Arryn Siposs


Arryn Siposs is an Australian professional American football punter for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League. He is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League. He later switched codes to play college football for Auburn in the United States.

AFL career

Siposs was drafted to the Saints with the 75th selection in the 2010 AFL draft from the Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup. He was originally from Beaconsfield and played in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League where he kicked 99 goals in his under 16s year. Playing in the TAC Cup for the Stingrays he kicked 34 goals in 2010.
Siposs made his debut against in round 7 of the 2011 AFL season. He was substituted on in the second half of the match and had four disposals and kicked one goal, The Saints lost by three points. He then played the next five games but was dropped after the Saints lost to by 57 points. He was then named in the squad to play against in round 16 but was later made an emergency. Towards the end of the season he suffered shin splints.
He was delisted at the conclusion of the 2015 season.

American football career

College career

In November 2017, Siposs received an offer from Auburn University. He visited Auburn the following month and committed to play for the college football team as a punter. He had also been training with ProKick Australia, in order to transition from Australian rules to American football. Siposs competed for the starting punter position behind Aiden Marshall, prior to the start of the 2018 season, and was later named as backup to Marshall. However, Siposs was on the field more than Marshall against the Washington Huskies, and head coach Gus Malzahn opted to make Siposs the starting punter against the Alabama State Hornets.

NFL career

On the 25 April 2020, Siposs signed with the Detroit Lions at the end of 2020 Draft as an undrafted free agent. He was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list by the Lions on 29 July 2020.