No. 29 Toronto Argonauts | |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 6 February 1995
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Career information | |
Status | Active |
CFL status | Global |
Position(s) | Punter |
Height | 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) |
Weight | 225 lb (102 kg) |
College | Western Kentucky |
CFL Draft | 2022G / Round: 1 / Pick: 4 |
Drafted by | Toronto Argonauts |
Career history | |
As player | |
2022–present | Toronto Argonauts |
Career highlights and awards | |
CFL East All-Star | 2022 |
Career stats | |
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John Haggerty III (born 6 February 1995) is a professional gridiron football punter for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
Haggerty grew up in Sydney, Australia, where he played rugby, Australian rules football, and soccer. [1] His biggest inspiration in sports was Kobe Bryant and he played football with Michael Dickson. [1]
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]
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 and his wife, Spenser, have one son, Lincoln John Haggerty, who was born in July 2021. [1]
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