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During his two seasons at Kansas, Greaves averaged 40.66 yards per punt, highlighted by a career-high 58-yard boot against the Illinois Fighting Illini last year. Six of his 33 punts last season also landed inside the 20-yard line.

Greaves entered the transfer portal in December and soon drew interest from Colorado coach Deion Sanders , who was looking to replace fellow Australian punter Mark Vassett, the original "Mate." Sanders landed a commitment from "New Mate" on Dec. 20.

"'New Mate,' our punter (Greaves), is booming them like 'Old Mate' was," Sanders said during spring ball. "The special teams should be truly special this season."

While navigating his first spring in Boulder, Greaves also earned high praise from Colorado special teams coordinator Michael Pollock.

"Watching his performance when he was at Kansas, knowing what kind of player he was there, the biggest thing about him is his ball placement," Pollock said in March. "In this league, you want to punt the ball between the numbers and the sideline. You don't want to punt it out there in the middle of the field. We saw some things happen badly last year when we miss-hit some and it went in the middle of the field.

"He does a great job of not only pinning people inside the 5 and 10-yard line, which is what a lot of people judge punters on, but he is able to put that ball between the sideline and numbers pretty consistently and get some great distance downfield with some hangtime, which makes it much tougher on them. We're just excited about his ball placement and his control over where he wants the ball and what we are asking him to do."

Greaves will get his first in-game opportunity to punt in the thin Boulder air when Colorado hosts the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on Aug. 29. In what should be a close game, winning the field position battle with Greaves' big right leg will be important.