Nebraska lands Australian rugby-style punter Archie Wilson to start summer session
Nebraska lands Australian rugby-style punter Archie Wilson to start summer session
The Huskers' summer session started with the announcement of a new addition to the roster on Monday morning. Australian rugby-style punter Archie Wilson officially joined the Nebraska roster, adding to special teams coordinator Mike Ekeler's offseason overhaul.
Wilson made an official visit to Lincoln this past weekend after spending 2024 playing for the Old Carey U19 Men's team in the Australian Football League. There, he scored 12 goals in 11 games.
Wilson also trained with Prokick Australia, the same group that developed Iowa's Tory Taylor, who now plays with the NFL's Chicago Bears. Prokick Australia also developed Seahawks' Michael Dickson and the 49ers' Mitch Wishnowsky.
Wilson joining Nebraska aligns with Ekeler's special-teams style, which he established at Tennessee. There, rugby-style punter Jackson Ross, another Prokick player, guided the Volunteers' punt team across the 2023 and 2024 seasons. In 2023, Tennessee's punt team allowed just four return yards across the entire season.
Wilson is now the second rugby-style punter to join the Huskers, the first being Daniel Cerni, who punted only 16 times during the 2021 season after sustaining an injury before the 2020 season.
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