Weber State University Athletics
2016 Football Roster
Jacob DeMaio
- Position:
- Punter
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Danville, CA
Jacob finished his two-year career at Weber State in 2017. He twice earned Big Sky All-Conference honors and finished his career with an average of 42.8 yards per punt, which ranks as the fourth best career average in Weber State history. He played in 26 career games at Weber State and totaled 122 punts for 5,226 yards. He also holds the Big Sky record for the longest punt at 91 yards.
2017 (Senior)
Played in all 14 games for the Wildcats during Weber State’s historic season in which the Wildcats won the Big Sky title and two FCS Playoff games...Earned third-team All-Big Sky Conference honors...Finished third in the Big Sky and was 20th in the nation in punting with an average of 42.2 yards per punt...That average ranks as the 15th best average in WSU single-season history...Had 60 punts for 2,535 yards on the season...Had 15 punts that were over 50 yards and had a season-long punt of 67 yards in the FCS Playoff game at No.1 James Madison...Also had a punt of 59 yards in the FCS Playoff win at Southern Utah...Had three kickoffs for 171 yards for an average of 57 yards per kickoff.
2016 (Junior)
Earned Second Team All-Big Sky Conference honors after transferring to Weber State in the summer of 2016...Finished second in the Big Sky and seventh in the nation in punting average at 43.5 yards per punt...That average ranks as the sixth best in a season in Weber State history...Had 62 punts for a total of 2,691 yards with eight touchbacks...Averaged 40 or more yards per punt in 11 of the 12 games...Had a career best single-game average of 51.2 yards in WSU’s comeback win at Southern Utah, which ranks as the sixth best single-game average in school history...During the win at SUU, he kicked a 91-yard punt, which is the longest in Big Sky history and was the longest punt in the nation in any division in the NCAA during the season...Also had two rushing attempts on fake punts for 57 yards...Earned Big Sky Academic All-Conference honors in Business Administration.
Diablo Valley Junior College
Played two seasons at Diablo for coach Mike Parr...Earned All-League honors for the Vikings...Averaged 36.8 yards per punt with a long of 52 yards...Also played track and soccer at Diablo...Earned All-American honors in the 4x100 meter relay.
Monte Vista High School
Graduated from Monte Vista High School in 2014...Earned Second Team honors as a kicker...Also was a section medalist in four events in track and field.
Personal
Was born June 4, 1996, in San Ramon, Calif...Parents are John and Karie DeMaio...Name is pronounced Day-MY-Oh...Is majoring in Business Administration at Weber State.
