2023 Football Roster
Jersey Number 98
Jerry Rice
- Position:
- Placekicker
- Height:
- 5-6
- Weight:
- 166
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Daleville, Va.
- High School:
- Lord Botetourt
- Prev School:
- VMI
- Major:
- Environmental Health
2022 (VMI): Converted 11 for-15 in field goal attempts and 16-for-17 on PATs … Season-long 42-yard field goal at No. 22 Wake Forest … Was 1-for-1 in win over Bucknell … Tied his own VMI record with a perfect 5-for-5 performance at No. 10 Samford … Finishes career 5th All-Time at VMI in scoring (197), second for kickers at VMI behind Craig Jones … Stands fourth all-time at VMI in PATs made (80) and second all-time in field goals (39) … Named Second-Team Preseason All-American by Phil Steele Magazine ... Graduated with undergraduate degree from VMI in spring of 2023.
2021 (VMI): Played in all 11 games, going 17-of-19 on field goal attempts (89.47) … Was a perfect 39-of-39 on points after touchdown kicks … Hit six field goals of at least 41 yards … Went 5-for-5 in field goal attempts against Chattanooga with a season-long 49-yarder … Named First-Team All-SoCon and Hero Sports All-American.
2020-21 (VMI): - Was impressive as a true freshman kicker and helped solidified a special teams unit that had to replace several personnel heading into the season … Converted a robust 11 of 14 field goals and ranked second in the SoCon in field goals made per game … Had a string of six straight field goals in midseason that ended in the Wofford game but later came back in the same game to kick a fourth quarter 28-yard field goal … Broke out early in the season kicking three field goals against Western Carolina March 6 in Cullowhee converting attempts of 27, 29, and 32 yards his first converted field goals of the year – the first time a VMI kicker had three field goals in a game since the 2006 season … Booted a season and career-long 44 yarder in the FCS playoff game against James Madison … Finished the season converting five of his last attempts…had three games of two or more makes (Wofford, Mercer, ETSU)…converted 25 of 27 extra point attempts.
2019 (VMI): Joined the program for the 2019 season … Did not see game action.
High School: A graduate of Lord Botetourt HS in Daleville, Va.
2021 (VMI): Played in all 11 games, going 17-of-19 on field goal attempts (89.47) … Was a perfect 39-of-39 on points after touchdown kicks … Hit six field goals of at least 41 yards … Went 5-for-5 in field goal attempts against Chattanooga with a season-long 49-yarder … Named First-Team All-SoCon and Hero Sports All-American.
2020-21 (VMI): - Was impressive as a true freshman kicker and helped solidified a special teams unit that had to replace several personnel heading into the season … Converted a robust 11 of 14 field goals and ranked second in the SoCon in field goals made per game … Had a string of six straight field goals in midseason that ended in the Wofford game but later came back in the same game to kick a fourth quarter 28-yard field goal … Broke out early in the season kicking three field goals against Western Carolina March 6 in Cullowhee converting attempts of 27, 29, and 32 yards his first converted field goals of the year – the first time a VMI kicker had three field goals in a game since the 2006 season … Booted a season and career-long 44 yarder in the FCS playoff game against James Madison … Finished the season converting five of his last attempts…had three games of two or more makes (Wofford, Mercer, ETSU)…converted 25 of 27 extra point attempts.
2019 (VMI): Joined the program for the 2019 season … Did not see game action.
High School: A graduate of Lord Botetourt HS in Daleville, Va.
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