Tress Way, Washington Redskins punter
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 684 Ratings
🗓️ 26 July 2018
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Episode 133
Since 2014, Tress Way has been punting in the NFL for the Washington Redskins. The Oklahoma University grad led the NFL in punting in 2014 with 47.5 yards per punt.
Undrafted out of college, Tress had to overcome being cut twice by the Chicago Bears at the end of the 2013 and 2014 preseason before finding himself in our nation's capital.
In 2016, Tress signed a 5-year extension with Washington in March of 2016 that will keep him with the club through 2020.
Tress is married to his wife Brianna Turang, a former softball and soccer star at the University of Oklahoma. Brianna is also the daughter of former MLB outfielder Brian Turang and the sister of Brice Turang, who plays in the Milwaukee Brewers organization. The couple became parents to twins (a boy and a girl) in April of 2018.
In his spare time, Tress is also an entrepreneur and has started a game company called "WAY FUN GAMES" --- His first board game "What's Your Bid?"is now available on Amazon.
On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Tress about punting, preparing for the 2018 season, his faith testimony, inventing a board game, meeting his wife in Oklahoma, his epic proposal and how he ended up in Washington after being cut twice by the Chicago Bears.
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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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| 1:02.5 | Today's guest on the podcast, Washington Redskins punter Tress Way. Now, Tress has been with the Redskins since 2014, but his journey wasn't a smooth one. |
| 1:12.6 | He went to college, played football at the University of Oklahoma, was a sooner there, and then |
| 1:18.2 | undrafted. |
| 1:19.6 | He was a free agent, signed by the Bears in 2013, cut by the Bears in 2013. |
| 1:25.4 | Signed by the Bears in 2014, caught by the Bears in 2014. Signed by the Bears in 2014. |
| 1:29.5 | Cut by the Bears in 2014. |
| 1:34.0 | And you would think that would set a path where football was just not meant to be. In fact, Tress talks on this podcast about thinking that it might be over and that football |
| 1:38.8 | was not supposed to be in his future. |
| 1:41.8 | Instead, God intervenes. |
| 1:43.8 | He ends up with the Redskins and he leads the league |
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