Luke Larsen

2022: Appeared in all 13 games as the Pirates primary punter … Logged 113 total snaps … Punted 44 times for 1,779 yards (40.4 ypp) with three touchbacks … Landed 14 punts inside the opponents 20-yard line … Four of 44 punts went for 50 or more yards … Twenty-three of 44 punts were fair caught … Established new career-highs in punts (seven) and punt yards (294) at Cincinnati … Booted four or more balls in a game seven times … Had 200 or more yards punting three times in a game (150 or more on seven occasions … ECU’s holder on PATs (51) and FGAs (20) …

2021: Listed as the top backup to Jonn Young where he appeared in just one game … Lone game played was against Cincinnati where he tied his career-high with five punts, while also setting a new personal-best in yards (208) … Landed a pair of punts inside the Bearcats 20-yard line.

2020: Experienced action in five games during the pandemic-shortened season … Punted 13 times for 536 yards (41.2 ypp) with one touchback … Landed three inside the opponents 20-yard line … Made collegiate debut against UCF punting twice for 82 yards … Delivered a career-best five punts for 207 yards landing three inside the 20-yard line against Cincinnati … Career-long punt of 51 yards came against Tulane in the first quarter … Added two punts at Tulsa (79 yards) and three more versus Tulane (140 yards) … First career rush was for 25 yards on a fake punt vs. SMU (1Q) resulting in a first down - last time an ECU punter had a fake punt that resulted in a first down was Matt Dodge vs. UAB (19 yards) on Nov. 21, 2009.

High School: Graduated from St. Bernard’s College.

Personal: Full name is Luke Anthony Larsen … A product of Prokick Australia … Is East Carolina’s third Australian-born punter to own a roster position with the Pirates, most recently following Taren Point’s Phil McNaughton (2011-12; punted nine times during the ’11 campaign under former head coach Ruffin McNeill) … Earned undergraduate degree in industrial distribution and logistics at East Carolina ... Currently enrolled in MBA program at ECU … Four-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll member (fall 2021-present) … Three-time AAC All-Academic Team selection (2020-22).