Sami Sir

Liberty

Sep 13 (Sat)

5 p.m.

Photo by: Emma Sharon/BGSU Athletics

Position:
Punter
Height:
6-2
Weight:
215
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Melbourne, Australia
High School:
Essendon Keilor College

2023
• Appeared BGSU's first four games
• Redshirted season
• Had three punts with a long of 50 yards at Liberty
• Both punts against Eastern Illinois were inside the 20 with one traveling 50 yards

2022
• Appeared in all 13 of BGSU's games
• Made collegiate debut against UCLA at the Rose Bowl
• Dropped one punt inside the 20 at UCLA
• Booted four punts with a long of 49 against Eastern Kentucky
• Had a 41.8 punting average in win against Marshall with a long of 46 yards
• Had a 52-yard punt at Mississippi State
• Dropped all three of his punts at Akron inside the 20-yard line
• Notched a career-long 61-yard punt against Buffalo
• Named MAC East Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts at Central Michigan
• Pinned three punts inside the 10-yard line on a 42.2 punting average at CMU
• Had five punts for an average of 46.4 yards per punt in win over WMU
• Booted a 49-yard punt in the Quick Lane Bowl against New Mexico State

HIGH SCHOOL
• Enrolled at BGSU for the spring 2022 semester
• Represented World XVIII in the NAB under 16 championships in Australian Football
• Twice named the team MVP while playing Australian football
• Played for the Oak Park Football Club from 2012-14
• A 2013 graduate of Essendon Keilor College in Essendon, Victoria, Australia
• Joined Prokick Australia in 2019 and was coached by Nathan Chapman and John Smith

PERSONAL
• Son of Teresa and Servet Sir
• From 2014-19 worked at the Melbourne Airport as an aviation protection officer
• Uncle, Sedat Sir, was the first Turkish professional Australian rules football player from 1994-98
• Favorite athlete is former Australian rules footballer Jobe Watson
• Major is Human Development and Family Studies