Josh Bartel

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Josh Bartel
Personal information
Born: (1985-04-23) 23 April 1985 (age 39)
Wodonga, Victoria, Australia
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:200 lb (91 kg)
Position: Punter
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Player stats at CFL.ca

Josh Bartel (born 23 April 1985) is a professional Canadian football punter who is currently a free agent. He has played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Saskatchewan Roughriders, and BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

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Before going to the CFL, Bartel played Australian Rules Football for the Wodonga Football Club.

Australian Rules Football career

In June 2010, Bartel quit Wodonga to pursue a gridiron football career in North America. [1]

Professional career

Bartel joined the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League in 2012 after leaving Australia and failing to make a National Football League team. Under rules in place at the time, Bartel was considered a "non-import" player because he received his football training in Canada. [2] The rules changed after 31 May 2014, [3] but Bartel was grandfathered in as a "National Player".

In 2012, his first season in the CFL, Bartel punted for 4,985 yards on 116 punts, an average of 43.0 yards per punt, [4] and was named an East Division All-Star.

In 2013, Bartel punted for 4,897 yards on 112 punts, bringing his average up to 43.7 yards per punt. [4] Bartel was again named an East Division All-Star in 2013.

On 17 February 2014, Bartel was traded to the Saskatchewan Roughriders. [5] The 2014 season saw him punt for 4,616 yards on 106 punts, an average of 43.5 yards per punt. [4]

He returned to Australia for the 2015 season, but on 21 January 2016, the Saskatchewan Roughriders announced that Bartel had signed a contract to play for the 2016 season. [6] He punted 134 times for 6,046 yards, an average of 45.1 yards per punt. [4]

On 1 March 2017, Bartel signed a contract extension with the Roughriders that carried through the 2019 CFL season. [7] However, following the signing of Jon Ryan, Bartel was released on 14 May 2019. [8] [9]

On 8 July 2019, it was announced that Bartel had signed with the BC Lions. [10]

Personal life

In Australia, Bartel had a job lined up selling car tires but instead came to Canada to punt in the CFL. [11]

Bartel's cousin, Jimmy, played for the Geelong Cats in the Australian Football League from 2002 to 2016 [12]

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References

  1. ↑ KOHLHAGEN, BRETT (25 June 2010). "Josh Bartel quits Wodonga to pursue NFL dream".
  2. ↑ "Mullin: Changing the game - The Ratio - CFL.ca". 11 February 2011.
  3. ↑ "Game Rule Ratio - CFL.ca".
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Josh Bartel - CFL.ca".
  5. ↑ "Ticats make a deal with Roughriders". 17 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "Saskatchewan Roughriders sign punter Josh Bartel and defensive back Dan West". 21 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "Bartel signs contract extension with Roughriders". 1 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "Riders transactions". riderville.ca. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  9. ↑ "Regina-born punter, former NFLer Jon Ryan signs with Riders". CBC News. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  10. ↑ "Lions sign punter Josh Bartel". 8 July 2019.
  11. ↑ "The Scratching Post: Ticats all-star punter Josh Bartel on the verge of quitting a year ago". scratchingpost.thespec.com.
  12. ↑ "Aussie Josh Bartel Makes History in Canada". Archived from the original on 29 November 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
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