From Australia to UNC: Tom Sheldon’s long journey to become a college football punter

Posted Sep 10, 2016
At UNC, at least, Tom Sheldon is unique. There isn’t another 27-year-old Australian freshman punter roaming the campus. In college football, though, he is another in a long line of Australians who have come to the United States to become punters. Many of them began their journey where Sheldon started his: at Prokick Australia. (Charlotte Observer)

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