Jackson Ross holds the PT · Starter spot in Tennessee Volunteers’s punter room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Jackson Ross, a punter from Melbourne, Australia, joined Tennessee as a redshirt freshman in 2022 and became the Volunteers' starting punter in 2023. In his first season of action, Ross punted 55 times for 2,337 yards at a 42.5 average and earned SEC All-Freshman honors, setting a Tennessee single-game punting average record of 53.2 against Alabama. During the 2024 season, he appeared in all 13 contests and led the nation in percentage of punts downed inside the 10-yard line at 28.3 percent while averaging 43.9 yards per punt across 53 boots. In 2025, Ross punted 39 times for 1,717 yards at a 44.0 average, earning Ray Guy Award semifinalist status and SEC Co-Special Teams Player of the Week honors. He ranks third in Tennessee career punting average at 43.4 yards per punt and owns a career-long of 71 yards.

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