Drue Chrisman

A native of Lawrenceburg, Ind. (roughly 35 minutes from Paycor Stadium), Chrisman took over punting duties for the Bengals in Week 11 of the 2022 season ... Spent first 10 weeks on the team's practice squad, then was elevated to make his NFL debut on Nov. 20 at Pittsburgh ... Shined in debut with three punts for 162 yards in adverse conditions, including a 65-yarder on his first career punt ... Was signed to the active roster in early December and played in seven games, recording 28 punts for 1338 yards (47.8 gross average), with 13 downed inside the opponents' 20-yard line ... Also served as the team's primary punter in three postseason contests ... Originally signed with the Bengals as a college free agent in 2021 offseason, and had four separate stints on the team's practice squad throughout the '21 regular season and postseason ... Played collegiately at Ohio State, and prior to that attended Cincinnati's La Salle High School.

Pro Career:

• A native of Lawrenceburg, Ind. (roughly 35 minutes from Paycor Stadium), Chrisman took over punting duties for the Bengals in Week 11 of the 2022 season ... Spent first 10 weeks on the team's practice squad, then was elevated to make his NFL debut on Nov. 20 at Pittsburgh ... Shined in debut with three punts for 162 yards in adverse conditions, including a 65-yarder on his first career punt ... Was signed to the active roster in early December and played in seven games, recording 28 punts for 1338 yards (47.8 gross average), with 13 downed inside the opponents' 20-yard line ... Also served as the team's primary punter in three postseason contests ... Originally signed with the Bengals as a college free agent in 2021 offseason, and had four separate stints on the team's practice squad throughout the '21 regular season and postseason ... Played collegiately at Ohio State, and prior to that attended Cincinnati's La Salle High School.

Career Transactions:

• Signed with Cincinnati as college free agent on 5-14-21 ... Waived by Bengals on 8-31-21 ... Signed to Bengals practice squad on 9-1-21 ... Released from Bengals practice squad on 9-7-21 ... Re-signed to Bengals practice squad on 10-5-21 ... Released from Bengals practice squad on 10-12-21 ... Signed to Pittsburgh practice squad on 12-8-21 ... Released from Steelers practice squad on 12-10-21
• Signed to Cincinnati practice squad on 12-14-21 ... Released from Bengals practice squad on 12-17-21 ... Re-signed to Bengals practice squad on 12-20-21 ... Released from Bengals practice squad on 1-18-22 ... Signed to Bengals roster on 2-7-22 (Reserve/Future) ... Waived by Bengals on 8-30-22 ... Signed to Bengals practice squad on 8-31-22 ... Signed to Bengals roster on 12-6-22.

2022 Season:

• Played in final seven games of regular season and all three postseason games, after beginning season on Cincinnati's practice squad ... Elevated to active roster for Game 10 at Pittsburgh, and assumed duties as team's primary punter and holder on FGs/PATs for remainder of season ... Recorded 28 punts for 1338 yards, with 47.8-yard gross average and a 42.6-yard net ... Had 13 punts downed inside the opponents' 20-yard line ... Made NFL debut on Nov. 20 at Pittsburgh (standard elevation from practice squad), and dealt with windy conditions but punted three times for 162 yards, with two inside the Steelers' 20; first career punt officially traveled 65 yards and was returned by WR Steven Sims from five yards behind Pittsburgh goal line, before Sims was tackled at the five-yard line
• Elevated from practice squad for Games 11-12, before signing to active roster on Dec. 6 ... On Nov. 27 at Tennessee, recorded five punts for 259 yards (51.8 gross avg.), including 62-yarder from the Bengals' seven-yard line in the first quarter ... On Dec. 18 at Tampa Bay, booted a 46-yard punt that landed out of bounds at the Buccaneers' two-yard line as Cincinnati was protecting a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter ... Punted seven times for 362 yards (51.7 gross avg.) on Jan. 8 vs. Baltimore, with three downed inside the Ravens' 20 ... Totaled nine punts for 420 yards (46.7 gross avg., 39.2 net) with three inside opponents' 20-yard line during the postseason.

Previous Season:

• 2021—Did not play as a rookie ... Spent offseason with Bengals, and then during the season had four separate stints on Cincinnati's practice squad, with the last one ending on Jan. 18 ... Also briefly spent time on Pittsburgh's practice squad ... Signed to Reserve/Future list on Feb. 7, but was not technically on the roster or practice squad until after the team's appearance in Super Bowl LVI.

College:

• Spent five years (2016-20) at Ohio State, with a redshirt season in '16 ... Served as Buckeyes' primary punter in each of his four seasons of action (2017-20) ... Averaged 44.0 yards (fourth in school history) on 185 career punts, with 83 inside-20s ... Dropped 44.9 percent of his career punts inside the 20-yard line ... Academic All-Big Ten honoree and OSU Scholar Athlete in each of his four seasons ... As a senior in 2020, averaged career-best 45.0 gross yards per punt for national runner-up Buckeyes ... Semifinalist for Ray Guy Award (college football's top punter) in both 2017 and '18.

High School/Personal:

• Hometown is Lawrenceburg, Ind. (outside Cincinnati) ... Attended La Salle High School in Cincinnati ... Served as Lancers' punter and placekicker, helping team to back-to-back Division II state titles as a junior and senior (2014 and '15) ... Played in 2016 Army All-American Game ... First-team all-state (AP) as senior ... Made headlines at Ohio State's 2019 spring game, when he proposed to his then-girlfriend (now wife), Avery, at halftime in front of the entire stadium ... Gained attention on social media during college career with "bottle-flip" videos of himself, in which he flips over slightly filled bottles of water in different situations and gets them to stand upright ... Graduated from Ohio State with degree in consumer and family financial services.