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John Byrum
John Byrum
John Byrum

38 Bridger Jones

  • Position Kicker
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 195
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Columbus, Ga.
  • High School Columbus

Biography

2024: Played in two games before missing the remainder of the season due to injury ... Scored 15 points as he was 4-of-5 on field goals and 3-of-3 on PATs ... Had eleven kickoffs on the season with four touchbacks ... At Gardner-Webb (8/29) had field goals from 44 and 35 yards and added a PAT ... At Richmond (9/7) made a 21-yard field goal and a pair of PATs ... Completed a 14-yard pass to Jordan Davis on a fake field goal for a first down in the second quarter ... Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ... 2023: Played in all eleven games ... Was 13-of-17 on field goals and 13-of-14 on extra points as he led the team in scoring with 52 points ... Was third in the SoCon in field goal percentage at 76.5% ... Had a 62.0 yard average on 37 kickoffs with 13 touchbacks ... At William & Mary (9/9) made a pair of field goals ... Against Presbyterian (9/16) was 2-of-3 on field goals and three of his five kickoffs were touchbacks ... Against Chattanooga (9/30) made field goals from 41-yards and 47-yards ... Added a 47-yard field goal at ETSU (10/14) ... Against Western Carolina (11/4) had five kickoffs with a pair of touchbacks, along with a field goal ... Against Furman (11/18) made field goals from 42-yards and 46-yards and had five kickoffs ...  Named to the CSC Academic All-District Team ... Named to the Southern Conference Fall All-Academic Team and the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ... 2022: Saw action in all eleven games ... Named to the Southern Conference All-Freshman Team ... Was 5-of-8 on field goals and 24-of-24 on point after attempts for 39 points, which was the second-most on the team ... Added 22 kickoffs with a 57.9 average and three touchbacks ... At Kennesaw State (9/24) had five kickoffs with one touchback ... Against Mercer (10/1) had two kickoffs and made his extra point attempt ... At Samford (10/8) had two kickoffs and was 2-of-2 on extra points ... Against The Citadel (10/15) had six kickoffs with one touchback, along with a 41-yard field goal and four point after attempts ... Against ETSU (10/29) kicked off three times and was 6-of-6 on extra points, plus made a pair of field goals ... At Western Carolina (11/5) was 3-of-3 on extra points ... Made all four PATs against VMI (11/12) and was 2-of-3 on field goals ... At Furman (11/19) was 4-of-4 on PATs ... Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll ...

HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year letterman at Columbus High School ... As a senior was 37-of-37 on PATs and 6-of-7 on field goals with a long of 47 yards ... He had a 40.3 average on punts and 90% of his kickoffs were touchbacks as he was named first team All-State, first team All-Region and Region Specialist of the Year ... During his junior season was 34-of-36 on PATs and had a long field goal of 42 yards to earn first team All-Region honors ... Also played soccer for four years, scoring 11 goals with six assists during his senior year as they won a region title ... Member of the Beta Club, National Honor Society and an AP Scholar ...

PERSONAL: Son of Jeff and Kathy Jones ... A finance and accounting major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 38

    2022Freshman

    Kicker
    5'10" 185 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2023Sophomore

    Kicker
    5'10" 205 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2024Junior

    Kicker
    5'10" 193 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2025Senior

    Kicker
    5'11" 195 lbs
    38