Biography
2018 ALL-GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM
2015 ALL-GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM
2018 (RS SENIOR): Named All-Gulf South Conference (First Team)...Played in nine games for the Statesmen, making nine starts at punter...Nailed a GSC leading 2,763 yards on 61 punts...Established a new career-high 45.3 yards per punt, which also led the GSC, including 24 kicks downed inside the 20-yard line...Booted 19 punts greater than 50 yards, including the fourth longest punt in school history, a 76-yard effort at Tarleton State...Established a new GSC record for punting average in a season (45.3) and his 43.3 career Finished career with 6,755 yards on 156 punts...Set new career average per punt at Delta State at 43.3 yards per kick.
2017 (SENIOR): Medical Redshirt.
2016 (JUNIOR): Played in all 10 games for the Statesmen...Handled punting and place kicking duties...Punted 42 times for 1,734 yards, averaging 41.3 yards per kick...Had three kicks over 50 yards and nailed 10 inside the 20-yard line...Finished 7-of-9 on field goals attempts, with a long of 37 yards...38-of-44 on PATs...Kicked-off 56 times for 3,103 yards, averaging 55.4 yards per attempt...Nailed career-best 2-of-2 field goal attempts at West Georgia and versus Shorter...Completed 1-of-1 passes for 45 yards...Tallied three tackles.
2015 (SOPHOMORE): Named First Team All-GSC...Played in all 11 games for the Statesmen, all starts at punter...Led the GSC in punting, averaging 42.6 yards per attempt...Ranks fourth in NCAA DII...Punted 53 times for 2,258 yards...Totaled 14 kicks inside the 20-yard line...Posted nine kicks over 50 yards...Nailed a 68-yard punt versus No. 2 West Georgia...Career-high 333 yards punting on seven attempts versus No. 2 West Georgia...Punted a career-high eight times for 329 yards at No. 21 North Alabama...Totaled 307 yards on seven punts in DSU's 38-17 win at Shorter...Kicked-off 60 times for 3,451 yards with 11 touchbacks...Averaged 57.5 yards per kickoff...Helped DSU lead the GSC in net punting.
2014 (FRESHMAN): Played in eight games for the Statesmen and served as the kickoff specialist...Totaled 68 kickoffs for 3,854 yards...Averaged 56.7 yards per kick...Tallied three touchbacks.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2014 graduate of Oxford HS in Oxford, Mississippi…A Second Team All-State kicker…Played in the annual Mississippi- Alabama HS game…Received the Business Law Award in 2014.
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PERSONAL: Cody Hanson Mills...Born January 9, 1996...Son of Paul and Yvette Mills…Majoring in accounting.
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Points scored: 6, Kentucky Wesleyan, Sept. 1 2016
Kick PATs: 4, Texas A&M Commerce, Sep 10, 2016
Points by kicking: 6, Kentucky Wesleyan, Sept. 1 2016
Field goals made: 1, Kentucky Wesleyan, Sept. 1 2016
Field goal attempts: 1, Kentucky Wesleyan, Sept. 1 2016
Longest field goal: 27, Kentucky Wesleyan, Sept. 1 2016
Punt attempts: 11, Florida Tech, Sept. 15, 2018
Punt yards: 497, Florida Tech, Sept. 15, 2018 (11 punts)
Longest punt: 76, Tarleton State, Aug. 30, 2018
Tackles: 1, West Georgia, Oct 17, 2015 (1-0); West Alabama, Oct 24, 2015 (1-0
