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Name: Michael Turk (Double Transfer from Arizona State/Lafayette)
College: Oklahoma
Number: 37
School Bio/Stats Link: HERE
Height: 6-0 Weight: 227
Position: Pos2:
Class/Draft Year: rSr/2023
40 Low: 4.75 40 Time: 4.79 40 High: 4.85
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Data Scout Notes: X-7-HPFA/Shot at 5-7/46.79 Ave in 22/51.27Ave in 21/Undrafted back for two more years 2022: 1stC/HMC-STPoY...PGuy...2021: 1stC...PGuy...Double Transfer from Arizona State/Lafayette...2020: 1stC...PGuy...01/06/20-Announced Early Entry into 2020 NFL Draft...2019: 1stC...PGuy...Transferred to Arizona State in Dec '18. Sat out in '18. Left La fayette in spring '18. 2nd team
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Combine Invite: Yes
Height: 6002
Weight: 227
Zybek PD3X AKA "Official"
40 Yard Dash (ET): 4.79
40 Yard Dash (HH): 4.78
20 Yard (ET): 2.75
20 Yard (HH): 2.70
10 Yard (ET): 1.64
10 Yard (HH): 1.66
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Vertical Jump: 34
Broad Jump: 09'01"
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Dates: 03/30/23
Hand: 10 1/8 Arm: 30 1/2
Wingspan: 76 3/8
Height: 6002
Weight: 227
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Michael Turk, Oklahoma, Player News
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2022 ALL-BIG 12 FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION: Michael Turk (STPoY),...Several Sooners also earned honorable mention recognition (at least one vote) at their respective positions and/or for individual awards: Gabriel (quarterback), Harrison (offensive linem an of the year), Mims (kick returner/punt returner), Turk (special teams player of the year), Billy Bowman and Justin Broiles (defensive back), C.J. Coldon (defensive newcomer of the year), Chris Murray and Andrew Raym (offensive line) and Danny Stutsman , David Ugwoegbu and DaShaun White (linebacker). - Oklahoma Football
(DS#4 P) rSr/2023  P Michael Turk, Oklahoma
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2022 ALL-BIG 12 FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM: P Michael Turk, Oklahoma, 6th,...A sixth-year senior from Dallas, Turk leads the Big 12 and ranks third nationally with his 46.7 punting average. He has 20 punts of at least 50 yards, including seven 60-yarders with a long of 67 yards. Twenty of his 60 punts this season (33%) have been downed inside the 20-yard line. Forty-eight of his punts have not been returned (80%) and the 12 returns have averaged only 2.8 yards per return with a long of 13 yards. He was a semif inalist for the Ray Guy Award and was named Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week on Oct. 31. - Oklahoma Football
(DS#4 P) rSr/2023 P Michael Turk, Oklahoma
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OCT 31 BIG 12 CO-SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Michael Turk, OU, P, Sr.,...Turk averaged 49.3 yards on his six punts and became Oklahoma's first full-time punter since 1970 to throw a touchdown pass in OU's 27-13 win at Iowa State. The TD pass came o n a fake field goal attempt as Turk, the holder, flipped the ball to kicker Zach Schmit, who ran the ball in from two yards out to give OU a 10-3 second-quarter lead. As a punter, the senior was particularly effective in the fourth quarter, booming 61- a nd 60-yarders to flip the field with the Sooners holding on to a seven-point lead. The 60-yard punt was downed at the two-yard line, and OU's defense registered takeaways on both ensuing ISU possessions. Turk leads the Big 12 and ranks sixth nationally w ith his 45.8-yard punt average this season. - Big 12 Football
(DS#4 P) rSr/2023 P Michael Turk, Oklahoma
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2022 PRESEASON RAY GUY WATCHLIST: Michael Turk - Oklahoma,...Moved around, beginning college at Lafayette in 2017, moving to Arizona State in 2018 (redshirted) and 2019 when he was a Ray Guy Award semifinalist … earned first-team All-Pac 12 honors … played in all 13 games and punted 67 times for 3,082 yards (46.0 average) … 23 punts traveled at least 50 yards, 36 were downed inside the 20-yard line (54.2 percent), 22 were fair caught and seven resulted in touchbacks … At ASU in 2020, he was a fi rst-team All-Pac-12 selection ... played in all four of team's games during COVID-shortened season … posted a career-high 47.2 yards-per-punt average (661 yards on 14 punts).Five went for at least 50 yards (long of 58) and six were downed inside the 20-yard line … averaged 41.5 yards on four punts at Oregon State (12/29) … Last season at Oklahoma, Turk was an All-Big 12 First Team selection (coaches and AP) … played in 11 games (team did not punt vs. Tulane or Kansas State … averaged 51 .2 yards on 35 punts … 20 punts went for at least 50 yards and eight went for at least 60 … 16 punts were downed inside 20-yard line … holds five of the top 14 single-game punting averages (minimum three punts) in Oklahoma history (including the be st and third-best marks -- 59.7 vs. TCU and 58.0 vs. Texas. - Oklahoma Football
(DS#4 P) rSr/2023 P Michael Turk, Oklahoma
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Six Kansas State Wildcats made the 29-man preseason all-Big 12 football team. Five Baylor Bears joined them. And four West Virginia Mountaineers along with four Iowa State Cyclones. One Oklahoma Sooner was on the team. That's right. One. Punter Michael T urk. The OU masses are indignant and maybe they should be. Pushback over the Sooners' and Texas' eventual move to the Southeastern Conference? Maybe. Only three UT made the preseason team, and usually the squad is packed with Sooners and Longhorns. For a ll I know, the Sooners will be the pick to win the conference, when those same voters' opinions are revealed Thursday, and the league's best team ought to be represented by more than a punter. - Daily Oklahoman
(DS#4 P) rSr/2023 P Michael Turk, Oklahoma
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2021 ALL-BIG 12 FIRST TEAM (COACHES): P Michael Turk, Oklahoma,...A redshirt senior from Dallas, Turk is averaging 51.3 yards per punt this season, which would lead the nation if he had enough punts to qualify (NCAA minimum is 3.6 punts per game and he a verages 2.8). Nineteen of his 33 punts have gone for at least 50 yards, and eight have gone for at least 60. Turk, who was a first-team All-Pac-12 selection each of the last two years at Arizona State, has turned in five of the top 14 single-game punting averages in Oklahoma history this season, including the best and third-best marks (59.7 vs. TCU and 58.0 vs. Texas). - Oklahoma Football
(DS#4 P) rSr/2023 P Michael Turk, Oklahoma
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When former Arizona State Sun Devils punter Michael Turk announced he was transferring from the program less than a month away from the season, it came as a shock to most. ASU head coach Herm Edwards joined Arizona Sports' Doug & Wolf on Monday to discus s the 2021 season and mentioned why the former Ray Guy Award semifinalist decided to leave the program for the Oklahoma Sooners. "It had nothing to do with anything but how we treated the COVID situation and what we were going to do going forward," Edwar ds said. "We had some things in there that he didn't agree with and that was fine. He didn't want to leave but he decided to go somewhere else."Replacing the boot of Turk won't be an easy task for ASU after he averaged 46.0 yards on 59 punts in 20 19, which ranked 11th in the FBS and led the Pac-12. Turk was a two-time First Team All-Pac-12 selection. However, Edwards thinks his team will have no problem replacing Turk at the position. "He'll be fine and we'll be fine," he said. "This kid (Eddie C zaplicki) we brought in is going to be a good player … he can punt and kick but for right now he's just punting." - ArizonaSports.com
(DS#4 P) rSr/2023 P Michael Turk, Oklahoma
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Reeves Mundschau might still be OU's punter this season. But things got a lot more interesting at the position for the Sooners recently with the addition of Arizona State transfer Michael Turk. "It went from Forks Up to Horns Down," Turk said on a video last week announcing his transfer destination on his YouTube channel, which has more than 15,000 subscribers. The typical deadline for players to transfer and retain eligibility for the upcoming season is July 1, but as a graduate transfer, Turk figures to be eligible to play immediately. Turk seemed destined to be the Sun Devils' starting punter until earlier this month, making the decision to transfer after Arizona State introduced a policy that unvaccinated individuals - including players - couldn't be a part of the traveling party for road games. - Daily Oklahoman
(DS#4 P) rSr/2023 P Michael Turk, Oklahoma
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Arizona State Sun Devils punter Michael Turk entered the transfer portal less than a month before the football team's season begins and in an Instagram post announced his commitment to the Oklahoma Sooners. Turk, who is a graduate transfer with a year of eligibility remaining, returned to the ASU program in June despite declaring for the NFL Draft, participating in the NFL Scouting Combine, signing with an agent and going undrafted. That's because Turk was granted a waiver from the NCAA, largely on the basis that COVID-19 affected his chances of being drafted due to his inability to be a part of pro days, team workouts and in-person interviews. The Sun Devils have two other punters listed on the roster: Florida State transfer Logan Tyler and freshman A dam Babb. Turk, who will now be a junior, averaged 46.0 yards per punt on 59 punts last season. That ranked 11th in the FBS and led the Pac-12. - Arizona Sports
(DS#4 P) rSr/2023 P Michael Turk, Oklahoma
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The transfer portal has led to what most now call free agency in college athletics. Not getting enough paying time? Transfer. Don't like the coach? Transfer. Think the grass is greener somewhere else? Transfer. When a top line player opts to leave there are a lot of questions and in the case of Arizona State punter Michael Turk, the situation is complicated. Turk stunned all last week when he asked ASU compliance officials to enter him into the transfer portal. The timing made it an interesting move. Th e deadline for players to transfer and still be eligible to play the coming season at an FBS school was July 1, but since Turk is a grad transfer he actually could play this season.The move appears to be tied to an ASU policy that athletes - or an y individuals for that matter - who have not been vaccinated will not be part of the traveling party for any road game. Turk is a deeply religious individual, who has made his feelings on that issue public through social media, announced his decision to transfer on his YouTube channel. He has not given a reason for the transfer and did not respond to a text message left for him regarding that issue. That was not necessarily surprising because Turk, one of the premier punters in the country, has always p referred to keep a lower profile and has never particularly enjoyed dealing with the media. ASU athletic director Ray Anderson put out a statement after an inquiry from some media explaining the school's policy, which makes it sound like Turk's move was prompted by the policy. - Arizona Republic
(DS#4 P) rSr/2023 P Michael Turk, Oklahoma
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The 2021 college football season hasn't even started yet and the Arizona State Sun Devils have been dealt a significant blow as senior punter Michael Turk has entered the transfer portal. It was a surprising move given that Turk was at practice on Thursd ay morning as the Sun Devils worked out for the second straight day in advance of the 2021 season opener against Southern Utah Sept. 2.Turk is a two-time first-team All-Pac 12 selection. He earned that honor last season despite only having 14 punt s for an average of 47.21 yards in the shortened, four-game season. Turk has been one of the nation's top punters since coming to Tempe in 2019. In his first season with the Sun Devils Turk was a semifinalist for the Ray Guy Award which goes annually to the country's top punter. He led the Pac-12 and was 11th in the nation in punting (46.0 ypp). His kicks enabled ASU's punt coverage unit to finish 12th in the nation in net punting (41.6). - Arizona Republic
(DS#4 P) rSr/2023 P Michael Turk, Oklahoma
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Arizona State's Michael Turk has been named to the watch list for the Ray Guy Award which goes annually to the nation's top punter. Turk, the nephew of former NFL punter Matt Turk, only had 14 punts for an average of 47.21 yards in the shortened 2020 sea son but still earned first-team All-Pac 12 honors. He was a semifinalist for the award in 2019, finishing first in the Pac-12 and 11th in the nation in punting (46.0 ypp). Turk's high and booming kicks enabled ASU's punt coverage unit to finish 12th in t he nation in net punting (41.6). - Arizona Republic
(DS#4 P) rSr/2023 P Michael Turk, Oklahoma
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2020 ALL-PAC-12 CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM: P Michael Turk, Jr., Arizona State,...Redshirt junior punter Michael Turk had another impressive season, showing off his powerful leg and improved directional punting...Turk is one of only three players in the confe rence to be named to the First Team for the second consecutive season...He led the conference in every major statistical punting category, including allowing only 28 total yards on punt returns this season...The Dallas native boomed five punts over 50 ya rds and a long of 58 yards...Was sixth in the country in yards per punt attempt this season at 47.2...His average hangtime of 4.00 was third in the Pac-12...Kicked 11 of his 14 punts inside the 20-yard line. - Arizona State Football
(DS#4 P) rSr/2023 P Michael Turk, Oklahoma
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NOV 9 PAC-12 SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Michael Turk, P, Arizona State (Dallas, Texas),...Turk punted five times and averaged 51.6 yards per punt, and pinned the Trojans inside their own 20-yard line three times...The Ray Guy Award watch list hono ree also posted three punts 57 yards-or-further, including a game-high punt of 58 yards, and now has 26 career punts over 50 yards Also nominated: Bru McCoy, WR, USC; Dillon Sherman, LB, Washington State. - Pac-12 Football
(DS#4 P) rSr/2023 P Michael Turk, Oklahoma
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2020 PRESEASON RAY GUY AWARD WATCH LIST: Michael Turk, Arizona State,...Turk earned All-Pac-12 first-team honors and was a semifinalist for the 2019 Ray Guy Award after finishing first in the Pac-12 and 11th in the nation in punting (46.0) last season. T urk's high and booming kicks enabled ASU's punt coverage unit to finish 12th in the nation in net punting (41.6).Turk was honored as the Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week and the Ray Guy Punter of the Week following a week one performance in which he set the NCAA, Pac-12 and ASU record for highest average yards per punt in a game with a minimum of five attempts (63.0 yards per punt) in ASU's season-opening 30-7 win over Kent State. Twenty-one of Turk's 59 punts (35.6 percent) traveled over 50 yards in 2019, six more than any other player in the Pac-12. He pinned 32 of those 59 punts inside the opponent's 20-yard line (54.2 percent), a total that was second in the nation. - Arizona State Football
(DS#4 P) rSr/2023 P Michael Turk, Oklahoma
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There is a first time for everything and it is the Arizona State football program getting benefit of what is believed to be a first for the NCAA. Punter Michael Turk declared for the NFL draft and signed with an agent but was ultimately not selected or s igned by any team as an undrafted free agent. The school applied for a special waiver in hope of getting Turk's eligibility restored. The school cited the coronavirus pandemic as special circumstances since ASU's Pro Day was canceled. The pandemic also prevented Turk, and others, from having private workouts for teams which is a usual occurrence in advance of the draft.Turk did attend the NFL combine in Indianapolis in February before the shutdown of sports. He opened eyes with his 25 reps bench -pressing 225 pounds going viral in social media circles since that was better than some linemen. But he had a lackluster showing in other areas which hurt his draft stock. An ASU spokesman said Wednesday that the school was notified that its request was approved and that Turk would be able to return. It is the first time he NCAA has granted that for a player who had declared, signed with an agent and gone through the process. - Arizona Republic
(DS#4 P) rSr/2023 P Michael Turk, Oklahoma
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There is a first time for everything and it is the Arizona State football program getting benefit of what is believed to be a first for the NCAA. Punter MIchael Turk declared for the NFL draft and signed with an agent but was ultimately not selected or s igned by any team as an undrafted free agent. - AZ Central
(DS#4 P) rSr/2023 P Michael Turk, Oklahoma
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2020 NFL COMBINE INVITE: Michael Turk, P, Arizona State,...A semifinalist for the Ray Guy Award, Michael Turk's 46.0 yards per punt average on 59 punts was 11th in the FBS and led the Pac-12...He pinned 32 of those 59 punts inside the opponent 20-yard li ne (54.2 percent), a total that was secondin the nation...Turk has 21 punts out of 59 (35.6 percent) punts over 50 yards this season, six more than any other player in the Pac-12...Turk holds the top mark in the FBS this season for max hang time on a pun t with a mark of 5.51 seconds in generally unfavorable conditions in Week 8 against Utah. - Arizona State Football
(DS#4 P) rSr/2023 P Michael Turk, Oklahoma
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2019 ALL-PAC-12 FIRST TEAM (COACHES): P Michael Turk, R-So., Arizona State,...A semifinalist for the Ray Guy Award, Michael Turk's 46.0 yards per punt average on 59 punts was 11th in the FBS and led the Pac-12...He pinned 32 of those 59 punts inside the opponent 20-yard line (54.2 percent), a total that was secondin the nation...Turk has 21 punts out of 59 (35.6 percent) punts over 50 yards this season, six more than any other player in the Pac-12. - Arizona State Football
(DS#4 P) rSr/2023 P Michael Turk, Oklahoma
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WEEK 1 PAC-12 SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Michael Turk, R-So., P, Arizona State (Dallas, Texas),...ASU punter Michael Turk set a NCAA, Pac-12 and ASU record for highest average yards per punt in a game with a minimum of five attempts (63.0 yards pe r punt) in ASU's 30-7 win over Kent State...Turk punted five times for 315 yards with boots of 64, 62, 65, 49 and 75 yards in his Sun Devil debut. Turk broke the NCAA record previously held by Braden Mann of Texas A&M (60.8 yards per punt average vs. Ala bama on Sept. 22, 2018)...Turk's 75-yard punt in the fourth quarter tied for the sixth-longest punt in school history...For the night, Turk placed three of his five punts inside the 20...Turk was named to the Ray Guy Award Preseason Watch List. The honor is presented annually to the nation's best punter. Also nominated: Velus Jones, USC; Blake Mazza, WSU; Dario Longhetto, CAL; Jet Toner, STAN; Alex Kinney, COLO; Jevon Holland, ORE. - Pac-12 Conference Football
(DS#4 P) rSr/2023 P Michael Turk, Oklahoma
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2019 PRESEASON RAY GUY AWARD WATCH LIST: Michael Turk, Arizona State,...Turk, a redshirt-sophomore from Dallas, was named to the Ray Guy Award Watch List prior to his first season as a Sun Devil. During his freshman season at Lafayette College, Turk made an immediate impact as the team's punter, setting a single-season record for punting average with 42.7 yards per attempt, earning him All-Patriot League Second-Team honors. Turk punted 67 times with 16 efforts of 50-plus yards, while landing 18 punts in side the opponent's 20-yard line. - Arizona State Football
(DS#4 P) rSr/2023 P Michael Turk, Oklahoma
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