Eastern Michigan Athletics
2021 Football Roster
vs
Louisiana
Sep 20 (Sat)
3:30 p.m.
Roster
Julien, Jake

Jersey Number 31
Jake Julien
- Position:
- P
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Barrie, Ontario
- High School:
- North Collegiate
Bio
EMU: Tied with Rich Hanschu (1979-80) for first in the EMU record books with a 43.4 career punting average...Ranks eighth in EMU history with 7,383 yards punting...Only punter in Eastern Michigan history to record two 70+ yard punts in his career...Has 51 balls downed inside the opponent’s 20-yard line to go along with 37 that traveled longer than 50-yards...2021: Named fourth team preseason All-American by Phil Steele's College Football Preview...Selected first-team Preseason All-MAC by Phil Steele while grabbing second-team accolades from Athlon Sports...Drafted No. 31 overall by the Ottawa RedBlacks in the 2021 Canadian Football League Draft...2020: Earned Second Team All-MAC honors from Phil Steele...Recognized as a nominee for the Ray Guy Award...Led the MAC in punting while ranking eighth nationally...Averaged 44.25 yards per punt with 16 punts for 708 yards (total which would rank 3rd in EMU history if a minimum of 20 punts were reached)...Had six punts for 44.2 yards against Toledo (Nov. 18) with two downed inside the 20-yard line...Downed two punts inside the 20 against Central Michigan (Nov. 27)...Had a pair of boots over 50-yarders with seven fair catches...2019: Earned Second Team All-MAC from Phil Steele's College Football Preview and fourth team preseason honors from Athlon Sports...Appeared in all 13 games for the Eagles...Totaled 13 50+ punts and 19 inside the 20-yard line…Tallied eight punts with a long of 44 yards, including two inside the 20 at Illinois (Sept. 14)..Belted two punts for an average of 50 yards, including a long of 53-yards against Western Michigan (Oct. 19)..Collected MAC West Special Teams Player of the Week after his performance versus the Broncos..Booted two punts over 50 yards against Buffalo (Nov. 2), Northern Illinois (Nov. 19), and Kent State (Nov. 29)...Notched five punts with three over 50 yards and four inside the 20 against Pittsburgh at the Quick Lane Bowl (Dec. 26)...2018: Selected Second Team All-MAC...Named MAC West Special Teams Player of the Week five times in 2018 (Sept. 17, Oct. 1, Oct. 8, Oct. 22, Nov. 26)... Is the first Eagle to be honored with a MAC weekly award five times in a season in program history...Recognized for his efforts as a nominee for the 2018 Ray Guy Award...Served as EMU’s punter in all 13 games...Punted 71 times for a total of 3,078 yards on the season...Booted 13 punts 50+ yards...24 punts pinned opponents inside the 20-yard line...Led Eastern’s special teams efforts against Buffalo (Sept. 15). with five punts for a 49.0 average per boot, including a 68-yard boom that pinned Buffalo at its own eight-yard line...Called upon nine times in EMU’s triple-overtime setback against Northern Illinois (Sept. 29), racking up 394 yards via punt, the 17th-most in program history...Registered five punts at Western Michigan (Oct. 6) tallying 242 yards, with four of his kicks pinning the Broncos inside their 20-yard-line...Longest punt of the day went a career-best 73 yards, the best punt for an Eagle since Nick Avondet booted for 74 yards against NIU in 1998...Battling windy conditions at Ball State (Oct. 20), he averaged 41.4 yards per kick and twice pinned the Cardinals inside their 20-yard line...2017: Appeared as a punter in nine games...Punted 33 times for a total of 1,407 yards...Averaged over 42 yards per punt...Had a season-long 63 yard punt against Central Michigan (Nov. 8) during a game in which he averaged 51 yards over four punts...Had nine punts of longer than 50 yards...Eight punts went inside the EMU 20-yard line...HIGH SCHOOL: Two-time letterwinner at Barrie North Collegiate in Barrie, Ontario...Played under Mr. Hamilton as a kicker and punter...Won the GBSSA Conference championships and was awarded senior offensive MVP...Started playing football in Grade 11 after staring in soccer...Attended the Kohl's Kicking Camp and given a five-star punting rating by the camp and ranked 18th among potential incoming college punters...Also earned MVP for high school soccer and rugby...PERSONAL: Full Name: Jacob Christopher Julien..Son of Rob and Jessica Julien...Has one sister, Laurel...Sports management major.
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