article_title currentposition bowlgames birth_date school name
jason vinson
 punter 1998 rose bowl 1999 citrus bowl c. 1977 michigan wolverines jason vinson
jason vinson

jason vinson -lrb- born c. 1977 -rrb- is a former american football punter .
he was the starting punter for the michigan wolverines football team from 1997 to 1998 , including the national champion 1997 michigan wolverines football team .
he became michigan 's starting punter despite having been a walk-on who had never appeared as a starter in a football game at the high school level .
vinson attended high school in troy , michigan .
he played football in high school , but as a second-string punter .
vinson enrolled at the university of michigan without an athletic scholarship and did not initially try out for the football team .
instead , he played intramural flag football as a freshman .
having never punted in an actual football game , vinson twice tried out unsuccessfully for a spot on the roster of the michigan wolverines football team .
he ultimately made the team as a walk-on in 1995 .
after spending the 1995 and 1996 seasons on the bench , vinson became the starting punter for the undefeated 1997 national championship team .
in his first game on september 13 , 1997 , vinson punted five times for an average of 42.4 yards .
he was selected as a second-team all-big ten punter after the 1997 season .
he was michigan 's starting punter again during the 1998 season .
in two years as the wolverines ' punter , vinson handled 113 punts , good for 4,376 yards and an average of 38.7 yards per punt .
