Cornell University Athletics

2023 I SENIOR SEASON
Second-team All-Ivy League selection as a punter and place-kicker ... posted 104 career points, the 22nd most in program history ... ended his Cornell career ranked 17th in PATs all-time with 41 ... put 14-of-19 field goals through the uprights including for from 40+ yards out ... led the team in scoring with 58 points ... became the 25th player in Cornell history to hit the century mark in career points, finished the season with 58 points ... became the third Cornellian in program history to be a multi-time Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week and first since Nolan Null in 2017, winning the honor three times ... earned his first nod after matching the second-longest punt in school in school history, drilling the ball 81 yards in the season opener against Lehigh, while also going 2-for-2 in fourth-quarter field goals for the winning points for the Big Red ... across the game against the Mountain Hawks, his 47.7 yards per punt was the eighth-best average in a game in school history ... he went back-to-back with the honors after drilling a 37-yard field goal in the final second of the game for the Big Red's first win in the series since 2016 and second road victory over the Bulldogs this century ... tallied Cornell's only points in the first half off of a 34-yard field goal, eventually going three-for-three on field goals, while also securing both extra points and punted his first-career I20 punt against the Bulldogs ... earned the third honor after going 3-for-3 on field goals, for the third time that season where he made at least three, and the second time he went perfect on three attempts ... against the Bears, he joined Mike Cochrane (1992) as the only Big Red player to make three or more field goals in three games in a single season ... booted away seven kickoffs for touchbacks, including two at Yale ... accumulated eight punts inside the 20 including two against both Colgate and Dartmouth ... made a rush against Harvard ... recorded a tackle against Columbia.

2022 I JUNIOR SEASON
Second-team All-Ivy League selection as a place-kicker ... connected on 7-of-11 field goals and all 25 PAT kicks during the season, posting 46 points (second on the team) ... named Ivy League and National Special Teams Player of the Week after he drilled a 45-yard game-winning field goal with 1:55 remaining at Colgate, capping off a perfect kicking day (2-for-2 field goals, 4-for-4 PATs) ... also the team's primary kickoff specialist with 23 touchbacks on 42 kickoffs, averaging 57.7 yards per attempt ... his 46 points this season were the most by a Big Red kicker since John Wells also scored 46 in 2012 ... his 25-for-25 season on PAT kicks rank as the fourth-most in a single season and the best mark since Boomer Olsen was 32-for-32 in 2013 ... connected on multiple field goals in wins over both Colgate and Lehigh ... made his only field goal, all three PATs and booted four of five kickoffs for touchbacks in the victory at Brown ... made a field goal, both extra-point kicks and put all four kickoffs through the end zone for touchbacks against Dartmouth.

2021 I SOPHOMORE SEASON
Did not see varsity action ... played in four games for the sprint football team, kicking off  five times and recording a touchback against Penn ... booted a 19-yard field goal against St. Thomas Aquinas.

2020 I FRESHMAN SEASON
Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

PRIOR TO CORNELL
Kennedy was an all-state place-kicker and punter at John Champe HS as a senior ... earned all-league, all-district and all-region honors in his final season ... three-year letter winner in track and field ... qualified for the state meet in the 55 meters, 55 meter hurdles, 4x100 and 4x400 meter relays, the long jump and triple jump ... was part of the 4x100, 800 and 1600 sprint medley relay teams that qualified for the indoor and outdoor national meets ... lettered twice in soccer, serving as team captain as a senior.

PERSONAL
Jackson Reeves Kennedy is the son of Richard and Sara Kennedy and has an older sister ... he is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.