Alex Mastromanno

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Alex Mastromanno
No. 29
PositionPunter
ClassRedshirt Senior
Personal information
BornMelbourne, Australia
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight243 lb (110 kg)
Career information
High schoolBrighton Grammar School
(Melbourne, Australia)
CollegeFlorida State (2020–2024)
Awards and highlights
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Alex Mastromanno is an Australian American football punter for the Florida State Seminoles.

Early life

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Mastromanno is from Melbourne, Australia.[1] He grew up playing Australian rules football, which he started at age three or four.[2] He also competed in tennis and track and field growing up.[3] He played for Old Brighton Grammarians Football Club in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) and was a nominee for the league's rising star award in 2017.[4] He also played for the Collingwood reserve side in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[5]

Mastromanno later became interested in American football and joined Nathan Chapman's ProKick Australia academy.[6] Recruited to play college football in the U.S. as a punter, he was ranked a two-star prospect by 247Sports and committed to the Florida State Seminoles (FSU) in December 2019.[7]

College career

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Mastromanno served as Florida State's main punter as a freshman in 2020, recording an average of 43.5 yards per punt which ranked seventh in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and 33rd nationally.[8] He remained the starter in 2021, playing in 12 games and being chosen fourth-team All-ACC and FSU's special teams MVP after averaging 42.7 yards per punt with 18 punts inside the 20 and a long of 65 yards.[9] In 2022, he punted 34 times with an average of 41.8 yards per punt, having a long of 53 and five punts of over 50 yards.[6]

In 2023, Mastromanno averaged 45.5 yards per punt, placing second in the ACC and 15th nationally.[10] He was named second-team All-ACC, second-team All-American and a finalist for the Ray Guy Award for best punter nationally, being FSU's first-ever finalist for the award.[3][10] He returned for a final season in 2024 and broke the ACC record and ranked first nationally with an average of 49.3 yards per punt, being named first-team All-ACC and a finalist for the Ray Guy Award.[11] He was also named a first-team All-American.[12]

Professional career

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Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand span
6 ft 1+34 in
(1.87 m)
243 lb
(110 kg)
31+14 in
(0.79 m)
8+58 in
(0.22 m)
All values from Pro Day[13]

Mastromanno went unselected in the 2025 NFL draft.

References

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