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UCLA - One of the top young punters in the nation, Locke stepped right in and had an outstanding first year as the Bruin punter and kickoff man ... Picked up right where Aaron Perez left off ...Possesses a very strong and accurate leg ... Ranked among the country's top players at his position in just his first year of action.
2009 - One of 10 semifinalists for the Ray Guy Award (the only freshman), presented to the nation's top punter ... Selected second-team All-Pac-10 by the league's coaches ... First-team Pac-10 All-Academic team selection ... Named freshman All-America by CollegeFootballNews.com ... Second-team Frosh All-America pick by Phil Steele Publications ... Named to The Sporting News All-Freshman team ... Tri-winner of UCLA's Tommy Prothro Award for Outstanding Special Teams Player ... Averaged 43.63 yards per kick which ranked 16th in the NCAA, second in Pac-10 ... Placed 20 of his 70 kicks inside the 20-yard line and had 12 kicks of 50 yards or more ... UCLA ranked 20th in NCAA, first in Pac-10 in net punting (37.76) ... Only 23 kicks were returned for 170 yards ... Produced 20 touchbacks, most in the Pac-10, on kickoffs ... Saw his first career action in the opener against San Diego St. and averaged 38.8 yards on five kicks; just one was returned(3 yards) ... Also handled the kickoff chores and averaged 64.9 yards on seven kicks ... Averaged 47.0 yards on four punts at Tennessee; one was returned(6) ... Had a long punt of 64 yards and averaged 66.3 yards on six kickoffs, with three touchbacks ... Averaged 46.7 yards on three punts versus Kansas State; one returned(11) ... At Stanford, he averaged 47.8 yards on four punts with a return average of 2.8 yards ... He had three touchbacks on kickoffs ... Averaged 50.4 yards on seven punts against Oregon; three inside the 20 ... Two were returned(6) ... All three kickoffs reached the end zone ... Against Cal, he averaged 45.2 on six kicks with four inside the 20; two returned(10) ... He had four touchbacks on six kickoffs ... Punted six times for a 48.2 mark at Arizona, including an 81-yard boot ... His 81-yarder was UCLA's longest punt since 1995, when Chris Sailer sent a kick the same distance ... At Oregon St., he averaged 37.1 yards on seven kicks ... Had a 37.5 mark on two kicks against Washington ... Punted four times at Washington State for a 44.0 mark with no returns ... Averaged 40.4 yards on seven kicks against ASU ... Punted seven times at USC for a 44.0 average ... Sent eight punts an average of 40.8 yards in the bowl win over Temple.
2008 - Did not see action in his first season in the program and has three years of eligibility remaining.
HIGH SCHOOL - Lettered four seasons at Mountain Ridge HS in Glendale, AZ for coach Bobby Green ... Played wide receiver, punter and kicker ... Parade All-American ... EA Sports first-team All-American ... Ranked No. 1 kicker by ESPN ... Selected for Under Armour All-America Game ... Four stars from scout.com ... Ranked No. 1 nationally at punter by scout.com ... Three stars from rivals.com ... Rated No. 2 kicker nationally by rivals.com ... As a senior, he was selected All-Arizona and first-team all-state ... Named second-team all-state as junior ... Team captain as senior ... Named 5A All-State as a kicker ... Set school records for most field goals in a season (11); longest punt (71 yards); longest field goal (63 yards, a state record) ... As a senior, he averaged 43.6 yards on 38 punts with 10 inside the 20-yard line ... Had 47 touchbacks on 54 kickoffs ... Converted 29 of 32 extra point attempts ... Made 11 of 20 field goals, long of 63 yards ... As a junior, he averaged 43.3 yards on 46 punts with nine inside the 20 ... 33 touchbacks on 40 kickoffs ... Converted all 13 PATs ... Made seven of 11 field goals, long of 43 yards ... Made 21 receptions for 295 yards and two touchdowns ... As a sophomore, he averaged 37 yards on 25 punts, with five inside the 20 ... 39 touchbacks on 59 kickoffs ... Made all 34 extra points ... Converted six of 14 field goals, long of 48 yards ... In his freshman season, he had 11 touchbacks on 70 kickoffs ... Made three of five field goal attempts (long of 41 yards) ... Earned three letters in soccer, as a defender, for coach Doug Evans ... Named All-Region in soccer his last three prep seasons ... As a junior, he was selected second-team All-State and Region Player of the Year.
PERSONAL - Full Name: Jeffrey Ryan Locke ... Born: September 27, 1989 in Frankfurt, Germany ... Parents: Bob and Boni Locke ... Has two brothers, Jason and Brian ... Lists NFL punter Daniel Sepulveda as the athlete he admires the most ... Hobbies include video games and hanging out with friends ... Interested in a Life Sciences major ... Director's Honor Roll in Fall 2008, Winter 2009, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Winter 2010 ... Business Economics major.
Varsity Statistics - J. Locke
Punting
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Year |
No. |
Yds |
Avg |
I20 |
Lg | |
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2009 |
70 |
3054 |
43.6 |
20 |
81 |
CAREER HIGHS
Punts: 8 vs. Temple, 2009
Yards: 353 vs. Oregon, 2009
Yards: 50.4 vs. Oregon, 2009
Inside 20: 4 vs. California, 2009
