Max Duffy

Max Duffy (born 11 April 1993) is an Australian American football punter who is currently a free agent. He was formerly the punter for the Kentucky Wildcats and formerly an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Max Duffy
Personal information
Born (1993-04-11) 11 April 1993
Perth, Western Australia
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight84 kg (185 lb)
Australian rules football career
Personal information
Original team(s) East Fremantle (WAFL)
Draft No. 39, 2012 National Draft, Fremantle
Position(s) Forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2013–2015 Fremantle 3 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2015.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com
Football career
Career information
High school:Kent Street Senior High School
College:Kentucky
Position:Punter
CFL Draft:2021G / Round: 4 / Pick: 30
Undrafted:2021
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Duffy attended Kent Street Senior High School.[1]

He mainly played basketball as a junior and only converted to Australian rules football after missing selection in a state squad. He was not selected in the first two AFL drafts that he nominated for, and was working as a tree lopper while playing for East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) when he was recruited with 39th draft pick in the 2012 AFL Draft.[2]

Australian football career

Due to a series of shoulder and hamstring injuries, Duffy spent significant periods of the 2013 and 2014 seasons out of the game. He made his debut for the Fremantle Football Club in round 20, 2014 against Geelong following some good form in the WAFL for Peel.[3] After starting the game as the substitute, he kicked a goal with his first kick in the AFL and kicked a second goal late in the last quarter, however, Fremantle lost by two points.[4]

Duffy was delisted at the conclusion of the 2015 season.[5] He then joined West Perth in the WAFL for the 2016 season. Prior to the 2017 season, however, he announced his retirement from Australian to train to become an American football punter.[6]

American football career

In December 2017, Duffy was signed by the Kentucky Wildcats as a punter. Ray Guy’s ProKicker.com rated him as the top 2018 punting prospect.[7] Duffy earned GPR Analytics National Punter of the Year in 2019 with an NCAA leading 98.30 GPR Punt Rating[8]

Duffy was drafted by the Toronto Argonauts in the fourth round of the 2021 CFL Global Draft on 15 April 2021.[9] He signed with the Denver Broncos of the NFL as an undrafted free agent on 24 May 2021.[10] He was waived on June 17.

Pittsburgh Maulers

On 10 March 2022, Duffy was drafted by the Pittsburgh Maulers of the United States Football League.[11]

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of the 2015 season[12]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2014 Fremantle 242217310201.00.53.51.55.01.00.0
2015 Fremantle 241105712311.00.05.07.012.53.01.0
Career 3 3 1 12 10 22 5 1 1.0 0.3 4.0 3.3 7.3 1.7 0.3

References
  1. "Grassroots: Mzungu & Duffy return to Kent St". Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  2. Schmook, Nathan (27 November 2012). "Draftee a forward prospect?". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  3. Rynne, Nick (7 August 2014). "Duffy named for Freo clash with Cats". The West Australian.
  4. Ryan, Peter (9 August 2014). "Five talking points: Geelong v Fremantle".
  5. "Duffield and Crowley to depart". FremantleFC.com.au. Bigpond. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  6. "Ex-Docker eyes off second career in the NFL". The West Australian. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  7. Smith, Jennifer (1 February 2018). "A capsicum conundrum? It's one of many complications for new Kentucky punter". Lexington Herald-Leader. Lexington, Kentucky. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  8. "GPR Analytics". Gpr2018. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  9. "2021 Global Draft Tracker". CFL.ca. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  10. DiLalla, Aric (24 May 2021). "Broncos sign P Max Duffy". Denver Broncos. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  11. "USFL DRAFT 2022: SUPPLEMENTAL DRAFT PICK-BY-PICK RESULTS". www.foxsports.com. Fox Media LLC. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  12. "Max Duffy". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
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