University of Richmond Athletics
2024 Football Roster
Jersey Number 35
Aaron Trusler
- Position:
- Punter
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 168
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Melbourne, Australia
- High School:
- De La Salle College
2024 (Graduate Student):
- Handled punting and holding duties in all 13 games
- Named Second Team All-CAA
- Named Touchdown Club of Richmond's Kicking Specialist of the Year
- Semifinalist for FCS Punter of the Year
- Named a First Team Preseason All-American by Stats Perform and Phil Steele
- Named a Second Team Preseason All-CAA selection by Phil Steele
- Helped Richmond reach fifth in the country in net punting with 41.82 yards a kick
- Punted 39 times for 1,773 yards (45.46 yards per punt)
- Notched five touchbacks, 16 fair catches, 14 inside the 20-yard line and 11 over 50 yards
- Led Richmond's punt coverage unit to rank ninth nationally with just 42 opponent punt return yards allowed all season
- Recorded a 75-yard punt, the second-longest of his career, against North Carolina A&T (10/05/24)
- Ends Richmond career responsible for three of the 10 longest punts in program history with kicks of 76, 75 and 74 yards
- Picked up 13 yards and a first down on a fake punt at Hampton (10/16/24)
- Ends career first all-time for the Spiders in single-game punting average (52.8 against North Carolina A&T), season punting average (45.5) and is second (by .1 yards) in career punting average (41.8), following NFL veteran Mike Bragg
- Named First Team Preseason All-American by Stats Perform
- Named Preseason All-CAA
- Named Second Team Preseason All-CAA by Phil Steele
- Played in all 13 games
- Named a Third Team AP All-American
- Named a Second Team All-American by Phil Steele
- Named a Second Team All-American by Stats Perform
- Earned All-ECAC honors
- Punted 63 times for 2,168 yards including a long of 76 yards (t-1st longest in CAA this year)
- Averaged 41.6 yards per punt
- Punched a CAA-high 26 inside the 20 yard line and accounted for seven over 50 yards
- Recorded a career-long 76-yard punt, tying for the sixth-longest in program history against William & Mary in the Capital Cup victory
- FCS Punter of the Year semifinalist
- CAA Special Teams Player of the Week (11/13/23)
- Played in all 13 games
- Punted 53 times for 2,191 yards including a long of 63 yards
- Averaged 41.3 yards per punt
- Stuck 19 inside the 20 yard line and recorded six over 50 yards
- Named 2022 FCS Punter of the Year finalist
- Named to the 2021 Colonial Athletic Association Fall Academic Honor Roll.
- Put up 4 punts 50+ yards
- Generated 2,289 yards, notching 19 punts inside the 20-yard line.
- Played in 10 games.
- Made Richmond debut in a victory over the Howard Bison (Sept. 4).
- Attended De La Salle College for high school in Melbourne, Australia before spending a year at Monash University.
- Played Australian Rules with Footscray VFL, Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup and De La Salle in VAFA.
- Leading Goal Kicker for the Sandringham Dragons 2017.
- Full name is Aaron Damian Trusler.
- Son of Damian and Yuen-Sze Trusler.
- Has two siblings - Nicholas and Siena.
- Grandfather Alan Trusler played AFL for the Western Bulldogs.
Blake Houser Making Offseason Strides
Wednesday, April 01
Russ Huesman Spring Football Update
Wednesday, April 01
Football Weekly Press Conference November 19
Wednesday, November 19
Football Postgame - Lafayette
Saturday, November 15
