Tommy Townsend

P · KC/HOU/TEN · 2020–2026

Born November 12, 1996 · College Florida · Undrafted · 6-1, 191 lb

1st-team All-Pro (2022) · Pro Bowl (2022)

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Tackles for loss	INT	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2024 playoffs	HOU	1	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Punting

Over expected: against the season’s average punter from the same spots, in the same weather (our frozen punt model).

Season	Team	G	Punts	Net yards over expected / punt	Stabilised	Gross yards over expected / punt	Inside 20 %	Touchback %
2020	KC	16	52	+0.63	+0.23−1.36 to +1.81	+0.38	38.5	11.5
2020 playoffs	KC	2	4	−7.58		−9.26	25.0	25.0
2021	KC	15	37	+1.86	+0.54−1.15 to +2.24	+0.77	45.9	8.1
2021 playoffs	KC	3	10	−0.82		−0.61	50.0	10.0
2022	KC	17	53	+3.51	+1.33−0.25 to +2.92	+3.05	41.5	7.5
2022 playoffs	KC	3	10	−0.88		+0.78	50.0	0.0
2023	KC	17	59	−0.41	−0.19−1.74 to +1.36	−0.57	35.6	8.5
2023 playoffs	KC	4	15	+0.63		−0.32	20.0	20.0
2024	HOU	17	77	+2.02	+0.91−0.56 to +2.39	+0.23	50.6	9.1
2024 playoffs	HOU	2	6	−4.46		−2.59	16.7	16.7
2025	HOU	17	72	+1.35	+0.59−0.91 to +2.09	+0.46	41.7	6.9
2025 playoffs	HOU	2	8	+0.73		+4.81	12.5	0.0
2026	TEN	7	30	+0.54	+0.14−1.59 to +1.87	+1.73	33.3	16.7

Honours

Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.

Season	Honours
2022	1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2020	KC	1	1	1.5	–	–
2021	KC	1	1	1.3	–	–
2022	KC	1	1	1.6	–	–
2023	KC	3	3	1.5	–	–
2024	HOU	1	1	2.1	–	–

Game logs

2026 game log (7 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2026-09-13	vs NYJ	L 10–23	7	−42.3	1
2	2026-09-20	vs PHI	L 20–24	4	−21.0	1
3	2026-09-27	@ NYG	L 7–12	5	+14.5	3
4	2026-10-04	@ BAL	L 18–24	5	+33.5	2
5	2026-10-11	vs HOU	L 3–26	4	+11.9	1
6	2026-10-18	@ IND	W 26–20	3	+8.2	1
7	2026-10-25	vs CLE	L 24–27	2	+11.3	1

2025 game log (19 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2025-09-07	@ LA	L 9–14	4	+12.8	1
2	2025-09-15	vs TB	L 19–20	4	+11.0	2
3	2025-09-21	@ JAX	L 10–17	6	−0.3	2
4	2025-09-28	vs TEN	W 26–0	3	+12.4	2
5	2025-10-05	@ BAL	W 44–10	1	−2.2	0
7	2025-10-20	@ SEA	L 19–27	7	−36.7	1
8	2025-10-26	vs SF	W 26–15	2	+10.3	1
9	2025-11-02	vs DEN	L 15–18	8	+8.2	2
10	2025-11-09	vs JAX	W 36–29	2	−14.7	0
11	2025-11-16	@ TEN	W 16–13	5	−1.1	3
12	2025-11-20	vs BUF	W 23–19	6	+32.7	5
13	2025-11-30	@ IND	W 20–16	2	−7.3	0
14	2025-12-07	@ KC	W 20–10	8	+12.9	3
15	2025-12-14	vs ARI	W 40–20	1	+8.0	1
16	2025-12-21	vs LV	W 23–21	5	+19.1	1
17	2025-12-27	@ LAC	W 20–16	5	+28.8	4
18	2026-01-04	vs IND	W 38–30	3	+0.7	2
P19	2026-01-12	@ PIT	W 30–6	3	−11.8	0
P20	2026-01-18	@ NE	L 16–28	5	+16.9	1

2024 game log (19 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2024-09-08	@ IND	W 29–27	–	–	–	–	2	−48.4	0
2	2024-09-15	vs CHI	W 19–13	–	–	–	–	6	+18.3	2
3	2024-09-22	@ MIN	L 7–34	–	–	–	–	4	−10.6	2
4	2024-09-29	vs JAX	W 24–20	–	–	–	–	6	+16.2	4
5	2024-10-06	vs BUF	W 23–20	–	–	–	–	5	−1.6	2
6	2024-10-13	@ NE	W 41–21	–	–	–	–	4	+5.2	2
7	2024-10-20	@ GB	L 22–24	–	–	–	–	6	+15.5	3
8	2024-10-27	vs IND	W 23–20	–	–	–	–	6	+10.0	5
9	2024-10-31	@ NYJ	L 13–21	–	–	–	–	3	+23.9	2
10	2024-11-10	vs DET	L 23–26	–	–	–	–	5	+42.5	3
11	2024-11-18	@ DAL	W 34–10	–	–	–	–	4	+21.7	3
12	2024-11-24	vs TEN	L 27–32	–	–	–	–	5	+34.6	4
13	2024-12-01	@ JAX	W 23–20	–	–	–	–	4	+5.5	2
15	2024-12-15	vs MIA	W 20–12	–	–	–	–	5	+4.9	1
16	2024-12-21	@ KC	L 19–27	–	–	–	–	2	−2.6	0
17	2024-12-25	vs BAL	L 2–31	–	–	–	–	6	−1.6	2
18	2025-01-05	@ TEN	W 23–14	–	–	–	–	4	+17.6	2
P19	2025-01-11	vs LAC	W 32–12	–	–	–	–	4	−16.6	1
P20	2025-01-18	@ KC	L 14–23	1	0.0	0	0	2	−10.1	0

2023 game log (21 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2023-09-07	vs DET	L 20–21	5	+13.5	3
2	2023-09-17	@ JAX	W 17–9	4	+26.7	1
3	2023-09-24	vs CHI	W 41–10	1	+13.9	1
4	2023-10-01	@ NYJ	W 23–20	2	−2.7	1
5	2023-10-08	@ MIN	W 27–20	3	−25.3	1
6	2023-10-12	vs DEN	W 19–8	3	−7.9	1
7	2023-10-22	vs LAC	W 31–17	3	+3.2	0
8	2023-10-29	@ DEN	L 9–24	2	−23.6	1
9	2023-11-05	vs MIA	W 21–14	6	+16.8	2
11	2023-11-20	vs PHI	L 17–21	6	−62.1	0
12	2023-11-26	@ LV	W 31–17	4	+18.1	2
13	2023-12-03	@ GB	L 19–27	1	+12.6	0
14	2023-12-10	vs BUF	L 17–20	4	−18.2	1
15	2023-12-17	@ NE	W 27–17	4	+1.9	1
16	2023-12-25	vs LV	L 14–20	4	+1.7	2
17	2023-12-31	vs CIN	W 25–17	1	+12.6	1
18	2024-01-07	@ LAC	W 13–12	6	−4.9	3
P19	2024-01-13	vs MIA	W 26–7	3	+4.8	1
P20	2024-01-21	@ BUF	W 27–24	1	−6.5	0
P21	2024-01-28	@ BAL	W 17–10	6	−15.4	1
P22	2024-02-11	vs SF	W 25–22 OT	5	+25.8	1

2022 game log (20 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2022-09-11	@ ARI	W 44–21	2	+2.6	0
2	2022-09-15	vs LAC	W 27–24	6	+42.7	3
3	2022-09-25	@ IND	L 17–20	3	+35.1	2
4	2022-10-02	@ TB	W 41–31	1	−0.6	0
5	2022-10-10	vs LV	W 30–29	3	+18.5	1
6	2022-10-16	vs BUF	L 20–24	3	+38.0	1
7	2022-10-23	@ SF	W 44–23	1	−2.1	1
9	2022-11-06	vs TEN	W 20–17 OT	6	−13.2	2
10	2022-11-13	vs JAX	W 27–17	2	−10.9	1
11	2022-11-20	@ LAC	W 30–27	2	+1.2	0
12	2022-11-27	vs LA	W 26–10	1	+12.7	1
13	2022-12-04	@ CIN	L 24–27	1	+0.0	0
14	2022-12-11	@ DEN	W 34–28	3	+19.7	1
15	2022-12-18	@ HOU	W 30–24 OT	4	+3.3	2
16	2022-12-24	vs SEA	W 24–10	6	+1.6	3
17	2023-01-01	vs DEN	W 27–24	5	+6.2	1
18	2023-01-07	@ LV	W 31–13	4	+31.3	3
P20	2023-01-21	vs JAX	W 27–20	4	+7.6	2
P21	2023-01-29	vs CIN	W 23–20	4	+10.3	3
P22	2023-02-12	@ PHI	W 38–35	2	−26.7	0

2021 game log (18 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2021-09-12	vs CLE	W 33–29	2	+13.5	2
2	2021-09-19	@ BAL	L 35–36	3	−9.9	0
3	2021-09-26	vs LAC	L 24–30	1	+7.5	0
5	2021-10-10	vs BUF	L 20–38	2	−4.4	1
6	2021-10-17	@ WAS	W 31–13	2	−26.3	1
7	2021-10-24	@ TEN	L 3–27	2	+11.5	1
8	2021-11-01	vs NYG	W 20–17	4	+18.8	3
9	2021-11-07	vs GB	W 13–7	6	+57.2	4
10	2021-11-14	@ LV	W 41–14	1	−2.4	0
11	2021-11-21	vs DAL	W 19–9	3	+10.3	1
13	2021-12-05	vs DEN	W 22–9	4	+16.2	2
14	2021-12-12	vs LV	W 48–9	1	+3.5	1
15	2021-12-16	@ LAC	W 34–28 OT	1	−13.1	0
17	2022-01-02	@ CIN	L 31–34	3	−7.3	1
18	2022-01-08	@ DEN	W 28–24	2	−9.9	0
P19	2022-01-16	vs PIT	W 42–21	4	−18.2	3
P20	2022-01-23	vs BUF	W 42–36 OT	2	+11.7	1
P21	2022-01-30	vs CIN	L 24–27 OT	4	−1.7	1

2020 game log (18 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2020-09-10	vs HOU	W 34–20	3	−9.1	1
2	2020-09-20	@ LAC	W 23–20 OT	5	−10.0	2
3	2020-09-28	@ BAL	W 34–20	1	−1.7	0
4	2020-10-05	vs NE	W 26–10	4	+4.5	1
5	2020-10-11	vs LV	L 32–40	5	+18.1	1
6	2020-10-19	@ BUF	W 26–17	2	−16.8	1
7	2020-10-25	@ DEN	W 43–16	3	+19.9	2
8	2020-11-01	vs NYJ	W 35–9	3	−9.4	1
9	2020-11-08	vs CAR	W 33–31	1	+3.8	1
11	2020-11-22	@ LV	W 35–31	2	+6.4	0
12	2020-11-29	@ TB	W 27–24	4	−7.2	1
13	2020-12-06	vs DEN	W 22–16	3	+10.7	2
14	2020-12-13	@ MIA	W 33–27	4	+18.3	1
15	2020-12-20	@ NO	W 32–29	6	−7.2	3
16	2020-12-27	vs ATL	W 17–14	4	+15.6	3
17	2021-01-03	vs LAC	L 21–38	2	−3.5	0
P20	2021-01-24	vs BUF	W 38–24	1	+3.5	1
P21	2021-02-07	@ TB	L 9–31	3	−33.8	0