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University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2016 Football

97 Jimmy Gammill

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 185
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool New Albany

Biography

Career Accolades: 2012 and 2015 Ivy League champion ... 2014 and 2015 Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area ... Set single-game school record with five made field goals and tied school record with 16 kicking points at Fordham (Oct. 11, 2014) - also ranked as second-most made field goals and fourth-most kicking points in a single-game in Ivy League history ... His 48-yard field goal at Fordham in 2014 tied the eighth-longest in school history ... College Sporting News National FCS All-Star (Oct. 13, 2014) ... The Sports Network National FCS Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 13, 2014) ... Co-Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 13, 2014) ... College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) National Placekicker of the Week (Oct. 14, 2014) ... ECAC Co-Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 14, 2014).

2015: Started all 10 games … Converted 39 of 40 on extra points while converting 4 of 5 field goal attempts … Was 1 for 2 at Villanova (9/24), connecting from 40 yards … Made only attempt at Fordham (10/10), connecting from 39 yards … Went 2 for 2 against Princeton (11/7) while converting his season long of 42 yards.

2014: Started all 10 games as Penn's placekicker ... Set single-game school record with five made field goals and tied school record with 16 kicking points at Fordham (Oct. 11, 2014) - also ranked as second-most made field goals and fourth-most kicking points in a single-game in Ivy League history ... Was 5-for-5 in the game (29, 32, 27, 48 and 35 yards) and his 48-yard field goal ranked as eighth-longest in school history ... Led team in scoring and finished 10th in the Ivy League with 57 points ... Made 11-of-16 field goals and 24-of-25 extra points ... Also made multiple field goals at Dartmouth (Oct. 4) ... Connected on a 44-yard field goal at Princeton (Nov. 8)  ... College Sporting News National FCS All-Star (Oct. 13) ... The Sports Network National FCS Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 13) ... Co-Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 13) ... College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) National Placekicker of the Week (Oct. 14) ... ECAC Co-Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 14).

2013: Played in two games prior to suffering a season-ending injury ... Finished with five kickoffs for 299 yards and a 59.8 average ... Kicked off four times in season-opening win over Lafayette (Sept. 21) for 239 yards and a 59.8 average ... Had one kickoff for 60 yards at Villanova (Sept. 28).

2012: Did not see any varsity game action.

New Albany HS: Three-year letterwinner ... Served as team captain as a senior ... Three-time Ohio Capital Conference champions ... 2011 Division II Regional semifinalists ... Made 26 of his 32 career field goal attempts, including three game-winners ... Finished career ranked 12th in state history in career kicking points ... 2011 first-team all-state ... Three-time all-conference ... Three-time all-district ... Three-time all-Metro ... 2011 candidate for Art Treynor Award as Most Outstanding Football Player in Ohio ... Earned Dr. Sol Maggied/Larry Romanoff Award as top scholar-athlete in Central Ohio ... 2012 academic all-state ... Valedictorian of his class.

Personal: Son of LuAnn Stoia and Steve Gammill ... Enrolled in Wharton.

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Historical Player Information

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    2012Freshman

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    6'1" 180 lbs
    97
  • 97

    2013Sophomore

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    6'1" 180 lbs
    97
  • 97

    2014Junior

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    6'1" 180 lbs
    97
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    2015Senior

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    6'1" 180 lbs
    97
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    2016Senior

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    6'1" 185 lbs
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