-best 53.2 yards per punt on five attempts vs. Texas State (2021)
Career-long 73-yard punt vs. Texas State (2021)
Career-high four punts over 50 yards at Washington (2021)
Career-high five punts inside the 20 vs. South Alabama (2022)
Five career games with three or more 50+ yard punts
Named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (2020-22)

High School:

Three-time Kohl’s Kicking Class of 2019 High School All-American
2018 All-State selection
2016, 2017 and 2018 All-District kicker and punter
2018 Blue-Grey All-American
Averaged 45.1 yards per punt as a senior, placing 23 attempts inside the 20
Four-year varsity letterwinner
Dual-sport athlete who was also a two-time Honorable Mention All-District golfer
National Honor Society member

Personal: