Mitch McCarthy (born 10 October 1997) is an Australian professional gridiron football punter for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football for the UCF Knights and Indiana Hoosiers.
College career McCarthy first played college football for the UCF Knights from 2022 to 2024. He played in 37 games where he had 115 punts with a 43.0-yard average and a career-long of 64 yards. He then transferred to Indiana University Bloomington to play for the Hoosiers where he played in 14 games and punted 37 times with a 41.6-yard average and a long of 55 yards. He also played in the 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship where he had five punts with a 48.2-yard average, with two punts inside the 20-yard line and a long of 55 yards, in the 27–21 victory.
Professional career McCarthy was drafted in the second round, 14th overall, by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the 2026 CFL global draft and signed with the team on 13 May 2026. He won the team's punter position battle in training camp and played in his first professional game on 4 June 2026, against the Montreal Alouettes, where he punted five times for a 41.4-yard average.
References
External links Hamilton Tiger-Cats bio Indiana Hoosiers bio UCF Knights bio