Jonn Young

Photo by: Rob Goldberg

Position:
Punter
Height:
6-0
Weight:
209
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Advance
High School:
Davie
Prev School:
West Virginia
Major:
Sport Studies

Regarded as one of the top returning punters in the American Athletic Conference for the second-straight season and will contend for league postseason honors … Also could again serve as the Pirates’ holder on extra-point and field goal tries … Combines leg strength and accuracy with a composed and collected mindset … Opened collegiate career at Big 12 Conference member West Virginia and experienced action as a redshirt freshman … Regarded as one of the more affable members of the Pirate program who has developed into a media favorite … Has played in 26 career contests (24 at East Carolina), delivered 133 punts for 5,385 yards (40.5 ypp), pinned opponents inside its own 20-yard line on 29 occasions and launched a total of 12 boots that eclipsed the 50-yard mark.

2019: Was a mid-season addition to the Ray Guy Award Watch List as one of the top punters nationally … Played in all 12 games and completed season by covering 2,438 yards on 60 punts, which translated into a 40.6 average … Recorded a season-high seven punts four times (NC State, Navy, UCF and Tulsa) and launched six boots in a contest on two other occasions (Temple, USF) … Planted 15 punts inside opponent’s 20-yard line, 20 resulted in fair catches and five were touchbacks … Also launched six punts that traveled 50-plus yards, including a career-long 62-yarder in the season finale against Tulsa at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium … Recorded at least one 40-plus-yard punt in 11 of 12 contests (Gardner-Webb) … Produced a single-game average of 40+ yards-per-punt five times … Opened campaign with a career-best 49.0 clip at NC State (7-343), delivering a season-high four boots that exceeded 50 yards (56, 51, 58, 51) … Followed with a 47.0 average at Old Dominion, 44.7 vs. Temple, 43.3 vs. USF and 42.0 at SMU … Placed a season-best three punts inside the 20 in outings against the Knights and Golden Hurricane, while other multiple “pinbacks” were vs. Gardner-Webb (2), William & Mary (2) and Connecticut (2) … Posted other season-highs at UCF (4 fair catches) and Temple (2 touchbacks) …Limited to just one punt at Old Dominion after suffering a first-quarter injury … Did not suffer a block the entire season … Averaged 43.1 yards on 15 punts during four-game non-league schedule (39.8 on 45 attempts vs. American Athletic Conference opponents) … Six-game home (39.9 ypp) and road (41.4) averages offered similarity as did seasonal first half (41.9) and second half (39.5) splits … Excluding a season-high 49.0 clip against Wolfpack (August), best full month of action came during in October (3 games, 42.2 ypp) … Served as a holder for Jake Verity’s school-record 24 field goals and perfect 33-of-33 PAT performance … Also credited with one tackle on a punt return (assisted hit vs. USF).

2018: Turned in solid initial season at ECU by posting a 40.5 yards-per-punt average … Amassed 2,875 yards on 71 boots while playing in all 12 contests … The 71 attempts marked the most by a Pirate punter in a 12-game single-season since 2002 (73 by Jarad Preston) … Recorded a punting average of 40.0 or better on nine occasions, including a season-best 45.5 clip against Memphis (6-273) … Landed 13 punts inside the opponents’ 20-yard line, had 29 result in a fair catch and two roll into the endzone for a touchback … Also recorded six boots that traveled 50-plus yards (season-long were a pair of 52-yarders vs. Temple and NC State) … In addition to effort against the Tigers, other notable “40-plus” averages came vs. Temple (43.8 ypp), North Carolina (42.8), Cincinnati (42.0), UCF (41.0), Houston (40.3), NC State (40.2), North Carolina A&T (40.2) and Connecticut (40.0) … Established a career-high in punts (11) and punting yardage (482) against the Owls at Lincoln Financial Field … Pinned the Huskies inside their 20-yard line a season-high three times while forcing a personal-best six fair catches by the Cougars … Limited to only two punts at Tulane (75 yards) before leaving the contest because of an injury … Suffered first career block at USF … Also served as a reliable holder for Jake Verity, a first-team all-league placekicker who set a school single-season record for field goal accuracy percentage … Finalized transfer process in time to join the Pirates’ program during preseason training camp in 2018.

West Virginia: Appeared in two games as a redshirt freshman in 2017, logging two punts for 72 yards (36.0 ypp) … Made collegiate debut at TCU (Oct. 7) with one punt – a 34-yarder that landed inside the 20-yard line … Second punt, a 38-yarder, came a week later against Texas Tech (Oct. 14) … Did not experience game day action as a redshirt in 2016.

High School: Played for head coach Coleman DeVore at Davie High School as a punter and kicker … Career totals include a 10-of-13 clip in field goal tries and a 64-of-73 ledger in PATs which resulted in 93 overall points … Earned a five-star rating by Kohl’s Kicking Academy (as a PK), while garnering a 4.5 rating (also by Kohl’s) as a punter … Other rankings include a pair of five-star listings by Kornblue Kicking and Chris Sailer Kicking Academy … A member of Kornblue Kicking “Fab 50” … Also included in Chris Sailer’s "TOP 12" … Was perfect on all seven field goal attempts and converted 33-of-37 extra point tries as a junior … Captured both the field goal and kickoff championships at the 2013 N.C. Nike Fall Camp … Was a finalist as a kicker (FGs) and punter during the 2014 Vegas Spring Event … Additionally, garnered titles (FGs, punts) at the 2014 Underclassmen Event and 2014 FBU Ohio Camp (MVP) … A 2015 Vegas XXVI Punt finalist and a 2016 Vegas XXVII Overall Punt champion … Earned All-Atlantic Regional ranking per Prepstar.com … Rated as the No. 1 kicker in North Carolina, No. 4 kicker in the South Region and No. 7 kicker nationally according to Scout.com … Ranked No. 13 nationally among all kickers according to 247Sports.com … ESPN.com listed him as the No. 35 kicker nationally and 46^th in North Carolina … A three-star prospect per ESPN.com, Scout.com, 247Sports.com and Prepstar.com.

Personal: Full name is Jonathan Michael Young, but prefers to go by Jonn … Son of Michael and Kathryn Young … Earned ECU Honor Roll accolades for classroom work during the 2019 spring semester and a Dean’s List standing for 2020 spring semester before graduating with a bachelor’s degree in communication on May 8, 2020 (via virtual commencement exercises).