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Australian punter Atticus Bertrams commits to USC

PeterWarrenPhoto2by: Peter Warren10/26/21thepeterwarren
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USC has had great success over the last three seasons with Australian punter Ben Griffiths. They have returned the Land Down Under for their potential next starting punter in Atticus Bertrams.

Bertrams is an 18-year-old Australian punter who has practiced the skill through the elite punting factory Prokick Australia.

He committed to the Trojans on Tuesday.

Griffiths is also an alumnus of Prokick Australia, although the two had very different roads to college football.

The 6-foot-7 Griffiths played Australian rules football professionally in the Australian Football League for the Richmond Tigers for eight seasons. He left the game after the 2017 season due injuries and concussions sustained during his career and because of his scholarship offer from the Trojans.

Because of that, Griffiths is much older than the typical college football at 30 years old. He even got married during the Trojans most recent bye week.

He has had a great season so far, booting 25 punts a total of 1153 yards for a 46.12 average. That average ranks in the top 25 nationally.

He is a redshirt junior but Prokick Australia founder Nathan Chapman told Richmond Tigers Media that he will go pro at the end of the season.

Atticus Bertrams is the latest Australian punter to commit over the last few days

There has been a lot of commitments from the Prokick Australia ranks over the past few days

James Ferguson started the trend by committing to Boise State last Thursday. Oliver Straw followed that with announcing his commitment to West Virginia on Friday And Jordan Doelling made it three commits in three days by pledging to FIU on Saturday.

After a slow Sunday, Max Fletcher kept the hot run going with his commitment Monday to Arkansas.

Fletcher is the younger brother of Cincinnati kicker Mason Fletcher and son of AFL legend Dustin Fletcher.