2018-19 Football Roster

#19 Justin Yoon 2017-18 Football Roster

Kicker


Height 5'10''
Weight 198 lbs.
Class Senior
Hometown Nashville, TN
High School Milton Academy (MA
Justin Yoon - Football - Notre Dame Fighting Irish

IN THE IRISH RECORD BOOKS

  • Single-Game Field Goals Made (vs. Georgia, Sept. 9, 2017, 4, t-7th)
  • Single-Season Extra-Point Attempts Made (2017, 55, 1st)
  • Single-Season Extra-Point Attempts (2017, 55, 1st)
  • Single-Season Extra-Point Percentage (2017, 55-55, 1.000, t-1st)
  • Single-Season Scoring By Place Kicker (2017, 97, 2nd)
  • Single-Season Extra-Point Attempts Made (2015, 50, 4th)
  • Single-Season Scoring By Place Kicker (2015, 95, 4th)
  • Single-Season Extra-Point Attempts (2015, 52, t-4th)
  • Single-Season Scoring (2017, 97, t-8th)
  • Single-Season Field Goals Made (2015, 15, 9th)
  • Single-Season Scoring (2015, 95, 10th)
  • Single-Season Extra-Point Attempts Made (2016, 44, t-10th)
  • Career Field Percentage (2015-, .797, 1st)
  • Career Extra-Point Attempts Made (2015-, 176, 2nd)
  • Career Scoring By Place Kicker (2015-, 329, 1st)
  • Career Field Goals Made (2015-, 51, t-2nd)
  • Career Extra-Point Attempts (2015, 180, t-1st)
  • Career Scoring (2015-, 329, 1st)
  • Career 50-yard Field Goals Made (2015-, 1, t-5th)
  • Career Field Goal Attempts (2015-, 64, 4th)
  • Career Extra-Points Percentage (2015-, 176-180, .978, 5th)
  • Most Consecutive Single-Season Field Goals Made (2015, 12, 4th)
  • Most Consecutive Career Field Goals Made (2015-16, 12, 4th)
  • Most Consecutive Extra Point Attempts Made (2016-, 62, 5th)
  • Most Consecutive Career Field Goals Made (2016, 9, t-6th)
  • Most Consecutive Extra Point Attempts Made (2015-16, 41, 10th)

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Lou Groza Award Watch List (2018, 2016)
  • First Team CoSIDA Academic All-District (2017)
  • USA Today All-Bowl Team (2017)
  • Associated Press All-Bowl Team (2017)
  • The Sporting News Freshman All-American (2015)
  • ESPN Freshman All-American (2015)
  • 247 Sports Freshman All-American (2015)

SENIOR SEASON (2018)

  • Has handled 24 kickoffs on the year with seven touchbacks
  • Used a field goal and six PATs at No. 24 Virginia Tech to break the Notre Dame career scoring record
  • Tied Kyle Brindza for career field goals made with 57 on a 29-yard boot against Syracuse
  • 16-20 on field goals this season with a long of 48 yards
  • Connected on 41-of-43 PATs this season
  • Played in 11 of 12 games (missed Navy due to injury)

JUNIOR SEASON (2017)

  • Played in all 13 games and served as Notre Dame’s primary place kicker
  • Led the team in scoring with 97 points
  • Went 14-of-18 on field goal attempts, including 14 of his last 16 and six consecutive to end the season
  • Converted all 11 field-goal attempts inside 44 yards
  • Connected on 55-of-55 extra-point attempts
  • Made all four field goal attempts (39, 42, 37 and 28) against Georgia (Sept. 9)
  • Drilled 46 and 49-yard field goals in miserable conditions against LSU in the Citrus Bowl (Jan. 1)

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2016)

  • Played in all 12 games and served as Notre Dame’s primary place kicker
  • Led the team in scoring with 83 points
  • Went 13-of-17 on field goal attempts
  • Connected on 44-of-46 extra-point attempts

FRESHMAN SEASON (2015)

  • Played in all 13 games and served as Notre Dame’s primary place kicker
  • Led the team in scoring with 95 points
  • Most points by a freshman in school history
  • Fourth-most points in a single season by a place kicker in school histor
  • First freshman to lead the Irish in scoring since place kicker Brandon Walker in 2007
  • Went 15-of-17 on field goal attempts with a career-long 52 yarder against Navy (Oct. 10)
  • Connected on 50-of-52 extra-point attempts
  • Connected on 88.2% of his field goal attempts, ranking sixth nationally and first among freshmen
  • Set season and career highs in extra-point attempts made (eight) and extra-point attempts (nine) against UMass (Sept. 26)
  • Converted each of his last 30 extra-point attempts to close the season
  • Made a 52-yard field goal against Navy (Oct. 10), which marked the third-longest field goal in school history and longest field goal in the nation by a freshman in 2015
  • Connected on all three of his field-goal attempts at No. 9 Stanford (Nov. 28), registering a career-high 12 points against the Cardinal

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA

  • Rated as No. 1 kicker in the nation by 247Sports and No. 2 by ESPN
  • Named to PrepStar All-East Region squad as kicker
  • Connected on four of six field-goal attempts as senior in 2014 at Milton Academy in Milton, Massachusetts, in spite of early-season back injury
  • Helped Milton Academy to 6-2 record
  • As junior in 2013, connected on nine of 11 field-goal attempts, including long of 48 yards, hit on 38 of 39 PAT attempts and had 38 touchbacks on kickoffs
  • Kicked three field goals–from 47, 32 and 31 yards out–in Under Armour All-American Bowl in St. Petersburg, Florida, to help his team win 46-6
  • Originally played soccer until turning to placekicking as eighth-grader at Harding Academy in Nashville, Tennessee
  • Born in Ohio to parents of Korean descent
  • Father Jiseop is a former Olympic figure-skater
  • Enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business, majoring in finance