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2024 Jax State Football Roster

87 Jack Dawson

  • Position Punter
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 197
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sylvania Waters, Australia
  • Highschool St. Patrick's College

Biography

• 2023 All-CONFERENCE USA

JAX STATE CAREER:
2024:
Made the Ray Guy Award Watch List...Punted 52 time for 2,199 yards with just four touchbacks...Posted 42.3 yards per attempt and a net average of 39.8...Landed 17 inside the 20...Averaged 42 yards per punt on three attempts against NM State, placing two inside the 5-yard line...Had season-long 59-yard punt and averaged 47 yards per punt in season opener against Coastal Carolina (8/29).

2023: Honorable Mention All-CUSA punter in his junior season … named the CUSA Punter of the Year by College Football Network … the Gamecocks’ punter for the third-straight season and one of the top legs in CUSA … third in CUSA in punting average with 42.62 yards per punt…leads Conference USA in Net Yards Per Punt with 40.09 … second among all CUSA punters in punts of over 50 yards with 10, while he led the conference with 23 punts pinned inside the 20 … has been named the CUSA Special Teams Player of the Week twice – on Aug. 26 vs UTEP, when he punted five times for an average of 45.8 yards with two over 50 yards and three inside the 20, and on Sept. 23 against Eastern Michigan, when he punted five times for an average of 41.0 yards with one over 50 yards and two inside the 20 … against New Mexico State, punted four times for a 48.5 yard average.

2022: Handled punting duties for Jax State in all 11 games…finished with 42 punts on the season with an average of 42.0 yards per punt…recorded a season-best 60 yard punt in the Eastern Kentucky contest…tallied four 50-plus yard punts…pinned 11 punts inside the opponents 20-yard line.

2021: Served as the Gamecocks’ punter for all 11 games…booted 50 punts for more than 2,000 yards…averaged 40 yards or longer in seven games…forced fair catches on 11 kicks and recorded two touchbacks…pinned 16 punts inside the 20…matched his career long punt of 61 yards in the opener against UAB.

FALL 2020/SPRING 2021: Played his first season as the primary punter for the Gamecocks’ spring season making appearances in all 9 games…booted the ball 39 times for 1,632 yards and averaged 41.8 yards per kick…his longest punt of the year came on his only kick in the first round of the FCS Playoffs against Davidson where he punted the ball 61 yards, his fourth of six total kicks of over 50 yards for the year…only two punts fell for touchbacks and downed 13 punts inside the 20-yard line…had an unassisted tackle against Murray State on April 11.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 87

    2020Freshman

    Punter
    6'3" 185 lbs
    87
  • 87

    2021Freshman

    Punter
    6'3" 185 lbs
    87
  • 87

    2022Sophomore

    Punter
    6'3" 190 lbs
    87
  • 87

    2023Junior

    Punter
    6'3" 190 lbs
    87
  • 87

    2024Senior

    Punter
    6'4" 197 lbs
    87
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