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#16 Dillon Kidd

Height 6-2
Weight 230 lbs.
Class Jr.
Hometown Deerfield Beach, Fla.
High School North Broward Prep
Previous School El Camino CC
Dillon Kidd - Football - University of Iowa Athletics

Hawk-Item – – Enrolled for spring classes in January, 2014 . . . originally attended Florida State for two years as a walk-on.

2015 Honors – – Honorable mention All-Big Ten by league coaches and media . . . 2015 – – Saw action in all 14 games . . . averaged 40.2 yards on 59 punts, with a long of 64 yards . . . had 11 punts of 50 yards or more, 22 punts inside the 20, 21 fair catches and just four touchbacks . . . handled all punting duties and handled all placements in 31-14 win over Illinois State, averaging 47 yards on two punts, with a career-long of 56 yards . . . handled all punting duties and held for all placements in 31-17 win at Iowa State . . . averaged 47.4 yards on five punts at ISU, with a long of 55 yards . . . two of five punts per inside the 20 and two were fair caught as ISU recorded no return yards . . . shared punting duties and handled all placements in 27-24 win over Pitt, including holding for 57-yard field goal to win the game as time expired . . . averaged 55.7 yards on three punts vs. Pitt, with a career-long of 64 yards . . . shared punting duties and handled all placements in 62-16 win over North Texas . . . averaged 38.5 yards on two punts vs. North Texas, with a long of 42 yards and one punt inside the 20 . . . handled all punting duties and held for all placements in 10-6 win at Wisconsin . . . averaged 41.2 yards on five punts at Wisconsin, with a long of 52 yards and one punt inside the 20 . . . had punts of 52 and 50 yards in the fourth quarter as Iowa defense held off late Wisconsin opportunities . . . shared punting duties and held for all placements in 29-20 win over Illinois . . . averaged 46.6 yards on five punts, with a long of 55 yards and three punts inside the 20 . . . handled all punting duties and held for all placements in 40-10 win at Northwestern . . . averaged 39.2 yards on five punts at Northwestern, with a long of 52 yards and three punts inside the 20, allowing Northwestern just one yard on two returns . . . shared punting duties and held for all placements in 31-15 win over Maryland . . . averaged 37.4 yards on five punts, with a long of 41 yards . . . placed three punts inside the 20 and allowed just four yards on one return . . . shared punting duties and held for all placements in 35-27 win at Indiana . . . averaged 40.8 yards on four punts, with a long of 51 yards and one punt inside the 20 . . . handled all punting dutied and held for all placements in 40-35 win over Minnesota, averaging 38 yards on two punts, with a long of 44 yards . . . shared punting duties and held for all placements in 40-20 win over Purdue . . . averaged 36.3 yards on three punts, with a long of 41 yards and one punt inside the 20 . . . shared punting duties and handled all placements in 28-20 win at Nebraska . . . averaged 31.1 yards on seven punts at Nebraska, with a long of 37 . . . three punts inside the 20, with no touchbacks and no punt return yards . . . handled all punting duties and handled all placements in 16-13 loss to Michigan State . . . averaged 35.6 yards on five punts, with a long of 48 yards and two punts inside the 20, with no touchbacks . . . handled all punting duties and held for all placements in 45-16 Rose Bowl loss to Stanford . . . averaged 38.3 yards on six punts, with a long of 45 yards and one punt inside the 20.

2014 – – Shared punting duties throughout the season . . . averaged 38.5 yards on 46 punts, with a long of 55 yards and four punts of at least 50 yards . . . handled all punting duties in 31-23 win over Northern Iowa . . . averaged 36.2 yards on four punts vs. UNI, with a long of 42 yards and one punt inside the 20 . . . handled all punting duties in 17-13 win over Ball State . . . averaged 36.8 yards on five punts vs. BSU, with a long of 48 yards and two punts inside the 20, while allowing BSU no returns . . . handled all punting duties and held for all placements in 20-17 loss to Iowa State . . . averaged 38.2 yards on four punts vs. ISU, with a long of 48 yards . . . three of four punts were inside the 20 and ISU had no returns . . . handled all punting duties and held for placements in 24-20 win at Pittsburgh . . . averaged 39 yards on three punts, with a long of 51 yards . . . one of three punts was inside the 20 and none were returned . . . handled all punting duties in 24-10 win at Purdue . . . averaged 39.7 yards on seven punts at Purdue, with a season-long of 52 yards . . . handled all punting duties in 45-29 win over Indiana . . . averaged 40.9 yards on eight punts vs. Indiana, with a long of 51 yards and three punts inside the 20 . . . shared punting duties in 38-31 loss at Maryland . . . averaged 36.8 yards on four punts, with a long of 47 yards and one inside the 20 . . . saw action in 48-7 win over Northwestern, but had no statistics . . . saw action in 26-24 loss to No. 14 Wisconsin . . . averaged 35.5 yards on two punts vs. Wisconsin, with a long of 42 yards . . . handled all punting duties in 37-34 overtime loss to Nebraska . . . averaged 44.2 yards on five punts, with a season-long of 55 yards, and one punt inside the 20 . . . also recorded one solo tackle . . . shared punting duties in TaxSlayer Bowl loss to Tennessee . . . averaged 32 yards on four punts, with a long of 38 yards.

Junior College – – Earned all-conference honors at El Camino Community College in Torrance, Cal., in 2013, averaging 38.2 yards on 50 punts in one season . . . had a season-long of 58 yards, with 18 punts inside the 20 and 12 punts resulting in a fair catch . . . junior college coach was John Featherstone.

High school honors – – Earned All-Broward/Dade County honors as a punter and linebacker . . . Career – – Played linebacker as a prep, in addition to his punting duties and holding for placements.

Personal – – Born 6/14/91 in San Diego . . . business major . . . parents are Heidi Kidd and John Kidd . . . his father, John, punted in the NFL for 16 seasons with Buffalo, San Diego, Miami and New York Jets . . . brother Garrett is WR at Miami, Fla.