Eddie Czaplicki

Edward Czaplicki (born July 10, 2003) is an American professional football punter. He played college football for the Arizona State Sun Devils and USC Trojans. He won the 2024 Ray Guy Award as the best college football punter nationally.

Early life Czaplicki is from Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended Providence High School in Charlotte, where he initially played both football and soccer before deciding to focus solely on football. A punter and placekicker, he averaged 46 yards per punt in 2019, which placed 13th nationally, and also made a 51-yard field goal that year, which was the second best in the nation. He was also ranked the third-best kicker and ninth-best punter nationally by Kohl's kicking, being one of three in the class of 2021 to be in the top 10 in both categories. He punted 45 times with an average of 43.4 yards per punt, having 13 punts of at least 50 yards in the 2021 season.

Czaplicki transferred to the USC Trojans following the 2022 season. With the Trojans in 2023, he served as punter and kickoff specialist, making 44 punts with an average of 43.3 yards per punt and 15 punts inside the 20, as well as 30 kickoffs for 1,906 yards. As a senior in 2024, Czaplicki had a net average of 45.7 yards per punt and had 24 punts inside the 20 with a long of 62. He was named first-team All-Big Ten Conference, the Big Ten Eddleman-Fields Punter of the Year, first-team All-American and the Ray Guy Award winner for best punter nationally.

Professional career

After going unselected in the 2025 NFL draft, Czaplicki signed with the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent on May 3, 2025. He was waived on July 31.