As A Fourth-Year Junior (2022): Named to Ray Guy Preseason Watch List... Played in all 12 games as a punter and the holder on all extra points/field goals... Punted the ball 57 times for 2,455 total yards... Averaged 43.1 yards per punt, with a long of 58 yards... Forced 14 punts to result in a fair catch, and only had four touchbacks... Landed 16 punts inside the 20-yard line and recorded 14 punts of 50 yards or more.
As A Third-Year Sophomore: Earned honorable mention all-Sun Belt Conference recognition after averaging a career-high 43.2 yards per punt, the third-highest mark on South’s season record list ... Was also named first-team all-conference by Pro Football Focus while receiving fourth-team all-league accolades from Phil Steele Publications ... Had 13 kicks end inside the opposition’s 20-yard line and 14 efforts of 50 or more yards ... Finished fourth in the league and was 39th in the nation in average yards per punt ... Set a school game record with an average of 63 yards per kick in the season finale against Coastal Carolina ... Averaged 53 yards on three punts — two of which ended inside the 20-yard line — at Troy in the annual “Battle For The Belt” ... Also recorded an average of 51.7 yards while punting three times at ULM ... Every effort in both those outings covered at least 50 yards ... Posted an average of 44.7 yards on three kicks at Texas State ... Averaged 44.6 yards per punt at eventual SBC East Division winner Appalachian State ... Finished with a 43.9 yard average in season-opening win over Southern Mississippi, with season highs of eight punts and three kicks inside the 20-yard line ... Had an average of 43 yards per kick in defeat of Alcorn State ... Two of five efforts ended up inside the 20 after averaging 40.2 yards per punt in Sun Belt opener against eventual West Division champion Louisiana ... Had two kicks inside the 20-yard line at Tennessee as well.
As A Sophomore (2020 Covid season): Saw action in 10 contests, averaging 41.7 yards per attempt while punting 43 times ... Finished second in the league and among the top 60 in the country in average yards per punt ... Posted a long effort of 66 yards, one of seven kicks covering 50-plus yards ... Put 11 punts inside the opponent’s 20-yard line ... Averaged a season-high 46.7 yards in a victory over Texas State ... Had an average of 46 yards while punting seven times — matching his highest total of the season — against Georgia State, with two kicks of 50 or more yards ... Posted an average of 44.5 yards both in a win over ULM and at No. 15 Coastal Carolina ... Downed two of three kicks inside the 20-yard line while averaging 44 yards per effort in victory at Arkansas State ... Averaged 41.5 yards per punt at 25th-ranked Louisiana ... Six of seven kicks at Georgia Southern resulted in a fair catch, including a season-best three efforts inside the Eagles’ 20-yard line ... Had a pair of punts end up inside the 20-yard line in season-opening win at Southern Miss as well as the following week against Tulane ... Named to the Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List.
As A Freshman (2019): A first-team all-Sun Belt Conference selection by Pro Football Focus ... Appeared in all 12 games his first year at the collegiate level ... Punted 67 times for an average of 42.2 yards per kick ... Had 21 punts downed inside the opposition’s 20-yard line with 14 efforts of 50-plus yards ... Ranked sixth in the Sun Belt Conference and was among the top 60 nationally in average yards per punt ... Figure was also the fifth-highest mark in South’s season record book at the time ... Posted career-best 49.2 yard average with three of five kicks inside the 20-yard line at Georgia State ... Averaged 47.8 yards per punt with a pair inside the 20 at Texas State ... Had an average of 46 yards per kick in season-ending defeat of Arkansas State, earning the coaches’ special teams award following the contest ... Recorded five kicks of 50 or more yards against Georgia Southern, finishing with a 44.6 yard average and three punts inside the Eagle 20-yard line ... Ended up with an average of 45 yards per punt at UAB ... Had three punts downed inside the 20-yard line while averaging 41.7 yards per effort against Memphis ... Averaged 41 yards per kick in his collegiate debut at No. 24 Nebraska ... Posted multiple punts inside the 20 in Sun Belt opener at ULM ... Tied school game record after punting 10 times against 21st-ranked Appalachian State.
High School Highlights: Ranked among the top 25 punters nationally by 247Sports.com, with the organization considering him a two-star recruit ... Also received five stars from Ray Guy Prokicker.com and earned 4½ stars from Chris Sailer Kicking ... Credited with an average of well over 40 yards per punt at the organization’s camp ... Was the head to head punt champion at Chris Sailer Kicking’s Vegas XXIX event in 2017, where he recorded an average of 42.1 yards per kick ... Played both Australian Rules Football and Rugby at Mater Dei Catholic College ... Member of the Turvey Park Bulldogs club senior team for six years, helping the squad to an Under-16 Premiership championship.
Personal: Full name is Jack Oliver Brooks ... Born July 9, 1993, in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia ... Son of Randall and Sue Brooks ... Cousin, Harry Cunningham, plays professionally in the Australian Football League ... Favorite movie is “Happy Gilmore” ... Favorite books are the “Harry Potter” series ... Favorite team is the North Melbourne Kangaroos in the Australian Football League ... Favorite athlete is AFL player Shaun Higgins ... Favorite musical artist is Imagine Dragons ... Favorite food is steak ... Likes to spend time with family and watch sports in his free time ... Majoring in sport management and recreation studies.
