2018 Football Roster
Roster
Jack Fox
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 224
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- St. Louis, Missouri
- High School:
- Ladue Horton Watkins
HONORS
C-USA Commissioners Honor Roll, 2016, 2017, 2018
Conference USA Special Teams Player of the Year, 2018
George Martin Award (Rice MVP) 2018
OJ Brigance Award 2018
All-Conference USA (coaches), 2018 (first team), 2017 (second team), 2016 (honorable mention)
All-Conference USA (Phil Steele) 2018 (first team); 2017 (third team)
All-Texas College (Dave Campbell's Texas Football) 2018
Ray Guy Award Semifinalist, 2018
Ray Guy Award Watch List 2017, 2018
Ray Guy Award National Punter of the Week (Week 9)
2018
Named Conference USA Special Team Player of the Year, the winner of the George Martin Award as team MVP and also the OJ Brigance Award... Ray Guy Award semifinalist and four-time Ray’s 8 honoree this year.... Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week for Week 9 (North Texas)... Led C-USA in punting for the second consecutive year, finishing with a career-best 45.5 average... 26 punts of 50 yards or longer and 31 punts inside the 20. also led the conference and were career highs... Average was second best in the nation among punters with at least 60 punts in the regular season and ranked 8th nationally among all punters... Led the nation with 3,636 punting yards in the regular season, which also set a school record.... His 80 punts ranked fourth... Has at least one 50+ punt in 12 of 13 this year... Third in the nation with 13 punts inside the 10... Averaged at least 47 yards per punt in five games this year... Finished fourth at Rice with 9,207 career punting yards... Averaged 47.3 on seven punts at North Texas, five of them inside the 20, one inside the 10 and also blasting a career-long effort of 76 yards... Was the longest punt by an Owl since 1990 and the sixth longest of the college football season... Set a C-USA record by amassing 588 punting yards on 12 punts which tied both the conference and school records... Had a pair of punts of 60 yards or better, including a career-best 70 yard effort and had six of at least 50 yards... His 588 yards are the most in the nation this year and the most in a game since Michael Cintron of Rutgers had 603 yards on 16 punts vs. Michigan on 10/6/16... Hugh Keeney punted 13 times for Rice in the 1947 Orange Bowl win over Tennessee, but bowl stats were not included in school records or included in official NCAA stats at that time... Held Wake Forest’s Greg Dortch, who was averaging 17 yards per punt return and had returned two for TDS, to 14 yards on his only return... Averaged 46.2 on four punts at Hawai’i, including a career-long of 64 and placed two of four inside the 10... Kicked a pair of field goals for the first time in his career, including the game-winner as time expired, and placed four of five punts inside the 10 in the second half to spark the Owls rally over Prairie View... Punts were downed at the six, four, seven and the last at the two, which led to the Owls taking over at their 44 for the drive to his game-winning field goal... With Rice trailing 28-19, he nailed a career-best, 63-yard punt late in the third quarter when to the PVAM seven that set the stage for a sack and fumble that led to a Rice touchdown... In the second half of the Owls season-ending win over ODU, Fox final four punts were downed at the ODU 11 (twice), the 20 and the 12 (average starting position of the 14) after the Monarchs had tied the game 13-13, setting the stage for the Owls comeback win .
2017
All-Conference USA second team selection by league coaches and third team by Phil Steele after late charge allowed him to lead conference in punting with a 44.2 average (57/2520) which ranked 15th nationally... After averaging just 37.8 on four punts at UAB, Fox averaged 48.3 over the last three games, booting six of 10 for better than 50 yards... Took over the lead on the final weekend of the season after averaging 50.2 on four punts vs. North Texas... His 50.2 mark against UNT ranks fourth on the Rice single game chart while his 44.2 season mark tied Mark Brundage (2009) for fifth on the season chart... Carries a 42.2 career average into his senior year, which would rank third on the Rice career list behind 2010 AFCA All-America Kyle Martens (43.0) and James Farrimond (42.4)... Opened the season by setting a then career mark by averaging 48.1 on seven punts vs. Stanford in Sydney, Australia, including a career-best 62 yarder... Averaged 63.1 yards per kickoff with 69% going for touchbacks (27/39) up from a 45% rate in his first two seasons (50/110)... Preseason All C-USA pick by Athlon and second-team selection by Phil Steele.
2016
Honorable Mention All-C-USA selection by the coaches after leading C-USA punters with 27 punts inside the 20 (75 punts) and third with 13 of 50 yards or longer... Averaged a season-high 45.2 on five punts vs. North Texas including two inside the 20 and a pair over 50... Average took a hit with a 29-yarder that was downed at the Mean Green 14... Enjoyed a stellar debut as the Owls' punter, averaging 44.7 on seven kicks in the opener at WKU... First punt of the year was downed at the WKU five... Hilltoppers attempted to return two punts, both for lost yards (-4 total).
2015
True freshman who handled kickoffs all year and handled placements in the first two... Averaged 65 yards and had four touchbacks on five kickoffs at FAU... Converted his first career field goal at North Texas (20 yards)... Averaged 62.6 yards on nine kickoffs, including three touchbacks and was 5x5 on PATs in his debut vs. Wagner.
Ladue Horton Watkins High School
All-State selection as a punter (first team) and placekicker (second team) as a senior for coach Mike Tarpey... Averaged 45.9 yards on 47 punts, while converting 49/50 PATs and 17/23 field goals as a senior... Set a Missouri state record with his 17 field goals... Threw for 1,900 yards and 18 touchdowns and ran for three more as the Rams starting quarterback... Ranked by Kohls as the 13th best punter and 15th best kicker in the nation... Suburban Central Conference Player of the Year as a catcher in baseball as a junior, batting .489... AP Scholar.
Personal
Full name: John Edward Fox ... Born: Sept. 1 at Dallas... Parents: Pat and Beth Fox... Rice Major: Economics... Rice College: Brown
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