2017 Football Roster
Nick Jacobs
- Position:
- P
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 195
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Prev School:
- Brighton Grammar School
Career
Graduated from the University of Memphis in May of 2017 with a degree in organizational leadership … Has seen action in 23 games as part of the team’s punting duo with Spencer Smith ... Team’s primary short-field punter ... Has 42 attempts for 1,496 total yards and a 35.6 average ... Has a career-long 48-yard punt ... Has 37 of 42 punts inside the opponents’ 20-yard line ... Has six touchbacks and 22 punts that were fair catches ... Has no blocked attempts.
Honors (Academic/Athletic)
Earned Dean’s List recognition for the 2014 fall and 2016 spring semesters ... Named to the Tiger 3.0 Club for the 2014 fall, 2015 spring, 2015 fall and 2016 spring semesters.
2016 (Junior)
Played in six games, including the Boca Raton Bowl … Member of the Tigers’ punting tandem with Spencer Smith … Continued to serve as the squad’s primary short-field punter … Posted a 38.4 punting average (461 total yards) on 12 attempts … Had a career-long punt of 48 yards … Ten of his 12 punts pinned opponents inside their own 20-yard line … Opponents had to fair-catch eight of his 12 punts … Only one of his 12 punts was a touchback … Booted a season-high four punts in a home win over Temple … Averaged 40.2 yards on his four punts vs. the Owls … Temple had to fair-catch all four of his punts, and three of his efforts were downed inside the Owls 20-yard line … Placed all three punts vs. Kansas inside the Jayhawks 20-yard line … Booted a career-long 48-yard punt in a road win at Tulane … The effort ended up being his lone touchback of the season … Did not have a punt in the final four games of the regular season … Had one punt for 38 yards vs. Western Kentucky in the Boca Raton Bowl.
2015 (Sophomore)
Saw action in seven contests ... Continued his role as part of the squad’s punting tandem with Spencer Smith ... Most of his action came in short-field situations … Had a 36.0 punting average on 14 attempts and a long punt of 47 yards ... Placed 11 of his 14 punts inside the opponents’ 20-yard line ... Three of his punts were touch-backs ... Had one punt for a season-long 47 yards in a win at Kansas ... His punt vs. the Jayhawks was a touch-back ... In a key road win at USF, posted career highs for attempts (6), punt yardage (216), inside opponents’ 20 (6) and opponents’ fair catches (4) ... In the game, pinned the Bulls inside their own 20 on three-consecutive, second-quarter possessions after USF jumped out to an early 10-0 lead ... On those three possessions, USF managed only six yards on seven plays ... After half, his first punt was downed at the USF 8, and the Bulls managed only nine yards on the following drive ... His clutch punting in the second and third quarters helped Memphis turn a 10-0 deficit into a 17-10 lead ... Had one punt for 29 yards in the upset win over Ole Miss ... Recorded three punts for 120 yards in a road win at Tulsa ... All three punts vs. the Golden Hurricane were not returned, as two were touch-backs and one was a fair catch ... Had one punt in home wins over Tulane and SMU.
2014 (Freshman)
Played in 10 games ... Part of the team’s punting tandem with Spencer Smith ... Saw most of his action in short-field situations … Had a 33.2 punting average on 16 attempts and a long punt of 42 yards ... Placed all 16 punts inside opponents’ 20-yard line … Opponents only had three punt returns and three punt return yards all season … While punting average was 33.2 yards, opponents’ starting field position following his punts was just outside their own 10-yard line … Had four punts downed inside the opponents’ 10, including three inside the five … Memphis ranked fourth in FBS in punt return defense (2.77 yards per return) … Made his collegiate debut in a home win over Middle Tennessee ... All four of his punts vs. the Blue Raiders were inside their 20 ... Kicked a season-long 42 yarder vs. Middle Tennessee ... His four punts vs. the Blue Raiders were a season high ... Tied season-long punt with a 42-yard effort vs. Houston ... In a key road win at Temple, had a 34-yard punt that was returned from the Owls’ 10-yard line, but fumbled and recovered by Memphis’ Reggis Ball … The Tigers converted the turnover into a FG for a 13-10 lead with 1:39 left ... Registered a season-high 109 punt yardage (3 punts) in a home win over USF ... Tied season-long punt with a 42-yarder vs. the Bulls ... All three punts vs. USF were downed inside the Bulls’ 20 ... His second punt, which was downed at the USF 1, was followed by a 3-and-out Bulls series ... Memphis regained possession at the USF 27 with 8:05 to play in the third quarter and needed just two plays to extend a 21-13 lead to 28-13 … Lone punt against BYU in the Miami Beach Bowl was clutch ... His 36-yard effort pinned BYU at its own six-yard line with 4:06 left and the Tigers trailing 45-38 … The Memphis defense followed his punt with a 3-and-out Cougars possession ... On their next offensive series, the Tigers tied the contest at 45-all to send the game into overtime, where Memphis posted a dramatic 55-48 win.
High School
Graduated from Brighton Grammar School in Brighton, Victoria, in 2012 ... All-around athlete who earned letters in soccer (5), track and field (3) and swimming (1) ... Soccer team captain and MVP in 2012 ... Hails from the same Australian state as former Tigers punter and 2013 Ray Guy Award winner Tom Hornsey.
Personal
Son of Kevin and Michelle Jacobs ... Has an older brother, Ben, who plays for the North Melbourne Kangaroos in the Australian Football League ... Born in Melbourne, Australia … Birthday is October 31.
