Player Story
Aleksi Pulkkinen story
Aleksi Pulkkinen built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a punter from Helsinki wearing No. 40, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of Aleksi Pulkkinen's career was his field-position work: 95 punts, 3,837 punting yards, and 25 punts inside the 20 across 23 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with South Alabama. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. With 23 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across South Alabama.
The arc is straightforward: Aleksi Pulkkinen moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.