2024 Phil Steele Honorable Mention All-American
2024 First Team All-Conference (Coaches)
2024 First Team All-Conference (Phil Steele)
2024 First Team All-Conference (College Football Network)
USF Career Record for Punts Inside the 20 (73)
USF Career Record For Consecutive Punts Without a Block (197)
Second In USF Career Punting Yards (8,277)
Second in USF Career Punts (197)
45.4 average in 2024 ranks second all-time at USF
27 punts inside the 20 in 2024 ranks second all-time at USF
3,141 yards in 2024 rank third all-time at USF
Tied USF record long punt with 72-yard punt in Hawai'i Bowl
2024: Selected to the All-Conference First Team by AAC Coaches and Phil Steele after a career-best season that also saw him named a Ray Guy Award semifinalist as one of the top punters in the nation... ranked 8
th nationally and second in the AAC in punting average (45.4)...his 45.4 average marked the second-best season average in USF program history...his 27 punts landed inside the 20 were by far the most in the conference and the second-most in USF history, while he had just four touchbacks and opponents returned 13 punts for just 58 yards (4.5 ypr)...his 3,141 punting yards on 2024 rank third all-time at USF...set USF career records for punts inside the 20 with 73 and consecutive punts without a block with 197...his 8,277 punting yards in his career are the second-most in program history as are his 197 career punts...
capped his final season with a stellar outing in the Hawai’i Bowl victory over San Jose State, hitting a 72-yard punt that tied as the longest in program history and his 51.0 -yard average on seven punts was a career-best that ranks fourth all-time at USF...recorded two punts for 98 yards, including one landing in the 20 in the season opener vs. B-CU (8/31)...recorded a career high nine punts for a career high 367 yards, including two landing inside the 20 against Alabama (9/7)…recorded three punts for 105 yards, including two landing inside the 20 at Southern Miss (9/14)…recorded three punts for 145 yards, with one landing inside the 20 against Miami (9/21)…recorded five punts for 232 yards, including three within the 20 at Tulane (9/28)...recorded seven punts for 326 yards, including five landing inside the 20 against Memphis (10/8)…recorded eight punts for 355 yards with four landing inside the 20 against UAB (10/19)...recorded five punts for 235 yards with one landing inside the 20 at FAU (11/1)…recorded six punts for 279 yards with two landing in the 20 against Navy (11/9)…recorded three punts for 124 yards at Charlotte (11/16)...recorded five punts for 221 yards with two landing in the 20 against Tulsa (11/23)…recorded six punts for 267 yards with one landing in the 20 at Rice (11/30)
2023: Handled punting duties in all 13 games and finished with 56 punts 2,292 yards (41.3 ypp), no touchbacks, and 21 punts inside the 20-yard line...registered a career-high avg. punt of 48.3 yards at WKU (9/2) on six punts for 290 yards including three inside the 20-yard line...punted a season-long 62-yard boot in the first quarter vs. FAU (10/14), part of three of five punts on the day landed inside the 20-yard line...punted seven times for 269 yards at UTSA (11/17), including three inside the 20-yard line.
2022: Saw action in six games as he split action at punter in part due to injuries during the season…punted 16 times for 661 yards and a team-best 41.3 yards per punt average…had a 52-yard long…saw seven points downed inside the 20 and four fair caught…had three punts of 50-plus yards.
2021: Started all 12 games at punter in his first season with the Bulls...punted 56 times for 2,183 yards and a 39.0 yard average...downed 15 punts inside the 20, had 13 fair caught and had seven of 50 yards or more...had a career-long 66-yard punt in his debut at NC State (9/2) and punted a season-most eight times for 361 yards and a 45.1 yard average in the game...posted a season-best 48.0 average on two punts at BYU (9/25) and made one tackle in the game...downed three punts inside the 20 at Tulane (11/20).Â
PRIOR TO USF: Committed to the Bulls in May 2020… rated as a two-star recruit by 247Sports… ranked No. 7 on 247Sports’ 2021 top punter recruits composite list…hails from the western Australia port city of Perth, located on the Indian Ocean...Stokes became the second punter from ProKick Australia to sign with the Bulls, joining Trent Schneider who has set numerous program punting records… spent the past seven years playing Australian rules football for the Railways in the Great Northern Football League before being picked up by East Fremantle in the WA Football League…he posted 10.8 disposals, 3.6 marks and .3 goals per game…he played 15 games in his WAFL career, logging 124 kicks, 54 marks, 179 hitouts, 5 goals, 38 handballs, 25 tackles and 162 disposals…also played 83 games for East Fremantle’s Reserves and 21 for the Colts squad….the 26-year old was born on Dec. 14, 1993.
PERSONAL: Named to the Athletics Honor Roll in the Spring of 2024.
STOKES’ CAREER HIGHS
Punts 9, at Alabama (9/7/24)
Yards 367, at Alabama (9/7/24)
Avg 51.0 (7 punts), vs. San Jose State (12/24/24)
Long 72, vs. San Jose State (12/24/24)
Inside 20 5, vs. Memphis (10/8/24)
Tackles 1, BYU (9/25/21)
