2024-25 Football Roster

#16 James Rendell Football Roster

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Height 6-6
Weight 224
Class Graduate Student/Senior
Hometown Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
High School Parkdale Secondary/RMIT
James Rendell - Football - Notre Dame Fighting Irish

AS A SENIOR (2024)

  • at TEXAS A&M (8/31): Tallied 214 yards on five punts to average 42.8 yards per punt in debut with the Irish… longest punt of the game went 49 yards… landed three of five punts inside the 20-yard line with zero touchbacks
  • NORTHERN ILLINOIS (9/7): Compiled 184 yards on five punts to average 36.8 yards per punt… longest punt of the game went 44 yards… landed two of five punts inside the 20-yard line with zero touchbacks
  • at PURDUE (9/15): Posted 150 yards on four punts to average 37.5 yards per punt… longest punt of the game was 43 yards… zero touchbacks
  • MIAMI UNIVERSITY (9/22): Tallied 189 yards on four punts to average a career-high 47.2 yards per punt… made a career-long punt of 54 yards… landed two of four punts inside the 20-yard line with zero touchbacks
  • LOUISVILLE (9/28): Collected 166 yards on four punts to average 41.5 yards per punt… longest punt of the game went 48 yards… landed three of four punts inside the 20-yard line with zero touchbacks
  • STANFORD (10/12): Played for the Irish in the win… had one punt for 24 yards
  • at GEORGIA TECH (10/19): Competed as the punter for the Irish… had two punts for 75 yards… long punt of the game went 51 yards

PREP AND PERSONAL

  • Attended Parkdale Secondary College before attending the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)
  • Played in the Victorian Football League for the Frankston Dolphins from 2019-2023.
  • Was named team MVP for Frankston in 2021
  • Also played for the Sandringham Dragons prior to Frankston
  • Represented Victoria in the U18 AFL Tournament with Vic Metro
  • Trained with Prokick Australia
  • Son of the late Matt Rendell, a storied Australian Football League player who served as captain of Fitzroy from 1985-87 and won two club championships in 1982 and 1983.