After attending Prokick Australia, a program designed to train Australian athletes in gridiron football, Haggerty was recruited to the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers program where he played college football from 2019 to 2021.[2] He set single-season program records for punting average in each of his three years, with 45.7 yards in 2020, 45.9 yards in 2019, and 48.7 yards in 2021.[2]
Professional career
Haggerty was drafted in the first round, fourth overall by the Toronto Argonauts in the 2022 CFL Global Draft and signed with the team on 10 May 2022.[3] Following 2022 training camp, he was named the team's punter, allowing Boris Bede to focus on placekicking.[4] He played in his first career professional game on 16 June 2022, against the Montreal Alouettes, where he had four punts for a 51.2-yard average and scored two singles in the one-point victory.[5] Haggerty played in 17 regular season games where he had 107 punts for a 48.2-yard average, 36.9 yards net, and five singles.[6] He was named a CFL East All-Star at the end of the regular season.[7] He also played in his first Grey Cup game where he had six punts for a 49.2-yard average as the Argonauts defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 24–23 in the 109th Grey Cup and Haggerty won his first championship.[6][8]
Haggerty (left) in the 111th Grey Cup with the Argonauts in 2024
In 2023, Haggerty played in 12 games while sitting out six due to injury.[4][9] He led the league in punting average with 48.0 yards per punt and had three singles.[4] He also played in the team's East Final loss to the Montreal Alouettes.
In the 2024 season, Haggerty played in all 18 regular season games and had 88 punts for a 50.3-yard average which ranked as the third-highest single season punting average of all-time.[10] However, it was the second-highest average in that season as Jake Julien set the all-time record that year.[10] Nonetheless, Haggerty was named to the East Division All-CFL team for the second time in his career.[11] He also played in all three post-season games, including the 111th Grey Cup where he had five punts for a 54.8-yard average and one single in the Argonauts' 41–24 victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.[12] He became a free agent upon the expiry of his contract on 11 February 2025.[13][14] However, he eventually re-signed with the Argonauts on 4 April 2025.[15]
Personal life
Haggerty and his wife, Spenser, have one son, Lincoln John Haggerty, who was born in July 2021.[1]
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