Player facts
- Team
Detroit Lions- Position
- Punter
- Number
- 3
- Born
- Sep 1, 1996 (age 30)
- Birthplace
- St. Louis, MO, USA
- Height
- 6' 2"
- Weight
- 218 lbs
- College
- Rice
- Experience
- 7 seasons
- Status
- Active
Stats
2026 Punting
| PUNTS | AVG | LNG | YDS | TB | TB% | IN20 | IN20% | ATT | YDS | AVG | NET | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular Season | 19 | 47.8 | 65 | 908 | 1 | 5.26 | 8 | 42.10 | 8 | 65 | 8.1 | 43.3 |
| Last 5 Games | 19 | 46.5 | 65 | 908 | 1 | 2.86 | 8 | 43.60 | 8 | 65 | 8.1 | 44.4 |
| Career | 353 | 48.4 | 70 | 17,080 | 29 | 8.22 | 141 | 39.94 | 158 | 1,278 | 8.1 | 44.7 |
Recent games
| Date | Opponent | Result | PUNTS | AVG | LNG | YDS | TB | TB% | IN20 | IN20% | ATT | YDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
@  ARI | W 45-21 | 4 | 50.0 | 65 | 200 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 50.00 | 1 | 8 | 48.0 | |
@  CAR | L 32-26 | 2 | 40.5 | 47 | 81 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 | 40.5 | |
vs  NYJ | W 31-24 | 2 | 42.5 | 43 | 85 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 50.00 | 0 | 0 | 42.5 | |
@  BUF | L 41-31 | 4 | 51.5 | 62 | 206 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 25.00 | 3 | 36 | 42.5 | |
vs  NO | W 31-30 OT | 7 | 48.0 | 56 | 336 | 1 | 14.29 | 3 | 43.00 | 4 | 21 | 45.0 |
Last 5 games. Click a game for its box score.
About
John Edward Fox (born September 1, 1996) is an American professional football punter for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Rice Owls. Fox joined the Lions as a rookie in 2019, since earning two Pro Bowl and All-Pro selections; a first-team selection in 2024 and a second-team selection in 2020.
He is second in yards per punt in NFL history at (48.4) yards.
From Wikipedia’s article on Jack Fox (American football), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.1
Background
Early life
Fox was born in Dallas, Texas and grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. He attended Ladue Horton Watkins High School, where he played baseball and football. As a senior, he was named first-team All-State as a punter and to the second-team as a placekicker while also passing for 1,900 yards and 18 touchdowns at quarterback.
College career
Fox was both a kicker and punter for four seasons at Rice University. As a freshman he handled kickoffs and made 12 of 12 extra point attempts and one of two field goal attempts. He became the Owls punter going into his sophomore year and was named honorable mention All-Conference USA (C-USA) after punting 75 times for 3,051 yards (40.7 average) with two extra points and one field goal made. As a junior, Fox had 56 punts for 2,480 yards (44.3 average) with one extra point attempted and made and was named second-team All-C-USA. He also became the primary kicker for Rice as a senior and was named first-team All-conference and the Conference Special Teams Player of the Year, as well as a finalist for the Ray Guy Award, after punting 80 times 3,636 yards (45.5 average) with 23 extra points attempted and making 5 of 12 field goal attempts.
Personal life
In the 2021 off-season, Fox organized a young specialist camp where he invited youth kickers and punters from the Detroit area. An avid Yu-Gi-Oh! player, Fox showed his Instagram followers his collection of nearly 600 cards in a live stream in June of 2025. In a 2024 interview with the Detroit Metro Times, Fox referenced his childhood interest in Harry Potter, describing himself as a "Hufflepuff, perfectly at home here in Detroit".
From Wikipedia’s article on Jack Fox (American football), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full article.1
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Sources
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- 2Wikimedia CommonsPhoto of Jack Fox