Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Pressley Harvin III was born September 17, 1998, in Alcolu, South Carolina. He  Sumter High School, where he became the Gamecocks' varsity punter as a freshman and also played tight end. As a senior, he punted for an averaged of 42.5 yards and was named All-State for a second straight season. Harvin also was a member of Sumter's track & field team as a thrower and placed second in shot put and fourth in discus in the South Carolina Class 5A State Championship as a senior.

Pressley became Georgia Tech's starting punter as a true freshman and led all Division I freshman with 44.1 yards per punt and was named third-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). As a sophomore, Pressley was named second-team All-ACC. He punted for 3,583 yards on 80 punts for an average of 44.8 yards in his junior season. As a senior, Harvin punted 45 times for an average of 48.0 yards, breaking both the school and ACC record, and was named first-team All-ACC. He was also a unanimous first-team All-America selection and won the Ray Guy Award as the nation's top collegiate punter, becoming the first African American player to win the award.

Harvin was selected in the seventh round with the 254th overall pick of the 2021 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers.