Lucas Dean

HISTORY — From College Profile

Junior (2021)
Second-Team All-Conference USA selection at punter … voted to the CoSIDA Academic All-District VII  First Team … C-USA All-Academic Team choice … punted 47 times for a 45.2 average … pinned 21 punts inside the 20-yard line … had 10 punts of 50-plus yards including a school-record 73-yarder in the 34-31 win over UAB (Nov. 20) … induced 12 fair catches and only saw three punts result in a touchback … averaged 50.3 yards on four punts with three inside the 20 in that UAB victory … punted four times for a 51.3 average at North Texas (Nov. 27) … averaged 50.8 yards on five punts with three inside the 20 and a long of 63 in the 31-28 road win over Memphis (Sept. 25) … posted a 47.0 average on three attempts with two inside the 20 in the victory against Southern Miss (Nov. 13) … pinned Rice inside its 20 three times and averaged 45.6 yards on five punts in a 45-0 shutout of the Owls (Oct. 16) … member of the Ray Guy Award watch list … also served as the team's holder … C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal recipient and Honor Roll member.

Sophomore (2020)
Named a second-team All-American by the Sporting News and was a fourth-team selection by Phil Steele … Conference USA Special Teams Player of the Year and first-team all-conference punter … Dave Campbell's Texas Football All-Texas College First Team pick … led C-USA and ranked sixth nationally with a school-record 46.0 punting average on 57 punts … four-time Ray Guy Award Ray's 4 honoree … named Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week after averaging 45.0 yards on six punts with five inside the 20 and three of 50-plus yards against UAB (Oct. 3) … voted C-USA Special Teams Player of the Week after averaging 46.7 yards with two inside the 20 in the 49-17 victory over North Texas (11/28) … registered 27 punts that pinned opponents inside the 20-yard line, including 15 inside the 10 and seven inside the 5 … recorded 21 punts of 50-plus yards, including a career-best 67-yarder at FAU (Oct. 31) … posted a 45.0-plus-yard average in eight games … of his 57 total punts, 40 were not returned … C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal recipient and Honor Roll member.

Freshman (2019)
Enrolled at UTSA in Spring 2019 and won the starting job as punter for his true freshman campaign … averaged 40.8 yards on 65 punts … booted 12 punts of 50-or-more yards … pinned opponents inside their 20-yard line 16 times … induced 28 fair catches … averaged 43.0 yards on eight punts with two sailing 50-plus yards, including a season-long 56-yarder, at Baylor (Sept. 7) … boomed 56-yard and 54-yard punts and averaged 40.1 yards on seven kicks at Louisiana Tech (Nov. 30) … turned in a season-best 44.7 average on six punts with two going for 50-plus yards and four inside the 20 against Florida Atlantic (Nov. 23) … averaged 43.8 yards on five punts with a pair going 50-or-more yards against UAB (Oct. 12) … posted a 42.7-yard average on three punts in the win over Rice (Oct. 19) … completed a 22-yard pass to Rashad Wisdom on a fake punt for a first down play versus Army (Sept. 14) … also served as the team's holder for most of the season … C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal recipient and Honor Roll member.

Prior To UTSA
Trained at ProKick Australia in Melbourne under coach Nathan Chapman during the past year … ProKick Australia has produced NFL punters Michael Dickson, Jordan Berry and Cameron Johnson and more than 65 current NCAA Division I punters … played Australian Rules Football for the Augusta-Margaret River Hawks and the Dunsborough Sharks.

Personal
Father, Warren, played in the Australian Football League for Subiaco and Melbourne … pre-business major ... Born May 5, 2000 … son of Warren and Margaret Dean … father played professional Australian rules football for the Melbourne Demons … has one brother … economics major.

-- 6/22/23