NASHVILLE – The Titans have signed veteran punter Tommy Townsend.
Townsend, 29, spent the past two seasons with the Houston Texans after spending the previous four seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Townsend finished the 2025 season with a 47.6-yard average on 72 punts, with a next average of 41.6, and with 30 punts inside the 20.
In his six-year NFL career, Townsend has punted in 100 games and averaged 47.6 with a net of 42.8, with 151 punts inside the 20-yard line.
Townsend began his collegiate career at the University of Tennessee, but he finished at Florida, where his older brother, Johnny, also punted.
Townsend was a part of two Super Bowl-winning teams with the Chiefs, where he was named first-team All-Pro in 2022, and a Pro Bowler. Townsend was selected to the PFWA All-Rookie team in 2020.
In Week 17 of the 2025 season while with the Texans, Townsend punted five times, with four landing inside the 20 in a win over the Chargers, and he was named AFC Special Teams Player of the Week.
Houston Texans punter Tommy Townsend (6) celebrates after a punt during an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, in Houston. (Kevin Sabitus via AP)
Houston Texans punter Tommy Townsend (6) punts the ball during an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, in Houston. (Kevin Sabitus via AP)
Houston Texans punter Tommy Townsend (6) runs out of the tunnel prior to an NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo. (Cooper Neill via AP)
Houston Texans punter Tommy Townsend (6) punts during an NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025 in Kansas City, Mo. (G. Newman Lowrance via AP)
Houston Texans punter Tommy Townsend (6) punt the football an NFL wild card playoff football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, in Pittsburgh. (Scott Boehm via AP)
Houston Texans punter Tommy Townsend (6) prepares for the snap during the first half of an NFL divisional playoff football game against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Greg M. Cooper)
Houston Texans punter Tommy Townsend (6) punts the ball during the first half of an NFL divisional playoff football game against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Greg M. Cooper)
Houston Texans punter Tommy Townsend (6) punts the ball during an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2024 in Houston. (Brooke Sutton via AP)
Houston Texans punter Tommy Townsend (6) punts during an NFL divisional playoff football game against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026, in Foxborough. (Michael Owens via AP)
Houston Texans punter Tommy Townsend (6) looks to punt the ball during an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Matt Patterson)
Houston Texans punter Tommy Townsend (6) follows through on a kick during the second half of an NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024 in Kansas City, Mo. The Chiefs defeated the Texans, 27-19. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)
Kansas City Chiefs punter Tommy Townsend punts against the Las Vegas Raiders Monday, Dec. 25, 2023 in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Ed Zurga)
Kansas City Chiefs punter Tommy Townsend practices during warmups before an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023 in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann)
Kansas City Chiefs punter Tommy Townsend (5) celebrates against the San Francisco 49ers in NFL Super Bowl 58 football game Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Doug Benc)
Kansas City Chiefs punter Tommy Townsend (5) kicks the punt during the NFL Super Bowl 58 football game against the San Francisco 49ers, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. The Chiefs defeated the 49ers in overtime, 25-22. (Ryan Kang via AP)
Kansas City Chiefs punter Tommy Townsend (5) punts the ball during an NFL Super Bowl 58 football game against the San Francisco 49ers, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. (Mikayla Schmidt/Kansas City Chiefs via AP)
Kansas City Chiefs punter Tommy Townsend (5) punts the ball during an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. Buffalo won 20-17. (David Gray/Kansas City Chiefs via AP)
Kansas City Chiefs punter Tommy Townsend (5) receives the snap to hold on a kick during an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023, in Foxborough, Mass. (David Gray/Kansas City Chiefs via AP)
Kansas City Chiefs punter Tommy Townsend (5) runs off of the field against the Jacksonville Jaguars during an NFL divisional round playoff football game, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. The Chiefs defeated the Jaguars, 27-20. (Cooper Neill via AP)
Kansas City Chiefs punter Tommy Townsend (5) holds the ball on a field goal attempt during an NFL divisional round playoff football game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. Kansas City won 27-20. (Andrew Mather/Kansas City Chiefs via AP)
