Matt Araiza is one of the more fascinating prospects of the 2022 NFL Draft which is saying something, considering he's a punter.The San Diego State product has shot up draft boards (relatively) thanks to a season in which he set an NCAA record by averaging 51.19 yards per punt, eclipsing the record set by Texas A&M's Braden Mann in 2018. All the more impre sive, the 2021 season was Araiza's first taking on full-time punting duties for the Aztecs.MORE:No wonder the "punt god" is generating NFL draft buzz. But how high, exactly, can we expect a team to take Araiza, winner of the 2021 Ray Guy Award? The Sporting News breaks down everything you need to know about Araiza's record-breaking season in 2021, and the elite group of punters he hopes to join who managed to leverage their collegiate career into high draft picks:Despite Araiza's incredible 2021 season, he is not expected to be among the highest-drafted punters of all time. According to Shawon Dunston Jersey the , the highest he is projected to go is in the fifth round picks 144 through 179. , for example, projects Araiza to go 174th overall to the defending AFC champion Bengals.A fifth-round selection for Araiza would not be particularly noteworthy in the history of punters taken in the NFL draft. That group includes not only several picks taken inside the top 100 overall players, but also four players taken in the second round and another two taken in the first round.Below are the top 10 highest-drafted punters in the history of the NFL draft:RoundPickPlayerDraftTeam111Ru sell Erxleben1979Saints123Ray Guy1973Raiders234Rohn Stark1982Colts239Johnny Evans1978Browns246Tom Skladany1977Browns256Todd Sauerbrun1995Bears362Ray Stachowicz1981Packers365Jim Miller198049ers368Tom Tupa1988Cardinals370Bryan Anger2012JaguarsOf that group, Guy went onto become a Pro Football Hall of Famer; Stark was a first-team All Pro selection in 1983 and four-time Pro Bowler; Skladany was a 1981 Pro Bowler; Sauebrun was a four-time All-Pro selection, three-time Pro Bowler and two-time NFL punt yards leader; Tupa was a 1999 All-Pro selection; and Anger was a 2021 second-team All-Pro selection, as well as the 2013 NFL punting yards leader.Araiza in 2021 booted 79 punts for 4,044 yards for an NCAA-record 51.18 yards per punt. The previous year, he punted five times for 249 yards, averaging 49.8 yards per punt. For his career, Araiza averaged 51.1 yards per punt.Of Araiza's 79 punts, 37 went for at least 50 yards; 17 went for 60 yards or more; six went at least 70 yards; and two went for 80-plus yards (no other punter had two punts of 80 yards). According to , 63 percent of Araiza's punts were downed inside the 20; another 27 were downed inside the 10. Twenty-nine percent of his punts went for touchbacks.Araiza, who began his career at San Diego State as a kicker, also converted 96 of 97 extra point attempts and 50 of 68 field goal attempts (73.5 percent), with a long of 54. Kosuke Fukudome Jersey