Patrick Rea

2025: College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Played in all 14 games, serving as team's primary punter and holder Had 48 punts for 1,968 yards, averaging 41.0 yards per punt Had six punts over 50 yards, 16 punts inside the 20 and three touchbacks Season-long 61-yard punt at Marshall (Nov. 8) Season-best 47.5 yards per punt with a long of 52 vs. Washington State (Nov. 22) Also averaged 46.25 per punt on four tries in Marshall road win Had a 43.8 punt average at Oregon (Dec. 20) in the College Football Playoff Had pair of 50+ yard punts in two games Season-high four punts inside the 20 at Georgia State (Oct. 4) Also had a seven-yard rush on a fake punt Transferred to JMU with two seasons of eligibility remaining after spending three years at Louisiana Tech (2022-24) 2024 at Louisiana Tech: Played in all 13 games, serving as team’s primary punter and holder Averaged 39.6 yards per punt on 67 attempts Had six punts over 50 yards, 23 punts inside the 20 and nine touchbacks Ranked second in Conference USA in punts inside the 20 Career-long 70-yard punt vs. Nicholls (Aug. 31) Averaged 56.5 yards per punt on pair of punts vs. Middle Tennessee (Oct. 10), which included a 64-yarder In 2024 Radiance Technologies Bowl vs. Army West Point (Dec. 28), averaged 47.7 yards per punt on three attempts Averaged 44.2 yards per punt on five tries vs. Jacksonville State (Nov. 9) Had an averaged of 43.0 yards per punt or better in six games and was 40.0 or better in eight outings Career-best four punts inside the 20 vs. Kennesaw State (Nov. 30) and had three or more inside the 20 in three games Also had one carry for 26 yards against Arkansas (Nov. 23) Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medalist Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll 2023 at Louisiana Tech: Played in two games as primary holder Appeared in games at SMU (Sept. 2) and Western Kentucky (Oct. 5) Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medalist Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll 2022 at Louisiana Tech: Played in four games, redshirting to retain a year of eligibility Averaged 39.6 yards per punt on 10 attempts Had one punt over 50 yards, one inside the 20 and one touchback Averaged 47.5 yards per punt at Charlotte (Nov. 19), which included a season-best 51-yard punt Also averaged 47.0 yards per punt on pair of tries at FIU (Oct. 28) Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medalist Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll High School: Played Australian Rules Football in high school Athletics Year Level Champion State Australian Rules Football Representative Year 11 Mathematics Dux High Academic Achiever Awards (Years 11-12) Personal: Son of Virginia Rea Has two siblings, James and Pippa