Michael Turk - Chasing the NFL Dream

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🗓️ 20 April 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Episode 483

Michael Turk is a punter who is preparing to embark on a career in the NFL after punting for Arizona State in 2019. He was named First-Team All-Pac 12 after averaging 46 yards per punt and had 23 punts of 50+ yards.

Turk's football pedigree stems from his family, his uncle Matt Turk was a three-time NFL Pro Bowl punter and his uncle Dan was an NFL long snapper for many years.

Prior to arriving at Arizona State, Turk punted at Lafayette College in 2017. After transferring to Arizona State and redshirting in 2018, he would punt for just one season in 2019 with the Sun Devils before declaring for the 2020 NFL Draft.

At the 2020 NFL Combine in February, Turk made headlines by recording 25 reps of 225 pounds in the bench press testing, the most reps by a punter since 2003 and more than 19 offensive lineman at the Combine.

On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Michael about his preparation for the NFL Draft during the Coronavirus outbreak, his bench press experience at the NFL Combine, why he chose to give his life to Christ and how God has guided him throughout the football journey from college to the NFL Draft.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation.
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1:05.0	Really excited today to welcome Michael Turk to Sports Spectrum.
1:09.6	Michael is a former Arizona State punter. That's who we
1:12.9	played with last season in 2019, punting for Arizona State. First team all-pack 10
1:19.0	selection, wildly considered one of the best punters in the country. Average 46 yards per
1:24.8	punt and had 23 punts of 50 plus yards.
1:29.1	Before that, he transferred from an FCS school, Lafayette College, and did pretty well there,
1:35.7	came over to Arizona State.
1:37.2	And then this season, after the 2019 season, I should say, decided to forego his last two years
1:43.4	of college eligibility to pursue his NFL dream.
1:48.6	Now, interestingly enough, back in February at the NFL scouting combine, he recorded 25 reps of
1:54.8	220 points in the bench pressed testing. Nothing to do with punting. We're talking about a guy who has a lot of strength.
2:03.3	It was the most reps by a punter at the combine since 2003, and he made some noise, let's say,
2:10.6	through the social media circles and on different areas on football and sports media channels. Michael Turk became a little bit of a sensation for
2:20.4	a few days there at the Combine. And he joins us here today to talk about preparing for the
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