No. 70 – Calgary Stampeders | |
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Position | Punter |
Roster status | Active |
CFL status | Global |
Personal information | |
Born | Dandenong, Melbourne, Australia | 4 December 1996
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
Weight | 219 lb (99 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | Warragul Regional College (Warragul, Victoria) |
College | Louisville (2021–2022) Colorado (2023–2024) |
CFL draft | 2025G: 2nd round, 10th overall pick |
Career history | |
2025–present | Calgary Stampeders |
Stats at CFL.ca |
Mark Vassett Jr. (born 4 December 1996) is an Australian professional football punter for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Vassett played college football for the Louisville Cardinals and the Colorado Buffaloes.
Vassett played college football for Louisville from 2021 to 2022 and Colorado from 2023 to 2024. [1] He played 26 games for the Cardinals and had 100 punts for 4,330 yards, for a 43.3 yard average. [2] After two years at Louisville, Vassett transferred to the University of Colorado. [3] He played in 22 games punting 107 times for 4,708 yards, averaging 44 yards per kick. [4]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | |||||||||
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6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 215 lb (98 kg) | 32+1⁄2 in (0.83 m) | 9+3⁄4 in (0.25 m) | |||||||||
All values from Pro Day [5] |
After Vassett went undrafted in the 2025 NFL Draft, he was selected by the Calgary Stampeders in the 2025 CFL global draft with the 10th pick. [6] He was officially signed by the team on 5 May 2025. [7] Vasset made his CFL debut on 3 July against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He punted five times for 265 yards with a long of 68 yards and a net average of 39.8 yards, which garnered praise from his former coach at Colorado, Deion Sanders. [8] [9]