Matt Haack

Matthew Scott Haack (born July 25, 1994) is an American football punter who is a free agent. He played college football at Arizona State. He played his first four seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Miami Dolphins, who signed him as an undrafted free agent in 2017. Haack later spent one season with the Buffalo Bills before joining the Indianapolis Colts in 2022.

Early life
Haack graduated from Dowling Catholic High School in 2013. He was rated by Rivals.com as the No. 15 kicker in the nation and the state of Iowa's No. 10 overall prospect. On September 14, 2018, Haack was inducted into the Dowling Catholic High School/St. Joseph Academy Athletic Hall of Fame for his exemplary high school career.

College career
Haack attended and played college football for Arizona State from 2013 to 2016. In the 2013 season, he shared the punting duties with Alex Garoutte, Dom Vizzare, and Taylor Kelly. He finished with 16 punts for 612 net yards for a 38.3 average. In the 2014 season, he handled most of the punting duties with Taylor Kelly and Mike Bercovici handling the rest of the work. He finished with 53 punts for 2,296 net yards for a 43.3 average. In the 2015 season, he handled all but three punts, which went to Bercovici. He finished with 74 punts for 3,186 net yards for a 43.1 average. He finished fifth nationally and fourth in the Pac-12 in averaging 43.1 yards per punt in 2015. As a senior in 2016, he handled all of the team's punts except for three by teammate Manny Wilkins. He had 66 punts for 2,897 net yards for a 44.4 average.

Miami Dolphins
On May 5, 2017, Haack was signed as an undrafted free agent to a three-year, $1.67 million contract.

He earned the Dolphins starting punter job as a rookie, beating out incumbent punter Matt Darr.

On September 17, 2017, he made his NFL debut against the Los Angeles Chargers. He had three punts for 130 total yards (43.33 average). Overall, in the 2017 season, he finished with 83 punts for 3,695 net yards for a 44.52 average.

In Week 9 of the 2018 season, Haack was named American Football Conference Special Teams Player of the Week after averaging 44.7 yards on nine punts in a 13–6 win over the New York Jets. Overall, Haack had 87 punts for 3,884 net yards for a 44.64-yard average in the 2018 season.

On December 1, 2019, Haack was the centerpiece of a trick play in which he completed a one-yard touchdown pass to kicker Jason Sanders in the end zone during the 37–31 win, marking the NFL's first touchdown pass to a kicker since October 16, 1977. Overall, Haack had 69 punts for 3,105 net yards for a 45.00-yard average in the 2019 season.

On April 1, 2020, Haack was re-signed to a one-year, $2.133 million contract. In the 2020 season, Haack had 68 punts for a 44.7 average.

Buffalo Bills (first stint)
On March 18, 2021, Haack signed a three-year contract with the Buffalo Bills. In the 2021 season, Haack had 52 punts for a 42.9 average. He was released on August 22, 2022, after losing the punter position to rookie Matt Araiza.

Indianapolis Colts
On August 24, 2022, Haack signed a one-year contract with the Indianapolis Colts. In the 2022 season, Haack had 70 punts for a 44.8 average.

Arizona Cardinals
On May 15, 2023, Haack signed with the Arizona Cardinals. He was waived on August 21, 2023.

Cleveland Browns
On December 26, 2023, Haack was signed to the practice squad of the Cleveland Browns. On December 28 against the Jets, he punted 3 times with an average of 51.7 yards. He was released on January 2, 2024.

Buffalo Bills (second stint)
On January 17, 2024, Haack signed with the practice squad of the Bills after their punter Sam Martin suffered a hamstring injury during their playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was released three days later. He was re-signed on March 6, 2024. On May 31, Haack was once more released by Buffalo.

NFL career statistics
! style="text-align:center;"| 2017 ! style="text-align:center;"| MIA ! style="text-align:center;"| 2018 ! style="text-align:center;"| MIA ! style="text-align:center;"| 2019 ! style="text-align:center;"| MIA ! style="text-align:center;"| 2020 ! style="text-align:center;"| MIA ! style="text-align:center;"|2021 ! style="text-align:center;"|BUF ! style="text-align:center;"|2022 ! style="text-align:center;"|IND ! style="text-align:center;"|2023 ! style="text-align:center;"|CLE ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career || 99 || 432 || 19,242 || 44.5 || 39.6 || 160 || 25
 * 16 || 83 || 3,695 || 44.5 || 40.7 || 30 || 5
 * 16 || 87 || 3,884 || 44.6 || 38.4 || 35 || 6
 * 16 || 69 || 3,105 || 45.0 || 41.1 || 23 || 2
 * 16 || 68 || 3,040 || 44.7 || 39.8 || 26 || 2
 * 17 || 52 || 2,230 || 42.9 || 38.3 || 18 || 7
 * 17 || 70 || 3,133 || 44.8 || 40.2 || 28 || 3
 * 1 || 3 || 155 || 51.7 || 41.7 || 0 || 0
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