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2017 Football Roster

84 Mitchell Henton

  • Position Punter
  • Ht./Wt. 6-2 / 225
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Dallas, Texas
  • Prev School Lake Highlands HS
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

At Midwestern State

Individual Awards
Beyond Sports Network All-Super Region Four (1)
2014 (HM)
All-Lone Star Conference (4)
2014 (2nd), 2015 (HM), 2016 (HM), 2017 (HM)

Academic Awards
LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll (1)
2018 (S)

Senior (2017)
competed in each of MSU's 11 games as the team's primary punter while also serving as reserve place kicker... earned All-Lone Star Conference honorable mention for the third consecutive season... ranked third in the LSC and 44th in NCAA Division II averaging 39.5 yards per punt... closed career fourth on the program's all-time list average 38.82 yards per punt (203-7881)... his 203 punt attempts are the second most in program annals... also posted second most career punt yards with 7,881... averaged 39.5 yards per punt (42-1661) placing 10 of his 42 punts inside the 20-yard line (23.8 percent) with eight punts of 50-or-more yards while forcing 14 fair catches... boomed a career-long punt of 71 yards in the opening round of the NCAA Division II playoffs against Sioux Falls... his 71-yard punt matched the fourth longest in program history... averaged 52.3 yards on three punts including a long of 64 yards while placing one within the 20-yard line against Western New Mexico (9/30)... placed two punts inside the 20-yard line in consecutive weeks against West Texas A&M and UT Permian Basin... converted 15-of-19 point-after attempts during a four-week run as place kicker connected on five PATs against Texas A&M-Kingsville, Western New Mexico and Texas A&M-Commerce... averaged 52.8 yards on five kickoffs at UT Permian Basin...

Junior (2016)
played in each of MSU's 11 games handling punting duties... gained All-Lone Star Conference honorable mention... ranked seventh in the Lone Star Conference and 107th in NCAA Division II with a 36.5 yards per punt average... helped Mustangs rank second in the LSC and 39th nationally limiting the opposition to 6.76 yards per punt return... averaged 35.1 yards per punt (54-1898) placing 11 of his 52 punts inside the 20-yard line (21.2 percent) with seven punts of 50-or-more yards while forcing 16 fair catches... placed two punts inside the 20-yard line in wins over Oklahoma Panhandle State (9/24), Western New Mexico (10/1) and Angelo State (10/15)... downs punts inside the 20-yard line in eight of 11 games... boomed a season-long 56 yard punt in a 76-21 rout of UT-Permian Basin (10/29)... registered punts of at least 50 yards in six games...

Sophomore (2015)
competed in each of MSU's 12 games as the primary punter for the Mustangs... earned All-Lone Star Conference honorable mention... ranked 59th in NCAA Division II and fourth in the LSC averaging 38.1 yards per punt... placed 23 of 66 punts (34.8 percent) inside the 20-yard line forcing 20 fair catches with nine touchbacks... boasted five punts of 50-or-more yards including a long of 55 against Eastern New Mexico (11/7)... ranked as MSU all-time punting average leader (39.65 yards per punt) through his sophomore campaign... placed each of his four punts inside the 20-yard line in a 24-17 win over  West Texas A&M (10/10)...

Redshirt Freshman (2014)
garnered Beyond Sports Network All-Super Region 4 honorable mention and was a All-Lone Star Conference second-team performer in first collegiate season of competition... ranked 11th in NCAA Division II and led the LSC with a 42.0 yards per punt average... his 42.05 yards per punt was the highest average in MSU program history bettering Brandt Wicker's 40.97 average set during the 1998 season... punted 43 times for 1,808 yards forcing 10 fair catches with four touchbacks while placing 12 punts within the 20-yard line... boasted six punts of 50 yards or more including a season-long 56-yard effort at Tarleton State (9/27)... placed three punts inside the 20-yard line in collegiate debut against Missouri S&T (9/13) and matched the effort at Tarleton State (9/27)... averaged 40.5 yards per punt on a season-high six attempts with a long of 55 yards against Texas A&M-Commerce (10/25)...

Freshman (2013)
served redshirt season...

At Lake Highlands High School
named District 9-5A Special Teams Player of the Year his senior year as a kicker and punter for coach Scott Smith... first-team All-District 9-5 as punter and kicker as both a junior and senior... two-time first-team Greater Dallas All-VYPE team selected by VYPE Magazine... nailed three game-winning field goals as a senior, including a 42-yard winner as time expired against Dallas Jesuit and a 44-yarder against Rowlett... posted a long punt of 53 yards... selected second-team THSCA Academic All-State as a senior... a National Football Foundation Gridiron Club of Dallas Scholar-Athlete...

Personal
son of John and Debbie Henton... born March 11, 1995...

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2013Freshman

    Punter/Kicker
    6'2" 190 lbs
  • 84

    2014Freshman

    Punter/Kicker
    6'2" 205 lbs
    84
  • 84

    2015Sophomore

    Punter/Kicker
    6'2" 205 lbs
    84
  • 84

    2016Junior

    Punter/Kicker
    6'2" 210 lbs
    84
  • 84

    2017Senior

    Punter
    6'2" 225 lbs
    84