Kentucky had a big hole to fill entering the 2021 football season. Duffy’s Australian style worked to perfection over three seasons in Lexington. He set the UK record for career punting average (45.96) and became the first Wildcat to win the Ray Guy Award, given each year to college football’s top punter.
Kentucky initially expected to solve its punter problem with another Australian, Wilson Berry. The younger brother of NFL star Jordan Berry and a friend of Duffy’s, it appeared a match made un heaven. That all changed when Berry suffered a preseason back injury. After fighting through the nagging injury with subpar punts for two weeks, Kentucky turned to Goodfellow and never looked back.