2018 Football Roster
Collins, Jake
Jersey Number 49
Jake Collins
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 210
- Position:
- P
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Louisville, Ky.
- High School:
- St. Xavier
- Prev School:
- Western Kentucky
Bio
2018: Appeared in all 14 games as the team’s punter in his graduate season, and filled in for kicking duties after the injuries to Charlie Kuhbander and Drew Luckenbaugh … Handled kickoff duties for the final six games … Averaged 40.5 yards per punt with 28 downed inside the 20 and seven punts of 50+ yards … Also made two field goals and five extra points … Punted seven times with an average of 39 yards against Rutgers, including a season-long 70-yarder (10/20) … Punted seven times for an average of 40 yards against Iowa and recorded two tackles while also making two extra points (11/10) … Made 29-yard field goal and punted six times for an average of 44 yards against Minnesota (11/17) … Converted three extra points and a 29-yard field goal while also punting four times for a season-high average of 46 yards against Illinois (11/24).
Prior to Northwestern: Three-year starter at Western Kentucky ... Named to the Ray Guy Award Watch List in each of his three seasons with the Hilltoppers ... Earned Conference USA All-Freshmen Team honors in 2015, finishing 19th nationally in net punting average at 40.4 yards ... Finished his sophomore season with 42.7 yard per punt average, marking the third-best single-season average in WKU history ... Earned Conference USA Honorable Mention honors as a redshirt junior in 2017 and was also named to the Conference USA Preseason Team ... Finished his junior campaign with 57 punts for 2,290 yards (40.1/punt), downing 19 punts inside the 20.
HIgh School: Prepped at St. Xavier in Louisville where he was a place kicker and punter for the Tigers ... Collins finished his senior year going 10-of-14 on field goals with a season-long of 45 yards ... In the punt game, Collins averaged 37 yards per punt over 35 punts for 1,295 yards with a season-long of 51 yards ... He also picked up MVP honors in the 2013 Best of the Bluegrass game and was a 2013 6A All-District teamer.
Prior to Northwestern: Three-year starter at Western Kentucky ... Named to the Ray Guy Award Watch List in each of his three seasons with the Hilltoppers ... Earned Conference USA All-Freshmen Team honors in 2015, finishing 19th nationally in net punting average at 40.4 yards ... Finished his sophomore season with 42.7 yard per punt average, marking the third-best single-season average in WKU history ... Earned Conference USA Honorable Mention honors as a redshirt junior in 2017 and was also named to the Conference USA Preseason Team ... Finished his junior campaign with 57 punts for 2,290 yards (40.1/punt), downing 19 punts inside the 20.
HIgh School: Prepped at St. Xavier in Louisville where he was a place kicker and punter for the Tigers ... Collins finished his senior year going 10-of-14 on field goals with a season-long of 45 yards ... In the punt game, Collins averaged 37 yards per punt over 35 punts for 1,295 yards with a season-long of 51 yards ... He also picked up MVP honors in the 2013 Best of the Bluegrass game and was a 2013 6A All-District teamer.
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