100 Days to Football Time in Oklahoma 2024: #36 Josh Plaster

Player Profile

Position: Punter

Height: 6’0”

Weight: 187

Class: Redshirt Fifth

Seasons at OU: 3

Hometown: Flower Mound, Texas

Previous School: Arizona State Univ.

The Path to Norman

Josh Plaster was part of the 2019 recruiting class, playing high school football in Texas. He originally committed to Arizona State, staying there for two seasons. After his second year, he decided to relocate to Norman.

Career so Far

During his freshman season at ASU, Plaster shared kickoff duties for the first half of the season before an injury cut the year short. Plaster redshirted in 2020.

Following the 2020 season, Plaster joined the Sooners; he did not see playing time in 2021 or 2022.

In 2023, Plaster took on punting duties for the Sooners. Midway through the season, however, Luke Elzinga took the job. Plaster did perform the holding duties in all 13 games.

Stats

Years: 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | Career

Games Played: 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 18

Punts: 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14

Punt Avg Yards: 40.3

Stats via Soonersports.com

This Season

Plaster is back for year number six in college. He will likely continue to man the holder spot, but Luke Elzinga seems locked into the punter role.