Senior punter for Cincinnati. 2020: 43.9 yards per punt, 40 punts.
6′5″ · 235 lb · Wangaratta, VIC
The story
4 punter for Cincinnati. 2020: 43.9 yards per punt, 40 punts.
James Smith
He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has four seasons of production at Cincinnati behind him. One game to point at: 1 tackles against SMU — Week 8, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Cincinnati — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Luke Fickell.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Luke Fickell — 35-14 over that span.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Satterfield
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2020
W 36–33
at UCF
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 55-20vs Austin Peay | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 24-10vs Army | 5 | 231 | 46.2 | 52 | 3 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-7vs South Florida | 4 | 187 | 46.8 | 60 | 3 | |
| Wk 8 | W 42-13@ SMU | 5 | 229 | 45.8 | 50 | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | W 49-10vs Memphis | 4 | 162 | 40.5 | 46 | 4 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-10vs Houston | 4 | 174 | 43.5 | 50 | 2 | |
| Wk 11 | W 55-17vs East Carolina | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 47 | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 36-33@ UCF | 4 | 164 | 41.0 | 56 | 2 | |
| Wk 16 | W 27-24vs Tulsa | 3 | 134 | 44.7 | 47 | 2 | |
| Total | 32 | 1402 | 43.3 | 60 | 19 |
Punter archetype · season enumeration
Leg vs placement
43.8 gross, but 19 of 32 inside the 20 (59.4%) — a pinner. ~ our read: pinner
Net average is unavailable — no per-punt return-yardage linkage exists in the source data.