Luke Prestridge
{{Short description|American football player (born 1956)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Use American English|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
|name=Luke Prestridge
|number=11, 17
|position=Punter
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1956|9|17|mf=y}}
|birth_place=Houston, Texas, U.S.
|height_ft=6
|height_in=4
|weight_lb=235
|high_school=Sharpstown (Houston, Texas)
|college=Baylor
|draftyear=1979
|draftround=7
|draftpick=188
|pastteams=* Denver Broncos ({{NFL Year|1979|1983}})
- New England Patriots ({{NFL Year|1984}})
|highlights=* First-team All-Pro (1982)
|statlabel1=Punts
|statvalue1=421
|statlabel2=Punt yards
|statvalue2=17,638
|statlabel3=Longest punt
|statvalue3=89
|pfr=PresLu20
}}
Luke Prestridge (born September 17, 1956) is an American former professional football player who was a punter in the National Football League (NFL) for the Denver Broncos (1979–1983) and the New England Patriots (1984). He was selected to the Pro Bowl after the 1982 season as a member of the Denver Broncos. He played high school football at Sharpstown High School in Houston and college football at Baylor University.{{Cite web |title=Luke Prestridge |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PresLu20.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411195310/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PresLu20.htm |archive-date=2023-04-11 |access-date=2023-04-22 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}
{{As of|2017}}'s NFL off-season, Luke Prestridge held at the Broncos franchise records for punts in a game (12; tied with 2 others), and career post-season yards per punt (45.7). In a 1984 game in Week 8 between the New England Patriots and Miami Dolphins, Prestridge booted an 89-yard punt, which at the time tied an NFL record for longest punt.{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/163717301/ | title=Door swings both ways | work=The Boston Globe | date=November 1, 1984 | accessdate=22 January 2025}} Through the 2018 NFL season, it remained the fourth longest punt in the NFL Super Bowl era.{{Cn|date=April 2023}}
NFL career statistics
| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"
! colspan="2"| Legend |
| style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"|
| Led the league |
| Bold
| Career high |
= Regular season =
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team ! colspan="10"| Punting | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{abbr|GP|Games played}} | Punts | {{abbr|Yds|Yards}} | {{Nowrap|Net Yds}} | {{abbr|Lng|Longest punt}} | {{abbr|Avg|Average}} | {{Nowrap|Net Avg}} | {{abbr|Blk|Blocked punts}} | {{abbr|Ins20|Inside 20 yard line}} | {{abbr|TB|Touchbacks}} | |
| 1979 | DEN
| 16 || 89 || 3,555 || 2,935 || 63 || 39.9 || 33.0 || 0 || 17 || 7 | |||||||||
| 1980 | DEN
| 16 || 70 || 3,075 || 2,512 || 57 || 43.9 || 35.9 || 0 || 10 || 6 | |||||||||
| 1981 | DEN
| 16 || 86 || 3,478 || 2,990 || 67 || 40.4 || 34.8 || 0 || 20 || 5 | |||||||||
| 1982 | DEN
| 9 || 45 || 2,026 || 1,699 || 65 || style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"| 45.0 || 37.8 || 0 || 14 || 5 | |||||||||
| 1983 | DEN
| 16 || 87 || 3,620 || 2,956 || 60 || 41.6 || 34.0 || 0 || 19 || 7 | |||||||||
| 1984 | NWE
| 9 || 44 || 1,884 || 1,556 || style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"| 89 || 42.8 || 35.4 || 0 || 8 || 5 | |||||||||
| colspan="2"| Career | 82 | 421 | 17,638 | 14,648 | 89 | 41.9 | 34.8 | 0 | 88 | 35 |
= Playoffs =
| class=wikitable style="text-align:center;" | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Team ! colspan="10"| Punting | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{abbr|GP|Games played}} | Punts | {{abbr|Yds|Yards}} | {{Nowrap|Net Yds}} | {{abbr|Lng|Longest punt}} | {{abbr|Avg|Average}} | {{Nowrap|Net Avg}} | {{abbr|Blk|Blocked punts}} | {{abbr|Ins20|Inside 20 yard line}} | {{abbr|TB|Touchbacks}} | |
| 1979 | DEN
| 1 || 6 || 266 || 224 || 52 || 44.3 || 37.3 || 0 || 3 || 0 | |||||||||
| 1983 | DEN
| 1 || 4 || 191 || 133 || 49 || 47.8 || 33.3 || 0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||
| colspan="2"| Career | 2 | 10 | 457 | 357 | 52 | 45.7 | 35.7 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
References
{{Reflist}}{{Broncos1979DraftPicks}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Prestridge, Luke}}
Category:Players of American football from Houston
Category:American football punters
Category:Baylor Bears football players
Category:Denver Broncos players
Category:New England Patriots players
Category:American Conference Pro Bowl players
{{amfoot-punter-stub}}