2019 Football Roster
Jake Camarda
- Position:
- PK/P
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Norcross, Ga.
- High School:
- Norcross
Career Highs
* Long punt of 68 yards vs. Alabama1, 2021
* 11 punts vs. Auburn, 2019
* Single-game average of 57.7 yards vs. South Carolina, 2019
2021: Coaches All-SEC First Team, AP All-SEC 2nd Team...finished as UGA's career leader in punting average with a mark of 45.78, surpassing 2009 Ray Guy Award winner Drew Butler (45.4)...punted 47 times in 2021 for an average of 46.7 yards, with a long of 68 yards vs. Alabama1...also had a 63-yarder vs. Kentucky, a 62-yarder vs. Tennessee and a 61-yarder vs. Charleston Southern...fell just below minimum standard to qualify for NCAA rankings (3.6 punts/game)...sixteen of his 47 punts were either downed or fair caught inside the 20-yard line...also kicked off 102 times, with 71 touchbacks and 16 others resulting in a fair catch...the Bulldogs ranked 3rd nationally (1st in SEC) in Kickoff Return Defense (13.0 avg)...also was holder on all 99 of Georgia’s placement kicks....stellar performance in CFP Championship Game vs. Alabama, punting five times for 44.6 average...two of his punts vs. the Crimson Tide were downed inside the 10-yard line, including one at the 2...punted five times for a 43.4-yard average in season-opening win vs. Clemson...four of his punts were downed inside the 20-yard line, including one at the Clemson 2...named one of three team captains for the Vanderbilt game...five punts vs. Tennessee for a 50.8 average...pre-season All-America first-team pick by Associated Press and also by Phil Steele, second-team pick by Pro Football Focus and Walter Camp...pre-season first-team All-SEC, as voted by the league’s 14 head coaches, and also by attendees at SEC Media Days...pre-season Watch List for the Ray Guy Award.
2020: First-team All-America by Pro Football Focus (PFF); second-team pick by Walter Camp, American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and Football Writers Association of America, and a third-team selection by Associated Press...SEC Special Teams Player of the Year, as voted by the league’s 14 head coaches...first-team All-SEC punter by coaches' vote and by the Associated Press...one of three finalists for the Ray Guy Award...fourth nationally in punting average at 46.6 yards per punt...a key reason behind Georgia’s Top 20 national ranking in net punting (41.30 avg.)...named SEC Special Teams Player of the Week after season-opening performance in win at Arkansas...punted seven times for an average of 49.9 yards, with a long of 63 yards...dropped five of his punts at the 11-yard line or better...for the Arkansas and Alabama games, he was named to the "Ray's 4" list of top punters by the Ray Guy Award (nation's top punter), which also named Camarda to its pre-season watch list...his two punts vs. Tennessee were a 49-yarder (downed at the UT 8) and a season-long 64-yarder, booted from his own goal line...punted four times vs. Alabama for a 49.0 average, including three downed inside the 20-yard line...punted just twice in win at Kentucky, but both were downed inside the 10-yard line...earned his 2nd SEC Special Teams Player of the Week award after the game...served two additional valuable roles: holder on placement kicks, and he took over kickoff duties in the last seven games...just three of his 41 kickoffs were returned, with 36 touchbacks, and two of the three returned kickoffs were not advanced past the 3-yard line.
2019: Punted 61 times for a 46.84 average...ranked 6th nationally (4th in the SEC) in punting average...a major factor in Georgia’s improvement in net punting from 70th nationally in 2018 to 8th in 2019...SEC Special Teams Player of the Week after he punted 11 times (tied for third most in UGA history) for a 50.7 average in win at Auburn...twenty-five of his punts were downed inside the opponent’s 20-yard line...three of his four punts vs. Georgia Tech were downed inside the 20, one of which was fumbled and resulted in a Georgia TD...two longest punts of his career were both downed inside the 10-yard line (67 yards, downed at the Auburn 2; 66 yards, downed at the South Carolina 7 in 2018)...also had a 65-yarder in season opener at Vanderbilt...had punts of 64, 63 and 54 yards in the rain vs. Kentucky...had a 61-yard boot vs. Arkansas State...as Georgia’s holder on placement kicks, he had a key 6-yard rush on a successful fake field goal in third quarter of Sugar Bowl win over Baylor...the Bulldogs scored their third TD of the game on the next play...has 30 career punts over 50 yards, nine of which covered 60 or more yards...co-winner of Special Teams Most Improved Player, awarded at team’s post-season awards gala.
2018: Won the starting punter's job in preseason camp...finished season with a 42.6-yard average on 43 punts ...punted three times for a 55.0 average in opener vs. Austin Peay...had three punts over 60 yards (63, 60, 62)...also has 10 punts downed or fair caught inside the 20-yard line...four of those were downed inside the 10, including two at the 1-yard line (vs. Fla., Auburn)...punted once at Kentucky for 55 yards, and once vs. Ga. Tech for 45 yards...went eight quarters without punting, a stretch that covered three games (Aub., UMass, Ga. Tech)...also served as the Bulldogs' holder on placement kicks.
High School: Norcross, coached by Keith Maloof... one of three kicking specialists picked to play in the 2018 Under Armour All-American Game...247Sports.com three-star prospect...Ranked as the #2 punter nationally...rated as both a five-star kicker and punter by Kohl’s, as well as the nation’s #1 kicker/punter, #1 punter and #4 kicker...PrepStar Magazine three-star prospect and a member of the PrepStar All-Southeast Region Team...2017 All-State Class 7A First Team punter by both the AJC and the Georgia Sports Writers Assn...kicker and punter for Norcross from 2015-17...made four field goals outside of 50 yards, with a long of 55, as a senior...averaged 46.2 yards per punt with a long of 65, with 13 punts downed inside the 20...USA Today 2017 Preseason All-USA First Team at punter...attended multiple Kohl’s Kicking Camps, including the 2017 Underclassman Challenge, the 2017 National Scholarship Camp and the 2016 Southern Showcase...Norcross went 11-1 and reached the GHSA Class 7A second round of playoffs in 2016...2016 AP All-State Class 7A First Team at punter.
Personal: Full name JACK JACOB CAMARDA...received his undergraduate degree in Sport Management during Fall 2021 commencement exercises...recipient of the Aldredge-Kimberly and William C. Hartman Football Scholarships.
