2023 Football Roster
Rolston, Josh
Jersey Number 43
Josh Rolston
- Position:
- Placekicker
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 215
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Chugiak, Alaska
- High School:
- Chugiak H.S.
- Major:
- Environmental Science
- Twitter:
- @rolston_josh
- Instagram:
- rolston.josh
Bio
CAREER
Saw action in 25 career games as CMU’s kickoff specialist … totaled 134 kickoffs for 7,758 yards (57.9 average) and 45 touchbacks … also has converted 1-3 field goals with a long of 44 yards in his two-year career.
2023
As a junior placekicker, did not see any action … listed as the backup placekicker on the depth chart … preseason Fourth Team All-MAC selection by College Football Network.
2022
As a sophomore placekicker, played in all 12 games … saw action in 68 total plays on the year … handled kickoffs … registered 55 kickoffs for 3,240 yards (58.9 average), and totaled 23 touchbacks … helped CMU accumulate a 38.7 net kickoff average … also converted 1-3 field goals with a long of 44 yards on the year … scored seven points on the year (1-3 FG, 4-6 PAT) … totaled three touchbacks in six kickoffs vs. Buffalo (11/9) … converted a career-long 44-yard field goal, 1-2 field goals and registered three touchbacks in four kickoff attempts vs. Ball State (10/8) … registered four touchbacks in seven kickoff attempts vs. Bucknell (9/17) … totaled three touchbacks in seven kickoffs in season opener at Oklahoma State (9/1).
2021
As a true freshman placekicker, handled all 82 of CMU’s kickoffs, with 22 resulting in touchbacks … opponents returned 44 kickoffs for an average of 19.1 yards per return.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2021 graduate of Chugiak High School in Eagle River, Alaska, where he played three years of varsity football for Head Coach Ryan Landers … First Team All-State as a placekicker and punter in 2020 … Kicked a state record long 56-yard field goal, surpassing the previous long of 53 yards.
PERSONAL
Born Joshua Rolston on December 7, 2002.
Saw action in 25 career games as CMU’s kickoff specialist … totaled 134 kickoffs for 7,758 yards (57.9 average) and 45 touchbacks … also has converted 1-3 field goals with a long of 44 yards in his two-year career.
2023
As a junior placekicker, did not see any action … listed as the backup placekicker on the depth chart … preseason Fourth Team All-MAC selection by College Football Network.
2022
As a sophomore placekicker, played in all 12 games … saw action in 68 total plays on the year … handled kickoffs … registered 55 kickoffs for 3,240 yards (58.9 average), and totaled 23 touchbacks … helped CMU accumulate a 38.7 net kickoff average … also converted 1-3 field goals with a long of 44 yards on the year … scored seven points on the year (1-3 FG, 4-6 PAT) … totaled three touchbacks in six kickoffs vs. Buffalo (11/9) … converted a career-long 44-yard field goal, 1-2 field goals and registered three touchbacks in four kickoff attempts vs. Ball State (10/8) … registered four touchbacks in seven kickoff attempts vs. Bucknell (9/17) … totaled three touchbacks in seven kickoffs in season opener at Oklahoma State (9/1).
2021
As a true freshman placekicker, handled all 82 of CMU’s kickoffs, with 22 resulting in touchbacks … opponents returned 44 kickoffs for an average of 19.1 yards per return.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2021 graduate of Chugiak High School in Eagle River, Alaska, where he played three years of varsity football for Head Coach Ryan Landers … First Team All-State as a placekicker and punter in 2020 … Kicked a state record long 56-yard field goal, surpassing the previous long of 53 yards.
PERSONAL
Born Joshua Rolston on December 7, 2002.
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