Colton Samis

Redshirted due to injury. A third-year starting punter during his junior season for the Raiders ... Averaged 35.6 yards, the sixth-best clip in the Frontier Conference, on 36 punt attempts for a total of 1,280 yards ... Logged a season-long 61-yard punt Oct. 5 at Montana Tech ... Stuck 12 of his attempts inside of opponents' 20-yard lines ... Had a 35-yard rush Nov. 16 at College of Idaho. Appeared in all 10 games as SOU's primary punter for the second consecutive season, totaling 37 punts for 1,337 yards and an average of 36.1 that ranked fifth in the Frontier Conference ... Had twice as many field-chaning punts (16) as any other Frontier punter ... Stuck 12 inside of opponents' 20-yard lines ... Had a season-long punt of 57 yards Sept. 23 at Montana Western and went for 40-plus in eight different games, adding a 54-yarder Oct. 14 against Arizona Christian. Became SOU's top punter as a true freshman, averaging 36 yards on 42 attempts ... Had a long of 63 yards, tied for the eighth-longest in team history, on Oct. 1 at Eastern Oregon, and on Nov. 12 added a 61-yard punt against EOU ... Stuck 18 punts inside the 20-yard line and had four more for touchbacks. Born on Oct. 7, 2003 in Medford, Oregon ... Parents are Annette and Dan ... Has an older sister, Hailee, and an older brother, Dalton ... Majoring in communications. Graduated in 2022 from South Medford High and attended Phoenix High as a freshman and sophomore ... Selected to the all-conference first team as a senior punter and received honorable mention as a receiver.