Football

ThomasO'Hara

  • position Punter
  • height 6-1
  • Weight 201
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Melbourne, Australia
  • High school St. Bedes
  • Previous School Murray State

2026- Junior
• Transferred to Kentucky after two seasons at Murray State
• Has seen action in 24 career games
• Has 115 career punts (37 punts inside the 20) for 5,115 yards, averaging 44.5 yards per punt

2025 – Sophomore (Murray State)
• Appeared in all 12 games and punted 52 times for 2,287 yards for an average of 44.0 yards per punt in 2025
• Ranked sixth in the MVFC in punting average

2024 – Freshman (Murray State)
• Appeared in all 12 games with 63 punt attempts with a total yardage of 2,828 yards, which was second on the MVFC behind only Harry Traum of Indiana State with 2,931 yards
• Finished the season ranked third in the MVFC with a punt average of 44.9 yards
• Led MVFC with 13 punts of 50 or more yards

High School
• Punted at St. Bede’s College in Melbourne
• Trained with famed Australian kicking academy ProKick Australia

Personal
• Born in Brisbane, Australia
• Son of Kirsty and Matthew O’Hara
• Has two sisters, Sophie and Ella
• Major is undecided

Thomas Says
• One thing most people don’t know about him is that he does not have a pet kangaroo
• Three words to describe him are calm, confident and excited
• His go-to karaoke song is “All Too Well” by Taylor Swift
• His favorite family recipe that he can make is lasagna
• The best advice he’s ever received is “everything happens for a reason”

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