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Jersey Number 98
Jackson Ross
- Position:
- P
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-4 / 205
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Melbourne, Australia
- High School:
- Haileybury College
Bio
CAREER HONORS
2025 Preseason All-SEC Fourth Team (Athlon)2024 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023 SEC All-Freshman Team
2023 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023 Ray Guy Award Final Candidate List
Ray Guy Award College Punter of the Week Ray's 8 List (at Alabama, 10/23/23)
2022 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
CAREER
Talented ambidextrous punter out of Australia in his fourth year with the program and third as the starting punter and holder ... Enrolled at UT in the fall of 2022 and has two years of eligibility remaining, including the 2025 season ... A field position weapon with 46 career punts downed inside the 20-yard line and 20 career boots of 50-plus yards ... Averages 43.2 yards per punt and is the Tennessee single-game punting average record holder (53.2) … Three-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll ... Played in 26 career games.2025 – RS-JUNIOR
Punted four times for 175 yards in season-opening win over Syracuse (8/30), landing three punts inside the 20 with a long of 56 yards.2024 – RS-SOPHOMORE
Tennessee’s starting punter and holder in all 13 contests … Led the nation and SEC in percentage of punts downed inside the 10-yard line as 15 of his 53 punts landed inside the mark for 28.3 percent … Averaged 43.9 yards per punt (53 for 2,329) with 21 inside the 20-yard line and 10 of 50 or more yards … Punted seven times for 286 yards for a 40.9 average in the frigid cold of Tennessee’s CFP First Round Game at No. 6 Ohio State (12/21), including a long of 53 yards … Punted six times for 281 yards (46.8 avg) vs. UTEP (11/23) with three downed inside the 5-yard line and two kicks of 50-plus yards ... Had all five of his punts downed inside the 20 at No. 12 Georgia (11/6), logging five boots for 210 yards with a long of 53 ... Punted three times against Mississippi State (11/9) for 139 yards (46.3 avg) ... Logged three punts for 119 yards (39.7 avg) against Kentucky (11/2), including one kick downed inside the 20 ... Punted four times for 187 yards (46.8 avg) in win vs. No. 7 Alabama (10/19) with two of his kicks downed inside the 20 ... Booted seven punts for 319 yards (45.6 avg) with three downed inside the 20 and a long kick of 53 yards in win vs. Florida (10/12) ... Punted seven times for 299 yards (42.7 avg) with two downed inside the 20 and two boots of 50-plus yards at Arkansas (10/5) ... Had a career day at No. 15 Oklahoma (9/21), booming eight punts for 387 yards (48.4 avg.) which included three kicks of 50+ yards and two downed inside the 20-yard line ... Did not punt for the first time in his career in blowout win vs. Kent State (9/14) ... Had a 43-yard punt downed inside the 20 in the win over #24 NC State (9/7) ... Only punted once in season opening victory vs. Chattanooga (8/31).2023 – RS-FRESHMAN
Served as Tennessee’s starting punter and holder in all 13 games, earning SEC All-Freshman honors … Punted 55 times for 2,337 yards (42.5 avg) with a long punt of 71 yards, nine punts of 50+ yards and 22 downed inside the 20 ... Punted a season-high seven times in the Citrus Bowl vs. No. 17 Iowa (1/1), averaging 40.6 yards with four inside the 20 … Punted six times for 240 yards (40.0 avg) against No. 1 Georgia (11/18) ... Logged six punts for 262 yards (43.7 avg) at No. 14 Missouri (11/11), including a pair of 54-yarders and three punts downed inside the 20 ... Punted twice in the Homecoming win over UConn (11/4) for 83 yards (41.5 avg) and had both of his kicks downed inside the 20 ... Set the Tennessee single-game program record for punting average (53.2) at No. 11/8 Alabama (10/21), booting five punts for 266 yards, which included the two longest punts of his career (71 and 58 yards) ... His 71-yard punt against the Crimson Tide was the longest by a Vol since Joe Doyle also had a 71-yarder vs. Georgia on Sept. 29, 2018 ... Punted three times for 120 yards (40.0 avg) vs. Texas A&M (10/14), including a pivotal 49-yard boot downed at the A&M 1-yard line in the third quarter ... Boomed three punts for 147 yards (49.0 avg) with two punts of 50-plus yards, one downed inside the 20 and a career-long 54-yard boot in win vs. South Carolina (9/30) ... Had six punts for 266 yards (44.3 avg) with a 52-yard boot, three punts downed inside the 20 and two punts of 50-plus yards in win over UTSA (9/23) ... Played his first SEC road game at Florida (9/16) and punted three times for 120 yards (40.0 avg) with two punts downed inside the 20 ... In his Neyland Stadium debut vs. Austin Peay (9/9), punted four times for 172 yards (43.0 avg) with a long of 49 yards and two punts downed inside the 20 ... Made his American college football debut in the season opener vs. Virginia (9/2), punting five times for 179 yards (35.8 avg) with a long punt of 50 yards.2022 – FRESHMAN
Redshirted as a true freshman after enrolling for the fall semester … Did not see any game action.HIGH SCHOOL & PERSONAL
Attended Haileybury College in Melbourne, Australia ... Came to Tennessee after participating in Prokick Australia, which was developed in 2007 to train, guide and transition Australian athletes to perform at the college / NFL level ... Played Australian Rules Football for Hawthorn Football Club prior to coming to the States … Full name is Jackson Tyler Ross … Born in Melbourne, Australia … Son of Mandy and Brad Ross … Has three sisters, Kristal, Kelly and Demi ... Majoring in sport management … Played tennis from the age of 4 to 17 ... Avid coffee enthusiast ... Adopted a golden retriever named Maverick ... Twitter handle is @_JacksonRoss and Instagram handle is @_jacksonrossFB | Andre Turrentine Media Availability (9.8.25)
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