Kansas football recruiting

The Kansas football team has found its punter for the 2025 season, and it got an extremely qualified one.

McNeese transfer Finn Lappin, who is originally from Melbourne, Australia, announced his commitment to the Jayhawks on Thursday afternoon.

As a freshman with the Cowboys, he averaged 46.1 yards per punt, the best average in program history, with 19 punts inside the 20-yard line compared to eight touchbacks. He was a finalist for the Jerry Rice Award that goes to the top freshman in FCS, and the only special-teams player among the 25 finalists for the honor. Lappin earned conference player of the week honors in September when he recorded three punts of at least 50 yards in an upset win at Weber State.

Although he was a freshman, he has just one year of eligibility remaining. He previously attended the University of Melbourne.

Lappin grew up playing Australian rules football and basketball, and according to an October article in the American Press of Lake Charles, Louisiana, he is capable of kicking with both legs and did so during the 2024 season, though he says he isn’t as good with his left foot.

At KU, Lappin will replace fellow Australian and Prokick Australia product Damon Greaves, who transferred away from KU to Colorado after his sophomore year with the Jayhawks.

Lappin will be a key component of a revamped special-teams unit that also includes kicker Laith Marjan, a transfer from South Alabama.