
Tress Way
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#5
Experience: 9 years
Height: 6-1
Age: 32
Weight: 220 lbs
College: Oklahoma
2021 SEASON
- PUNTS60
- AVG48.35
- LNG66
- In 2022
Punting
YEAR | TEAM | G | PUNTS | YDS | LNG | AVG | BLK | RET | RETY | IN 20 | NET AVG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | Washington Commanders | 16 | 60 | 2901 | 66 | 48.4 | 0 | 26 | 237 | 22 | 42.1 |
2020 | Washington Commanders | 16 | 73 | 3504 | 65 | 48 | 0 | 36 | 209 | 23 | 44.3 |
2018 | Washington Commanders | 16 | 79 | 3581 | 63 | 45.3 | 0 | 31 | 303 | 41 | 41.5 |
2017 | Washington Commanders | 16 | 83 | 3794 | 64 | 45.7 | 0 | 39 | 435 | 33 | 39 |
2016 | Washington Commanders | 16 | 49 | 2209 | 61 | 45.1 | 0 | 27 | 222 | 15 | 38.9 |
2015 | Washington Commanders | 16 | 70 | 3224 | 64 | 46.1 | 1 | 30 | 258 | 21 | 40.4 |
2014 | Washington Commanders | 16 | 77 | 3659 | 77 | 47.5 | 1 | 42 | 397 | 22 | 40.6 |
TOTAL | 112 | 491 | 22872 | 77 | 46.6 | 2 | 231 | 2061 | 177 | 41 |
Passing
YEAR | TEAM | G | ATT | COMP | PCT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | INT | 1st | 1st% | 20+ | SCK | SCKY | RATE |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | Washington Commanders | 16 | ||||||||||||||
2020 | Washington Commanders | 16 | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Washington Commanders | 16 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95.8 |
2017 | Washington Commanders | 16 | ||||||||||||||
2016 | Washington Commanders | 16 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
2015 | Washington Commanders | 16 | ||||||||||||||
2014 | Washington Commanders | 16 | ||||||||||||||
TOTAL | 112 | 2 | 2 | 100 | 38 | 19 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 164.6 |
Rushing
YEAR | TEAM | G | ATT | YDS | AVG | LNG | TD | 1st | 1st% | 20+ | 40+ | FUM |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2021 | Washington Commanders | 16 | ||||||||||
2020 | Washington Commanders | 16 | ||||||||||
2018 | Washington Commanders | 16 | ||||||||||
2017 | Washington Commanders | 16 | ||||||||||
2016 | Washington Commanders | 16 | ||||||||||
2015 | Washington Commanders | 16 | ||||||||||
2014 | Washington Commanders | 16 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TOTAL | 112 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Defense
YEAR | TEAM | G | Total | Solo | AST | SCK | SFTY | PDEF | INT | TDS | YDS | AVG | LNG |
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2021 | Washington Commanders | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
2020 | Washington Commanders | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
2018 | Washington Commanders | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
2017 | Washington Commanders | 16 | |||||||||||
2016 | Washington Commanders | 16 | |||||||||||
2015 | Washington Commanders | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
2014 | Washington Commanders | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
TOTAL | 112 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Biography
HONOR ROLL
Special Teams Captain (2015)
*MILESTONES *NFL debut: 9/7/14 (at HOU)
*TRANSACTIONS *Originally entered the NFL with the Chicago Bears as a college free agent on April 28, 2013... Waived by the Bears on August 25, 2013... Signed with the Bears on January 1, 2014... Waived by the Bears on August 18, 2014... Claimed on waivers by the Washington Redskins on August 20, 2014... Signed multi-year contract extension on March 12, 2016.
HONOR ROLL
Special Teams Captain (2015)
MILESTONES
NFL debut: 9/7/14 (at HOU)
TRANSACTIONS
Originally entered the NFL with the Chicago Bears as a college free agent on April 28, 2013... Waived by the Bears on August 25, 2013... Signed with the Bears on January 1, 2014... Waived by the Bears on August 18, 2014... Claimed on waivers by the Washington Redskins on August 20, 2014... Signed multi-year contract extension on March 12, 2016.
YEAR-BY-YEAR
2018 (REDSKINS) Appeared in all 16 regular season games, recording 3,581 yards on 79 punts [45.3 avg.] and a career-high net avg. (41.5). At the end of the year, captured the Redskins single season record (41) and the single-game record (5) in punts inside the 20. Became the organization's career leader in punt average (46.0) and net punt average (39.9). Ended the year as the only punter in the NFL that did not post a touchback on punt... Averaged 46.5 yards on four punts with a long of 59 in a win at ARI (9/9)... Punted five times for an average of 36.4 yards with a long of 53 and landing three inside the 20 vs. IND [9/16]… Averaged 47.0 yards on five punts, landing one inside the 20 in a win vs. GB [9/23]… Averaged 36.7 yards on three punts, landing one inside the 20 at NO [10/8]… Punted four times for 41.0 yards per punt with a long of 51 yards in a win vs. CAR [10/14]… Recorded a career-high five punts downed inside the 20 and tied a franchise record with punts inside the 20 in a single game. Registered six punts for 227 yards (37.8 avg.) for a 36.0 NET avg. with his longest punt traveling 41 yards in a win vs. DAL [10/21]… Recorded five punts for 246 yards (49.2 avg.), downed three inside the 20 and had his longest punt travel 58 yards in a win at NYG [10/28]… Punted five times for 245 yards for a net average of 48.2 yards and recorded a season best 62-yard punt, landing four inside the 20-yard line vs. ATL [11/4]… Tallied 247 yards on five punts (49.4 avg.) for a 47.8 net average landing four inside the 20-yard line and the 49.4 yards per punt average is his highest on the season in a win at TB [11/11]… Averaged 40.4 on five punts, including two downed inside the 20 and a long of 51 yards vs. HOU [11/18]…Punted five times for an average of 45.6 and tallied four punts inside the 20 at DAL [11/22]... Totaled 290 yards on six punts (48.3 avg.) and a net average of 45.2 and has now collected 15,448 punting yards and has passed Hall of Famer Sammy Baugh (15,245) for No. 3 in franchise history in punting yards. He also pinned two punts inside the 20 yard line, increasing his season total to 33 which is the most in the NFL this season at PHI [12/3]… Recorded three punts inside the 20 yard line and set a new single season franchise record since the statistic began being tracked in 1976. Way was the 2018 league leader entering the day. Way (345) registered eight punts to take sole possession of third on the Redskins all-time list, passing Sammy Baugh (338) and Pat Richter (338) vs. NYG [12/9]... Punted six times for an average of 46.5, while also tallying three punts inside the 20 at JAX [12/16]... Notched two punts for an average of 53.5 yards at TEN [12/22]... Totaled 224 yards on five punts (44.8 avg.) while also pinning two punts inside the 20 vs. PHI [12/30].
2017 (REDSKINS) Punted a single-season career-high 83 times for a career-high 3,794 yards (45.7 avg.)... Recorded a career-high 33 punts downed inside the 20, matching Matt Turk's mark from 1998 for the most by a member of the Redskins in records dating back to 1976... Averaged 40.5 yards on four punts, landing two inside the 20 vs. PHI (9/10)... Dropped two of his four punts at LAR (9/17) inside the 20, averaging 51.0 yards per punt... Averaged 44.2 yards on five punts in a win vs. OAK (9/24), including three downed inside the 20 and a long of 58 yards... Averaged 42.3 yards per punt on four punts, dropping two inside the 20 and holding Tyreek Hill without a return at KC (10/2)... Punted four times for an average of 45.3 yards in a win vs. SF (10/15)... Averaged 47.8 yards on five punts with a long of 60 at PHI (10/23)... Punted three times and averaged 46.7 yards per punt vs. DAL (10/29)... Averaged 40.0 yards on a career-high-tying eight punts in a win at SEA (11/5)... Recorded a 52-yard punt downed inside the 20 vs. MIN (11/12)... Averaged 49.6 yards on five punts including a 60-yarder at NO (11/19)... Recorded a career-high four punts downed inside the 20 among his seven punts (44.0 avg.) in a Thanksgiving night win vs. NYG (11/23)... Dropped three of his five punts inside the 20 at DAL (11/30)... Tied career high with eight punts (43.4 avg.) at LAC (12/10), downing three inside the 20. Marked the Redskins' first streak of three straight games with three or more punts downed inside the 20 since a four-game streak in Weeks 7-11 of the 1998 season... Averaged season-high 53.2 yards on six punts in a win vs. ARI (12/17)... Punted five times with an average of 49.4 yards per punt, including a season-high 45.8-yard net average, in a win vs. DEN (12/24)... Recorded career highs in punts (nine) and punting yards (426) and matched his career high in punts downed inside the 20 (four) at NYG (12/31).
2016 (REDSKINS) Punted in all 16 games, averaging 45.1 yards and 38.9 net yards on 49 punts with 15 downed inside the 20 and four touchbacks. His 49 punts were the fewest by any Redskins punter who punted in all 16 games in a season... Punted once vs. PIT (9/12), pinning the Steelers inside the 20-yard line with a 27-yard punt... Averaged 37.5 yards on two punts vs. DAL (9/18), downing one inside the 20... Punted twice with an average of 45.5 yards per punt in a win at NYG (9/25). Also completed his first career pass attempt, a 31-yard gain to Quinton Dunbar on a fake punt. The fake punt was the Redskins' first successful fake kick of any kind since Week 10 of the 2009 season vs. Denver, when punter Hunter Smith connected with fullback Mike Sellers for a 35-yard touchdown... Posted then-season highs in punts (three), punting average (48.7), punts downed inside the 20 (two) and longest punt (59) in a win vs. CLE (10/2)... Punted six times for an average of 42.2 yards with two downed inside the 20 in a win at BAL (10/9)... Averaged 52.8 yards on four punts in a win vs. PHI (10/16)... Punted twice for an average of 43.0 yards at DET (10/23)... Averaged 42.7 yards per punt on three punts in a tie against CIN (10/30) in London... Punted twice for an average of 46.0 yards in a win vs. MIN (11/13)... Averaged 38.0 yards on three punts in a win vs. GB (11/20)... Punted once for 39 yards at DAL (11/24)... Averaged 44.5 yards on two punts including a 59-yarder at ARI (12/4)... Averaged 47.0 yards on three punts with a net average of 45.3 yards in a win at PHI (12/11)... Averaged 47.7 yards on six punts vs. CAR (12/19)... Punted twice for an average of 41.5 yards per punt in a win at CHI (12/24)... Averaged 49.7 yards on a season-high seven punts vs. NYG (1/1).
2015 (REDSKINS)
Appeared in all 16 regular season games and one postseason contest. Punted 70 times in the regular season for an average of 46.1 yards per punt, the fifth-best average in a season in team history. Averaged 38.8 net yards per punt, the second- best single-season average in team records available back to 1976... Averaged 41.3 yards per punt on three punts vs. MIA (9/13)... Punted six times for 244 yards (40.7 avg.) with one downed inside the 20 vs. STL (9/20)... Punted once for 36 yards and had a 50-yard kickoff following a safety at NYG (9/24)... Punted five times for an average of 44.2 yards per punt vs. PHI (10/4). Recorded a then-season-long 63- yard punt in the second quarter, his longest punt since registering a career-long 77-yarder in Week 4 in 2014... Averaged 50.3 yards per punt on four punts at ATL (10/11), his best since Sept. 25, 2014 (58.3 vs. NYG)... Punted six times for 48.0 yards per punt with a long of 53 yards at NYJ (10/18)... Averaged 47.3 yards on four punts vs. TB (10/25)... Punted four times for an average of 47.0 yards with a long of 55 at NE (11/8)... Punted twice for an average of 43.5 yards in a win vs. NO (11/15)... Posted season highs in gross punting average (53.2) and net punting average (53.0) at CAR (11/22)... Punted six times for an average of 44.7 yards per punt, including three downed inside the 20 and a long of 60 in a win vs. NYG (11/29)... Punted six times for 253 yards (42.4 average) with one downed inside the 20 vs. DAL (12/7)... Averaged 43.0 yards per punt on four punts against his former team at CHI (12/13), including a season-long 64-yarder... Punted three times for an average of 46.7 yards in a win vs. BUF (12/20)... Averaged 49.6 yards on a season-high seven punts in a division-clinching win at PHI (12/26)... Averaged 50.0 yards on four punts, including three downed inside the 20 in the regular season finale at DAL (1/3)... In NFC Wild Card Round vs. GB (1/10), averaged 50.6 yards per punt on five punts, the third-best single-game postseason average in team history. Recorded a 60-yard punt in the first quarter, the third-longest punt in franchise postseason history.
2014 (REDSKINS)
Joined the Redskins via waiver claim in the preseason and punted in all 16 games, averaging 47.5 yards on 77 punts (40.0 net) with 22 punts downed inside the 20... Became the first member of the Redskins to lead the NFL in punting for a season since Sam Baker in 1958... Finished with the fourthbest gross average in team history, trailing only Sammy Baugh's full-season NFL record (51.4 yards per punt in 1940) and Baugh's 1941 and 1942 campaigns (48.7 and 48.2)... 40.0-yard net punting average was the highest by a Redskins punter in records dating back to 1976, surpassing Matt Turk's mark of 39.2 net yards set in both 1996 and 1997... Made NFL debut at HOU (9/7), punting five times with an average of 49.2 yards with two downed inside the 20 and a long of 61... Punted four times for an average of 49.8 yards with a long of 61 vs. JAX (9/14)... Averaged 56.7 yards on three punts with a net of 41.0 yards per punt and a long of 65 at PHI (9/21)... Averaged a career-high 58.3 yards per punt on four punts vs. NYG (9/25), falling 1.1 yards shy of matching Pro Football Hall of Famer Sammy Baugh's team record for punting average in a single game (59.4 at Detroit on Oct. 27, 1940). Recorded a career-long 77-yard punt in the third quarter, tying Steve Cox for the third-longest punt in franchise history (Nov. 1, 1987 at Buffalo)... Punted eight times with an average of 49.9 yards per punt and a long of 59 vs. SEA (10/6)... Punted five times for an average of 47.4 yards with a long of 58 yards at ARI (10/12)... Punted three times with an average of 41.3 yards per punt vs. TEN (10/19)... Averaged 46.2 yards per punt on five punts and had three punts downed inside the 20 in an overtime win at DAL (10/27)... Punted three times at MIN (11/2), averaging 45.3 yards per punt with a long of 51... Punted four times with an average of 44.3 yards per punt and a long of 55 vs. TB (11/16)... Matched career highs in punts (eight) and punts downed inside the 20 (three) at SF (11/23), accumulating 373 yards for an average of 46.6 yards per punt... Averaged 46.5 yards on six punts at IND (11/30), placing three inside the 20... Averaged 45.8 yards on six punts and added a two-yard rushing attempt vs. STL (12/7)... Punted six times with an average of 45.2 yards per punt at NYG (12/14)... Punted three times with an average of 44.3 yards per punt vs. PHI (12/20). Placed all three punts inside the 20... Punted four times with an average of 44.0 yards per punt. Recorded a 60-yard punt in the third quarter, becoming the first Redskins punter to post a 60-yard punt in five games in a single season since Matt Turk in 1998.
2013 (BEARS)
Spent the offseason with the Bears before being released on Aug. 25.
COLLEGE
Appeared in 53 games at Oklahoma from 2008-12, punting 250 times for 10,988 yards (44.0 avg) with 36 touchbacks and 91 punts downed inside the 20... Had 71 punts of 50-plus yards during his career with a long of 85... Exited OU ranking No. 1 in school history with a 44.0 yards-per-punt average... Set Oklahoma career record with 71 punts of 50-plus yards... Named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention by coaches as a senior, placing 22 of his 53 punts inside the opponents' 20-yard line with just eight touchbacks... Named honorable mention All-Big 12 by AP and coaches as a junior after placing 34 of his 63 punts inside the opponents' 20-yard line with just six touchbacks... Was honorable mention All-American by Sports Illustrated, All-Big 12 second team by Phil Steele and All-Big 12 honorable mention by AP and the coaches as a sophomore. Rotated with kickoff duties as well and had nine touchbacks on 70 kickoffs while averaging 63.0 yards per kick... Named Sporting News third-team All-American and first-team All-Big 12 by the Waco Tribune Herald and second-team by AP, coaches, Dallas Morning News and Fort Worth Star-Telegram as a redshirt freshman. Led the Big 12 and ranked No. 3 nationally in punting average that season.
PERSONAL
Attended Union H.S. in Tulsa, Okla., where he was a member of all-state teams for both The Oklahoman and Tulsa World... Named district special teams player of the year as a senior... Handled kicking duties, converting all 42 extra point attempts and 14-of-19 field goal attempts... Selected to play in the 2008 Oil Bowl... Son of Debra and Leo Way... Born on April 18, 1990.
COMMUNITY
Has been active in the D.C. area since joining the team in 2014... In 2016, promoted healthy lifestyle habits at the 138th annual White House Easter Egg roll on the South Lawn, played alongside fans to benefit children in the second annual Redskins Charity Golf Classic, walked the runway alongside the Women of Washington to raise money for the WRCF at the second annual Redskins Runway Show, and donated winter coats and Redskins hats to 300 elementary school students from seven local area schools at the eighth annual Share the Warmth event... In 2015, attended the Draft Day Party and inaugural Redskins Golf Classic, treated Steuart Weller Elementary to a Play 60 celebration to reward them for winning the Draft Day Dash Challenge, assembled care packages for victims of domestic violence in collaboration with the Fear 2 Freedom and Rookie Community Club, interacted with children during training camp at the Redskins All-Star Experience, participated in the WOW Wives Fashion Show, provided Fuel Up to Play 60 Hometown Grant money to help school districts and/or individual schools facilitate sustainable physical activity and healthy eating improvements, gave advice to high school football players at the 4th & Life High School Football Forum, provided winter coats and hats to students from elementary schools in the surrounding metro area, hosted seven TAPS families for a military appreciation event at Top Golf in Ashburn, Va. and welcomed 1,100 children into the Redskins locker room at FedExField to meet Santa and take home toys for Christmas at Skins Santa Shoppe... In 2014, encouraged students at Dumfries Elementary to exercise for 60 minutes and read for 20 minutes every day, brought joy to 31 women battling breast cancer at the team's annual All-Star Survivors Celebration, led elementary students through drills at the Fuel Up to Play 60 Mini-Combine, distributed Thanksgiving food to 3,000 Prince George's County residents in need at the team's annual Harvest Feast, distributed winter coats and Redskins knit hats and scarves to over 300 children from the Maryland, D.C. and Virginia areas at the Covered for the Holidays event, coached women through football drills at Redskins Park on WOW Ladies Night Out, and played video games online with active serving military members stationed overseas during a Redskins Salute: Pros vs. GI Joes event... Involved in Fellowship of Christian Athletes with his wife, Brianna.