2017 Football Roster
Roster
Reid Budrovich
- Position:
- Punter
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Torrance
- High School:
- St. John Bosco
2018: The left-footed Budrovich, a former walk-on who was awarded a scholarship after the 2017 season, returns as the starting punter as a senior in 2018.
2017: Budrovich emerged from 2017 fall camp as USC’s starting punter as a walk-on junior. He also served as the backup holder (he handled that role for the Utah and Notre Dame games) and placekicker (he kicked off against Arizona, Colorado and UCLA). Overall in 2017, he averaged 41.6 yards on 55 punts, with 23 of them pinning opponents within the 20-yard line, 18 being fair caught and 11 traveling at least 50 yards (and only 3 were touchbacks). He kicked off 11 times, with 8 being touchbacks and the other 3 pinning opponents within the 20-yard line. He also made 2 tackles. He won USC’s Joe Collins Walk-on Award.
He averaged 51.0 yards on his 4 punts against Western Michigan (with a 55-yarder and 2 that pinned the Broncos within the 20). He had a 45-yard punt against Stanford, then averaged 46.2 yards on 6 punts against Texas, with 2 pinning the Longhorns within the 20 and 3 traveling 50-plus yards. At California, he averaged 42.3 yards on 3 punts with a 50-yarder. At Washington State, he averaged 43.2 yards on 6 punts, including a 63-yarder, and pinned the Cougars within the 20 4 times. Against Oregon State, he averaged 39.0 on his 2 punts, then averaged 42.5 yards on his 4 punts against Utah (with 1 pinning the Utes within the 20). He averaged 43.0 yards on his 6 punts at Notre Dame (with 1 pinning the Irish within the 20). At Arizona State, he averaged 48.0 yards on his 2 punts (with 1 pinning ASU within the 20). Against Arizona, he averaged 42.8 yards on his 4 punts (with a 62-yarder and another that pinned the Wildcats within the 20) and he also had touchbacks on his 4 kickoffs. At Colorado, he averaged 44.7 yards on 3 punts (with a 57-yarder) and all 3 pinned the Buffaloes within the 20 but he had 1 blocked and he also had touchbacks on 4 of his 7 kickoffs (with 2 others pinning CU within the 20). Against UCLA, he averaged 33.4 yards on 5 punts (with 2 pinning the Bruins within the 20), he kicked off 5 times and he made a tackle. Against Stanford in the Pac-12 Championship Game, 2 of Budrovich’s 3 punts pinned Stanford within the 20. Against Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl, he averaged 34.3 yards on 6 punts, with 4 pinning the Buckeyes within the 20 and 1 traveling 52 yards.
2016: Budrovich did not see action as a backup walk-on sophomore punter in 2016.
2015: Budrovich did not see any action as a backup walk-on redshirt freshman punter in 2015.
2014: Budrovich redshirted as a backup walk-on freshman punter and placekicker in 2014, his first year at USC.
HIGH SCHOOL: Budrovich earned 2013 Max Preps All-State Division I first team, Cal-Hi Sports All-State second team, All-CIF Pac-5 Division first team and Long Beach Press-Telegram Dream Team honors as a senior placekicker at St. John Bosco High in Bellflower (Calif.). He hit 13-of-18 field goals and 95-of-99 PATs in 2013. St. John Bosco went 16-0 in 2013 and won the CIF Pac-5 Division title and the CIF state championship Open Division bowl game.
As a junior in 2012, he made Max Preps Junior All-American first team while hitting 11-of-17 field goals and 62-of-63 PATs.
He hit 3-of-7 field goals and 30-of-34 PATs as a 2011 sophomore.
In his career, he had 173 touchbacks on 270 kickoffs, including 101 of 133 in 2013. Current Trojan Malik Dorton also prepped at St. John Bosco.
He also played baseball at St. John Bosco.
PERSONAL: He received his bachelor’s degree in business administration at USC in the spring of 2018 with a B average (3.08 GPA) and is now working on his master’s degree in business administration. His brother, Evan, was a student journalist at USC who covered the Trojans.
