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| Born | (1993-04-11)11 April 1993 (age 31) Perth,Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian rules footballer
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American football player American football career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Kent Street Senior High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College: | Kentucky | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position: | Punter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CFL draft: | 2021G: 4th round, 30th pick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Max Duffy (born 11 April 1993) is an Australian formerAmerican footballpunter. He was the punter for theKentucky Wildcats and also anAustralian rules footballer who played for theFremantle Football Club in theAustralian Football League (AFL).
Duffy attendedKent Street Senior High School.[1]
He mainly playedbasketball 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 forEast Fremantle in theWest Australian Football League (WAFL) when he was recruited with 39th draft pick in the2012 AFL Draft.[2]
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 againstGeelong following some good form in the WAFL forPeel.[3] After starting the game as the substitute, he kicked a goal with hisfirst 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 joinedWest 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 footballpunter.[6]
In December 2017, Duffy was signed by theKentucky Wildcats as apunter. 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 theToronto Argonauts in the fourth round of the2021 CFL Global Draft on 15 April 2021.[9] He signed with theDenver Broncos of the NFL as an undrafted free agent on 24 May 2021.[10] He was waived on June 17.
On 10 March 2022, Duffy was drafted by thePittsburgh Maulers of theUnited States Football League.[11]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
| 2014 | Fremantle | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 2015 | Fremantle | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 12.5 | 3.0 | 1.0 |
| Career | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 7.3 | 1.7 | 0.3 | ||
