Jesse Mirco

Position:
Punter
Height:
6-4
Weight:
220
Hometown:
Fremantle, Australia
Year:
Junior

Follow on Social Media
Twitter: @Jesse_Mirco29

Ohio State Overview
• Jesse has handled all of the punting and holding responsibilities for Ohio State for three years since arriving on campus in 2021
• He is a three-year Varsity O letterwinner with 129 career punts to his credit and a career average of 44.0 yards per punt which ranks fourth in school history
• He has dropped 55 punts inside the 20, has 31 over 50 yards and has only had eight touchbacks
• He has punted more than three times in a game only 14 times out of 39 games played
• Averaged 43.7 yards per punt as a junior in 2023 and ranked fifth in the Big Ten Conference and 32nd nationally
• He punted a career-high eight times in the Cotton Bowl vs. Missouri, for a 48.3 yard average
• His best season came as a sophomore in 2022 when he averaged 45.4 yards per punt to rank 12th nationally and third in the Big Ten Conference
• He was a semifinalist for the Ray Guy award in 2022
• His 45.4 average in 2022 is the sixth-best single season average in Ohio State history and it includes a 50.3-yard average against Northwestern for the ninth-best punting game in school history (min. 5 punts)
• Punted career-high seven times for a career-high 352 yards in windy, windy conditions at Northwestern
• Other top punting games in 2022 were at Michigan State and at Penn State when he averaged 52.0 yards per punt off three punts, respectively
• Averaged 42.3 yards per punt in 2021
• Only punted 31 times in 2021 and did not qualify for NCAA rankings
• Mirco is a two-time OSU Scholar-Athlete, a Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholar and a two-time Academic All-Big Ten Conference honoree majoring in sport industry

Honors & Awards
2023: Academic all-Big Ten Conference
2022: Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholar, OSU Scholar-Athlete, Academic all-Big Ten
2021: OSU Scholar-Athlete

More on Jesse
• Jesse was a member of the 2021 signing class and enrolled in January of 2021
• Comes from ProKick Australia, the same program that developed former Buckeye Cameron Johnston, a Ray Guy Award finalist who is currently in the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles
• Rated as the No. 4 punter in the Class of 2021
• Committed to the Buckeyes in May of 2020
• Is a former Australian-rules football player who learned the art of American punting in just fourth months from ProKick coaches Nathan Chapman and John Smith
• Is the son of Leanne and Luca Mirco