Brad Wing

Bradley Thomas Wing (born 27 January 1991) is an Australian professional American football punter for the San Antonio Brahmas of the United Football League (UFL).

33 of his punts were downed inside the 20-yard line, which tied the Giants’ single-season record set by Brad Maynard in both 1997 and 1998.

His family moved to Baton Rouge during the 2011 season in order to be with him during his LSU career.

As a redshirt freshman, Wing averaged 43.0 yards per punt in 42 punts with a long of 73 yards through 12 games.

That same year, he landed 20 punts inside the opponent's 20-yard line.

In top-ranked LSU's 9–6 overtime win at Alabama in the 2011 season, Wing kicked a 73-yard punt, hitting a camera wire, forcing overtime.

Wing gained notoriety during a game against the Florida Gators by stretching his arms out during a fake punt play on his way to a 52-yard touchdown.

Due to a new rule taking effect that season, Wing was flagged for taunting, and the touchdown was nullified.

Going into the BCS National Championship Game against Alabama, opponents had attempted to return Wing's punts only 17 times for a total of 6 yards.

During 2011 and 2012, Wing averaged 44.6 yards per punt, which is the highest in school history for a player with at least 100 punts.

Wing was suspended from the 2012 Chick-fil-A Bowl for an "undisclosed violation of team rules."

However, in a podcast episode, Wing disclosed that he was asked to leave LSU for failing drug tests.

The school did not state this publicly and instead cited "academic misconduct" and "violation of team rules" for Wing's leaving.

He was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2013.

He played college football at LSU.

Wing achieved fame during several nationally televised games for his accuracy and leg strength in LSU's punting game.

He was also the first college football player to be penalized under a new rule regarding on-field taunting during scoring plays.

Wing was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

His parents are Kathi and David Wing.

His father David tried out with the Detroit Lions, then punted professionally for the Scottish Claymores.

Growing up, Wing played Australian rules football which he says has contributed to his ability to punt so accurately.

The younger Wing was cut from his TAC Cup club, the Sandringham Dragons, ending his Australian rules career.

At that time, family friends of the Wings in Baton Rouge, Louisiana offered to host him for his senior year of high school as part of a student exchange program while trying out American football punting.

He attended Parkview Baptist High School, where he was named All-State.

During one of his football games, his mom, Kathi, coincidentally sat next to Les Miles' wife, Kathy.

Kathy Miles said Wing played well and she would let Les Miles know to "keep him on the radar."

Wing then was notified that he was being recruited by LSU.

He eventually received a scholarship offer from LSU.

Notably, he did not recognize LSU head coach Les Miles when the latter made his first visit to recruit him; he had to be told who Miles was.

On 4 January 2013, Wing announced that he would enter the 2013 NFL Draft.

After Wing went undrafted in the 2013 NFL Draft, the Philadelphia Eagles signed him to compete with fellow former LSU punter Donnie Jones in training camp.

He was waived on 25 August 2014.

In 2014, Wing signed a contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers to serve as the punter and holder for field goals and PATs.

In the fourth quarter of a game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, his punt went only 29 yards, giving the ball to the Buccaneers at the Steelers' 46-yard line with 40 seconds to go.

The Buccaneers scored the game-winning touchdown a few plays later.

In a game against the Baltimore Ravens on 2 November 2014, following a botched snap on the extra point for which Wing was the holder, he completed a pass to Matt Spaeth for a two-point conversion, and thus became the first Australian player in NFL history to score from a pass.

On 4 September 2015, Wing was traded to the New York Giants for a seventh-round draft pick.

After the Giants acquired Wing from the Steelers, veteran punter Steve Weatherford was released the same day.

In 2015, he punted 76 times and had a 44.5-yard gross average and a 38.9-yard net average.

On 11 July 2016, Wing signed a 3-year contract extension with the Giants.