Joe McGuire

Position:
Punter
Height:
6-2
Weight:
210
Hometown:
Melbourne, Australia
Last School:
Prokick Australia
Year:
Senior

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Instagram: @joemcguire5

Career Highs

6 Punt (Two times – last vs. Texas on Aug. 30, 2025)

260 Total Punt Yards vs. Texas (Aug. 30, 2025)

61 Long Punt vs. Nebraska (Oct. 26, 2024)

51.0 Punt Average (Two times – last vs. UCLA on Nov. 15, 2025)

3 Inside the 20 vs. Indiana (Dec. 6, 2025)

Honors and Awards

2025: CSC Academic All-District, OSU Scholar-Athlete, Academic All-Big Ten Conference

2024: OSU Scholar-Athlete, Academic All-Big Ten Conference

2023: OSU Scholar-Athlete

Redshirt Sophomore (2025)
Appeared in all 14 games as a redshirt sophomore, totaling 110 snaps at punter and on additional special teams units...Ended the season with 29 punts for 1229 yards (42.38 yards per punt) including a season-long of 55 yards while forcing 15 fair catches and having 12 punts inside of the 20.

TEXAS (8/30): Tallied a career-high six punts for a career-high 260 yards, forcing one fair catch, having one punt inside of the 20 and having a season-long 55-yard punt on eight total plays.

GRAMBLING (9/6): Saw action on 10 plays.

OHIO (9/13): Finished the game with seven plays.

at WASHINGTON (9/27): Booted one punt for 35 yards and tallied one fair catch while playing on five total snaps.

MINNESOTA (10/4): Posted two punts for 86 yards and had two punts inside of the 20 while also having a fair catch while playing on nine total plays.

at ILLINOIS (10/11): Recorded four punts for 151 yards, forcing two fair catches and one punt inside of the 20 while playing in 10 total snaps.

at WISCONSIN (10/18): Tallied one punt for 42 yards, forcing a fair catch while playing eight total plays.

PENN STATE (11/1): Racked up one punt for 42 yards, forcing a fair catch and adding a punt inside of the 20 while playing on seven total snaps.

at PURDUE (11/8): Recorded one punt for 44 yards, forcing a fair catch and adding a punt inside of the 20 while also playing on seven total plays.

UCLA (11/15): Racked up one punt for 51 yards while playing on nine total snaps.

RUTGERS (11/22): Ended the game with two punts for 86 yards, forcing a fair catch and having one punt inside of the 20 while also playing eight total snaps.

at MICHIGAN (11/29): Finished the game with two punts for 74 yards while also playing on seven total plays.

vs. INDIANA (12/6): Totaled three punts for 136 yards (45.3 yards per punt average), forcing two fair catches and also having a career-high three punts inside of the 20 while also playing on six total snaps.

vs. MIAMI (12/31): Booted five punts for 221 yards (44.2 yards per punt), forcing a career-high four fair catches and having two punts inside of the 20 while playing on nine total plays.

Redshirt Freshman (2024) - NATIONAL CHAMPION
Appeared in all 16 games as a redshirt freshman, totaling 140 snaps at punter and on other special teams units...Finished the season with season with 47 punts for 1,977 total yards (42.1 yards per punt) while having 14 punts inside of the 20 and forcing 25 fair catches

AKRON (8/31): Tallied three punts for 134 total yards (44.67 yards per punt), forcing two fair catches and having a long of 51 yards while playing a total of 11 snaps.

WESTERN MICHIGAN (9/7): Totaled three punts for 134 yards (44.67 yards per punt), forcing one fair catch, having one punt inside of the 20 and having a long of 47 yards while playing a total of 11 plays.

MARSHALL (9/21): Notched two punts for 87 yards (43.5 yards per punt), forcing one fair catch and having a long of 45 yards while playing nine snaps.

at MICHIGAN STATE (9/28): Recorded three punts for 108 yards, forcing three fair catches and two punts inside the 20 while playing nine plays.

IOWA (10/5): Posted two punts for 77 yards, forcing one fair catch and tallied one punt inside of the 20 while playing seven snaps.

at OREGON (10/12): Tallied three punts for 121 yards, forcing a fair catch on all three punts while playing eight plays.

NEBRASKA (10/26): Posted six punts for 235 yards (47.0 yards per punt average), forcing three fair catches, having two punts inside of the 20 and a career-long of 61 yards while playing in nine plays.

at PENN STATE (11/2): Had two punts for 94 yards (47.0 yards per punt average), having a long of 53 yards while playing on six snaps.

PURDUE (11/9): Notched two punts for 92 yards (46.0 yards per punt average), having two punts inside of the 20 while playing on nine snaps.

at NORTHWESTERN (11/16): Recorded two punts for 70 yards, forcing two fair catches and having two punts inside of the 20 while playing on seven plays.

INDIANA (11/23): Posted two punts for 94 yards (47.0 yards per punt), forcing one fair catch and having a long of 49 yards while playing on eight snaps.

MICHIGAN (11/30): Ended the game with three punts for 108 yards, forcing one fair catch and having one punt inside of the 20 while playing on seven plays.

vs. TENNESSEE (12/21): Finished the game with three punts for 118 yards, forcing two fair catches and having one punt inside of the 20 while playing on 10 snaps.

vs. OREGON (1/1): Tallied five punts for 202 yards, forcing two fair catches while playing on 12 plays.

vs. TEXAS (1/10): Totaled a career-high tying six punts for a season-high 252 yards (42.0 yards per punt), forcing three fair catches and having two punts inside of the 20 while playing on 10 snaps.

vs. NOTRE DAME (1/20): Had one punt for 51 yards while playing on seven snaps.

Freshman (2023)
Did not appear in a game...Redshirted.
Majoring in

Sport Industry

High School/Personal

Joe walked on to the team in the fall of 2023

Trained at Prokick Australia

Grew up playing Australian Rules Football

Son of Eddie McGuire

Father served as the President of Collingwood Football Club for two decades and also was the host of the Australian version of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?”