East Tennessee State University

Awards & Honors

• 2025 Preseason All-SoCon Third Team by Phil Steele
• SoCon Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 7, 2024)
• 2024 Preseason All-SoCon First Team
• 2024 Preseason All-SoCon Second Team by Phil Steele
• 2023 All-SoCon First Team 
• SoCon Student-Athlete of the Week (September 13, 2023)
• 2021 SoCon Fall All-Academic Team

2024 Season (RS-Junior) - Brackett started the 2024 season by earning a pair of Preseason All-SoCon honors from the league's coaches and by Phil Steele...During the season, Brackett punted 45 times for an average of 42.4 yards per attempt...11 of those 45 punts traveled more than 50 yards...Brackett also had 13 punts downed inside the 20-yard line and four touchbacks...Brackett was named the SoCon Special Teams Player of the Week on October 7 after averaging nearly 50 yards per punt (48.3) and had three punts land inside the 20-yard line in a game against rival Chattanooga. 

2023 Season (RS-Sophomore) - In his return to action in 2023, Brackett established himself as one of the top punters in the SoCon...Brackett totaled 47 punts on the 2023 season and averaged 43.37 yards per attempt...Four of those punts were touchbacks, and Brackett pinned the opponents inside the 20-yard line 21 times...Recorded a new career-long 70-yard punt in a victory over Carson-Newman on September 9...The 70-yard punt ranked as the 15th-longest at the FCS level in 2023...13 of his punts went 50 yards or more...Finished the season ranked 14th nationally in punt average (43.37)...For his play all season long, Brackett was named to the All-SoCon First Team by the league's coaches. 

2022 Season (Sophomore) - Named to SoCon Honor Roll ... Did not make any appearances in 2022. 

2021 Season (Freshman) - Named to the SoCon Fall All-Academic Team … Appeared in nine games for the Bucs, including the final six games of the season … Finished the campaign with a team-high 37 punts for 1,490 yards, averaging 40.3 yards per punt … Laced four punts over 50 yards this season and downed the ball inside the opponent’s 20-yard line 11 times on the campaign … First collegiate punt was a 48-yard boot against Delaware State (Sept. 18) … Best performance of the season was in the FCS Quarterfinals at North Dakota State (Dec. 11) with seven punts for 318 yards (45.4 avg.), including a career-long 55-yard punt inside the FargoDome … Also pulled off a trick play against the Bison, tossing a seven-yard pass for a first down.

2020 Season (Freshman)* - Named to the SoCon Honor Roll and was awarded the SoCon Commissioner’s Medal … Did not make any appearances on the season.

*Season played in Spring 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic