“The coolest Aussie you’ll ever meet,” sophomore long snapper T.J. Harvey said about punter Matt Bromell. “He’s a cafeteria food connoisseur, a wildlife expert and has a massive leg.”
Growing up in Australia, Matt Bromell spent his childhood playing tennis, basketball and Australian football.
“Australian football involves a lot of punting,” Bromell said. “It’s a similar kind of football so the skills translate over to American football.”
After spending 10 months learning how to punt at a training academy in Melbourne, Bromell received a call from Southern Miss tight ends coach Reed Stringer.
“We were really just combing all over the world for a punter,” head coach Jay Hopson said.