2008 Football Roster
Roster
Blake McAdams
- Position:
- P
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 192
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Ripley, TN
- High School/Previous School:
- Ripley HS
CAREER:
Won the starting job at punter from the outset of his collegiate career as a true freshman at Mississippi State ... Has started all 36 games at the position during his career ... Has punted 214 times for 8,513 yards, a 39.8-yard average, with 47 of his punts being downed inside the 20-yard line and 14 more going for touchback ... His 214 career punts after three seasons are tied for second on the school’s all-time attempts’ list, just four kicks away from owning that all-time State record ... His yards punted were the third most ever ... Has averaged 40 or more yards per punt in 15 of his 36 career games, and had 29 punts of 50 yards or more ... Career-long 73-yard punt came against Auburn in 2007 ... Has also completed his only pass attempt (5 yards) and made two special teams tackles ... Came to Mississippi State following an all-around multi-sport all-star high school career.
2007:
Started all 13 games at his specialty ... Punted 77 times for a 39.3-yard average, with a career-long 73-yard punt ... Finished seventh in the SEC in punt average (39.3) ... His 77 punts tied for the second-most ever at MSU in a single season and his 3,024 yards punting were the fourth most at the school ... Twelve of his punts exceeded 50 yards and 18 came to rest inside the 20-yard line ... Had four touchbacks and made two special teams tackles ... Maintained his role as the team’s regular punter to begin his third season ... Kicked five times for a 35.6-yard average, with one punt inside the 20-yard line, against LSU to open the year ... Punted three times for a 37.3-yard average, with two of those coming to rest inside the 20-yard line, in the Bulldogs’ Week 2 win over Tulane ... Punted six times for a 43.3-yard average, with one of his kicks stopping inside the 20, in MSU’s Week 3 win at Auburn ... May have had the game-changing play in the contest, however ... On a fourth-and-14 kick from the State 16-yard line and just over 11 minutes left in the game, he nailed a career-long 73-yard punt against the Tigers, a boot that rolled dead at the AU 11 ... Two plays later Tiger quarterback Kodi Burns threw an interception at mid-field and the Bulldogs began their game-winning touchdown drive ... That punt was the longest boot by a Bulldog since Jeff Walker hit a 79-yarder against Alabama in 1999 and tied for the eighth-longest ever at State ... It was also the longest punt of the year in the SEC ... Punted four times for a 37.2-yard average in the team’s win over Gardner-Webb in Week 4 ... Three of those four kicks pinned the Runnin’ Bulldogs inside their 20-yard line and the other went for a touchback ... Went through a three-game stretch at mid-season where he kicked 16 times for a 43.7-yard average ... Had the best game of the first half of his junior season in Week 5 action at South Carolina ... Punted six times for a 45.7-yard average, with one of his kicks stopping inside the 20-yard line ... Was remarkably consistent in the game, hitting punts 41 (downed at the 3), 47, 44, 51, 46, and 45 yards ... Punted four times for a 42-yard average in the Bulldogs’ Week 6 victory over UAB ... One of his four kicks was downed inside the 20-yard line ... Punted six times for a 42.8-yard average against home-state school Tennessee in Week 7 ... He moved into sixth place on the school’s all-time punts list, tying Mike Patrick (1972-74) on that chart, and sixth on the punting yards list as well ... Punted eight times for a 36.6-yard average, with two of those kicks ending inside the 20-yard line, at West Virginia in Week 8 ... Kicked six times for a 41.3-yard average one week later in the team’s win over Kentucky ... Half of his punts (3) were downed inside the Wildcat 20 ... His first two punts were a game-best 55 yards and a 52-yarder and his last was another 52-yard effort ... Punted six times for a 39.5-yard average in State’s Week 10 victory over Alabama ... Had a game-long, 53-yarder and one kick came to rest inside the 20-yard line ... Punted four times for a 33.5-yard average at Arkansas at Week 11 ... Punted eight times for a 41.2-yard average in State’s win over Ole Miss ... Two of those kicks rolled dead inside the 20-yard line ... Punted a Liberty Bowl-record and career-high 11 times for a 34.9-yard average in the Bulldogs’ 10-3 win over Central Florida.
2006:
Maintained his assignment as the team’s first punter ... Started all 12 games at his specialty ... Punted 68 times for 2,598 yards, a 38.2-yard average ... His 68 punts were the sixth-most ever in a single season at State ... Had a season-long, 59-yarder ... Four of his punts exceeded 50 yards and 15 were downed inside the 20-yard line ... Completed his lone pass attempt for 5 yards ... Opened his sophomore campaign with another solid performance ... Punted seven times for a 41.6-yard average in the Bulldogs’ season opener against South Carolina ... Three of his punts were downed inside the 20-yard line against the Gamecocks, with one of his kicks going more than 50 yards (51) ... Only three of his punts were returned (16 yards) ... Punted eight times for a 38.9-yard average in Week 2 vs. Auburn ... One punt was downed inside the 20 ... Punted six times for a 34.3-yard average against Tulane in Week 3, with three of his punts going inside the Green Wave 20 ... Kicked five times for a 39.2-yard mean in Week 4 at UAB ... Had the best game of the first half of his sophomore season at LSU one week later ... Punted seven times for a 44.1-yard average against the Tigers ... It was his best game in six weeks, dating back to the ’05 season ... Had a season-long, 59-yard punt against the Tigers, with one touchback and another punt inside the 20-yard line ... The 59-yarder was the second-longest of his career ... Four of his seven punts traveled over 45 yards ... Punted four times for a 34.5-yard average in Week 6 vs. West Virginia ... One of his kicks went for 53 yards and one was downed inside the 20 ... Again punted four times during the Bulldogs’ Week 7 win over Jacksonville State ... Averaged 38.8 yards per punt, with one kick inside the 20 ... Punted six times for a 40-yard average at Georgia in Week 8, with two of his kicks inside the 20-yard line ... Kicked four times for a 32.2-yard average against Kentucky in Week 9, with one punt inside the 20 ... Averaged 35.6 yards on five punts against Alabama one week later ... Punted seven times for a 36.7-yard average, with a pair of punts inside the 20, against Arkansas in Week 11 ... His kicks gave him 63 punts on the season, seventh on the school’s single-season list ... Kicked five times for a 37.6-yard average in the season finale at Ole Miss ... Punted twice for a 37.5-yard average during the team’s spring-ending Maroon and White game ... Continues in his role as the team’s first-unit punter, a job he won last preseason ... The rising sophomore will press for added duties as the team’s primary holder for all kick placements.
2005:
Started all 11 games for Mississippi State at the punter position during his true freshman season ... Punted 69 times for 2,891 yards, a 41.9-yard average ... Finished third in the Southeastern Conference and 33rd nationally in punting average ... He led the league in punt attempts ... Fourteen of his punts were 50 yards or longer and 14 were downed inside the 20-yard line ... Had nine touchbacks ... Averaged better than 40 yards per punt in a game six times during the 11-game schedule ... Had a season-long 68-yard punt, the second-longest in the conference ... Won the punting job during August two-a-days and started the season opener vs. Murray State ... Punted four times for a 42.2-yard average against the Racers, with a game-long 60-yard boot ... Averaged 46.33 yards per punt on his final three kicks of the game ... Made it two straight weeks with solid punting numbers at Auburn in the team’s SEC opener ... Punted six times for a 41.2 yard average against the Tigers, with one of his kicks being downed inside the 20-yard line ... Had one of the truly exceptional punting days in Mississippi State history during the Bulldogs’ Week 3 win over Tulane in Shreveport ... Punted 10 times for a 45.7-yard average against the Green Wave with six of his kicks downed inside the 20-yard line and another carrying to the end zone for a touchback ... Averaged 53 yards per punt during the second quarter and his lone sub-40-yarder on the night was the one that went for touchback ... His 45.7-yard average against Tulane nearly matched the MSU school record for 10 or more punts in a game (47.5, Andy Russ vs. South Carolina, 1996) ... Had a career-first, sub-40-yard punting day vs. Georgia in Week 4 ... Punted seven times for a 39.3-yard average, with a game-long 51-yard boot and one kick inside the 20-yard line ... Kicked seven times for a 39.6-yard average with a game-long 50-yard punt against LSU in Week 5 ... Punted six times for a 46.7-yard average at Florida one week later ... Had a game-best, 55-yard boot and two of his kicks were downed inside the 20-yard line ... Again punted six times in Week 7 game against Houston, averaging 46.2 yards per boot ... Had a game-long, 58-yard kick against the Cougars ... Punted seven times for a 39.1-yard average at Kentucky in Week 8 ... Had the best statistical game of his freshman season one week later against Alabama ... Punted six times for a 48.3-yard average, with two finishing inside the 20-yard line ... Had a season-long, 68-yard boot against the Criimson Tide ... Kicked six times for a 31-yard average at Arkansas in Week 10 ... Finished his true freshman season with four punts for a 39.8-yard average, against Ole Miss ... Two of those four punts were downed inside the 20-yard line and another went for a touchback ... Had a game-long, 49-yard kick.
HIGH SCHOOL:
Superprep Magazine rated him No. 20 among the top prospects in the state in its pre-signing day all-America issue ... A starter during his high school career at quarterback, safety, punter and place-kicker ... Accumulated 4,241 yards passing with 28 touchdowns, 1,751 yards rushing and 33 scores, and 264 tackles, 15 for loss, and eight interceptions on defense during his career ... Averaged over 39 yards per punt for his prep career ... Also handled all kickoff duties on the high school level ... Named all-state in Tennessee following his senior season at defensive back playing for his dad, John McAdams, the head coach at Ripley High School ... Helped lead the Tigers to the postseason state playoffs ... Selected to the Associated Press all-state team for all classifications and for Class 3A, to the Tennessee Sports Writers Association for Class 3A, and to two coaches’ all-state squads ... Named all-state at punter by CoachT.com web site ... Also chosen Player of the Year in Region 7 Class 3A for a second straight year, as well as the region’s top punter ... Was chosen the West Tennessee Special Teams Player of the Year ... Averaged 43.4 yards a punt with better than a four-second hang time during his senior season ... Added more than 904 yards rushing and 16 touchdowns, and 781 yards passing with five scores, and made 141 tackles during that senior campaign ... Also had seven tackles for loss and three pass interceptions during his final prep season ... Also chosen one of three finalists for the Mr. Football award for offensive and defensive backs in the state’s Class 3A division ... Passed for 1,553 yards and 11 touchdowns as a junior quarterback, leading his team to a 10-2 overall record and into the state’s postseason playoffs ... Averaged 38.2 yards per punt that season ... Chosen to play in the Tennessee-Kentucky all-star football game ... Credited with a 4.6 in the 40-yard dash and a 275-pound bench press max by Rivals.com ... Also a standout baseball player on the prep level, earning all-state recognition as a junior ... Batted .442 with 10 home runs and 56 runs batted in while playing shortstop as a junior ... Also was 8-1 on the mound that year ... Led his 2003 baseball team to the state title by hitting .402 with four home runs and 46 runs batted in ... Also went 4-1 with a 2.40 earned run average ... Outstanding high school student who carried a 3.76 grade point average ... Committed to MSU in December 2004.
PERSONAL:
Born Johnathan Blake McAdams, 2-7-87, in Lexington, Tenn. ... Son of Mr. and Mrs. John McAdams ... His father played football at Tennessee ... An uncle, William McAdams, played football at Middle Tennessee State ... Majoring in clinical exercise physiology.
