Last confirmed: Northern Illinois, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′10″ · Newport Beach, CA
Jacob Ambrose: P · Northern Illinois · #15.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Northern Illinois’s specialists
Jacob Ambrose
Drops it inside the 20 and pins them on their own goal line. Second season at Northern Illinois.
Play style
Drops it inside the 20 and pins them on their own goal line.
Punter archetype · season enumeration
Leg vs placement
39.1 gross, but 2 of 70 inside the 20 (2.9%) — a flipper. flipper
Net average is unavailable — no per-punt return-yardage linkage exists in the source data.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | PUNT | YDS | AVG | LONG | IN20 | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 34-40@ Wyoming | 6 | 252 | 42.0 | 48 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-48@ South Florida | 11 | 427 | 38.8 | 51 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-42vs San Diego State | 5 | 147 | 29.4 | 36 | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 23-28vs Western Illinois | 6 | 274 | 45.7 | 55 | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-24@ Ball State | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 37 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 30-45@ Western Michigan | 3 | 122 | 40.7 | 45 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 28-34vs Central Michigan | 7 | 299 | 42.7 | 53 | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 44-7vs Buffalo | 5 | 242 | 48.4 | 78 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-20vs Bowling Green | 5 | 183 | 36.6 | 51 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 24-31vs Toledo | 8 | 284 | 35.5 | 51 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-24@ Eastern Michigan | 4 | 157 | 39.3 | 50 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-21@ Kent State | 8 | 284 | 35.5 | 46 | 0 | |
| Total | 70 | 2740 | 39.1 | 78 | 2 |
Season context: team record and system
2 seasons under Rod Carey — 13-13 over that span.
Punter profile · Distance and placement
Where his punts land, not just how far
Inside the 20
3%2 of 70Touchback rate
3%2 of 70Yards / punt
39.170 puntsLong
78yards39.1 yards/punt on 70 punts · 3% placed inside the 20 · 2 touchbacks.
How it ended
Two seasons at Northern Illinois — his college career is complete.
