Jack Fox

BIOGRAPHY

Jack Fox was born on September 1st, 1996, in Dallas, Texas. He is a punter in the NFL.

 Fox attended Ladue Horton Watkins High School and played college football at Rice University.

During high school, Fox was an All-State selection as a punter (first team) and placekicker (second team) as a senior. He averaged 45.9 yards on 47 punts while converting 49/50 PATs and 17/23 field goals.

Fox played for the Rice University football team from 2015 to 2018. In 2015, Fox was a true freshman who handled kickoffs all year and handled placements in the first two, he averaged 65 yards and had four touchbacks on five kickoffs at FAU. In 2016, Fox was an honorable Mention All-C-USA selection by the coaches after leading C-USA punters with 27 punts inside the 20 (75 punts) and third with 13 of 50 yards or longer. In 2017, Fox was All-Conference USA second-team selection by league coaches and third team by Phil Steele after late charge allowed him to lead the conference in punting with a 44.2 average (57/2520) which ranked 15th nationally. After averaging just 37.8 on four punts at UAB, Fox averaged 48.3 over the last three games, booting six of 10 for better than 50 yards. In 2018, Fox was second-best in the nation among punters with at least 60 punts in the regular season and ranked 8th nationally among all punters. He led the nation with 3,636 punting yards in the regular season, which also set a school record. His 80 punts ranked fourth.

Fox was signed to the Detroit Lions practice squad on December 5, 2019, where he spent the rest of the season. He was signed to a futures contract at the end of the season. Fox was named the Lions opening day punter at the end of training camp, beating out Arryn Siposs. Fox made his NFL debut on September 13, 2020, in the season opener against the Chicago Bears, punting 4 times for 197 yards (49.3 average) with two punts inside the 20-yard line. Fox was named the NFC Special Teams Player of the Month for September.

Fox finished his first season with 59 punts for an average of 49.1 yards and a net average of 44.8, both Lions records, and was named to the 2021 Pro Bowl and second-team All-Pro. He was given an exclusive-rights free agent tender by the Lions on March 4, 2021. He signed the one-year contract on April 23.

On October 22, 2022, Fox signed a three-year, $11.325 million contract extension with the Lions, making him the highest-paid punter in the league.