Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Austin Rehkow was born March 17, 1995, in Anchorage, Alaska. He is a punter for the Indianapolis Colts in the NFL. Rehkow went undrafted in the 2017 NFL Draft, with the league's scouting combine profile concluding he lacked the leg strength to be a full-time placekicker (a somewhat ironic conclusion given his high school record; the combine based it on the fact that his longest field goal at the college level was only 50 yards) but had enough precision as a punter to have a future in the league.

On May 5, 2017, Rehkow signed with the Buffalo Bills, who had released their previous placekickers Jordan Gay and Dan Carpenter at the end of the 2016 season. He was waived on August 20, 2017, having lost the competition to Stephen Hauschka.

On January 1, 2018, Rehkow signed a reserve/future contract with the New York Giants as a punter. He was waived by the Giants on May 7, 2018

On December 23, 2020, Rehkow signed with the Indianapolis Colts' practice squad.[13] On January 10, 2021, Rehkow signed a reserve/futures contract with the Colts.