Ryan Stonehouse

BIOGRAPHY

Ryan Stonehouse was born May 11, 1999, in San Dimas, California. He is a punter in the NFL.

Stonehouse currently holds the NCAA FBS and Mountain West Conference records for the highest career average yards per punt, as well as the NFL single-season record for average yards per punt.

tonehouse signed with the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent on May 13, 2022. He performed well throughout the preseason and won the punting job when the Titans released longtime punter Brett Kern on August 29, 2022.

During a narrow Week 3 24–22 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders, Stonehouse punted thrice for 181 yards with a long of 70 yards. Two weeks later against the Washington Commanders, he punted eight times for 416 yards in the 21–17 road victory. Stonehouse was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Month for October after punting 20 times for 1,033 yards and a 51.7 average.

During a Week 10 17–10 victory over the Denver Broncos, Stonehouse punted eight times for 432 yards, including three inside the 10-yard line with a long of 74 yards, earning AFC Special Teams Player of the Week. Two weeks later against the Cincinnati Bengals, he had five punts for 269 yards with a long of 71 yards. In the next game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Stonehouse punted seven times for 401 yards as the Titans lost on the road by a score of 35–10.

Stonehouse recorded an average of 53.1 yards per punt throughout his rookie season, which set a new single-season NFL record. The record, previously set in 1940 by Sammy Baugh with a 51.4 average, lasted 82 seasons before being broken by Stonehouse. He was also the punting yards leader in 2022, punting 90 times for a total of 4,779 yards.