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Colgate University Athletics

2018 Football Roster

Joy Ives
Rich Barnes
Joy Ives
Fouad Alsharif
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Joy Ives
Dan Ives
Joy Ives
Joy Ives
Bob Cornell

96 Josh Cerra

96 Josh Cerra

  • Position:
    Punter
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    170
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Coral Springs, Fla.
  • Previous Team:
    J.P. Taravella
  • Major:
    Political Science

Summary

Biography

Career Statistics

Career
Games/Starts: 34/30
Colgate Debut: Oct. 10, 2015, at Princeton
First Career Start: Sept. 2, 2016, at Syracuse
Stats: 140 punts for 39.4-yard average; 1-of-1 on PATs and 0-of-1 on field goals; 38 punts downed inside 20-yard line against seven touchbacks.

Awards
2018 NFF Hampshire Honor Society
2018 Academic All-Patriot League
2017 Academic All-Patriot League
2016 Academic All-Patriot League
2016 Colgate Unsung Hero Award
Four-Time Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
Four-Time Colgate Raider Academic Honor Roll

2018 (Senior)
Games/Starts: 12/9
Position: P/H
Stats: 40 punts for 36.5-yard average ... 15 punts downed inside 20-yard line against just two touchbacks ... Four punts of 50-plus yards, including team long of 60 ... Handled holder's duties for all placements, and Colgate made season record 15-of-17 field goals to go with 37-of-38 PATs ... Field goal percentage led Patriot League and ranked seventh nationally.
Best Games: Punted eight times for 42.6-yard average at North Dakota State ... Added one punt for 43 yards in 45-0 victory over Lafayette ... Team season long boot of 60 yards in 41-0 whitewash at Fordham to clinch Patriot League championship ... Holder on game-winning field goal of 38 yards as time expired to defeat James Madison 23-20 in NCAA playoffs.
Coach Hunt on Josh: "I'll never forget the first day he showed up on campus. He came up before his freshman year and we were going to the ropes course and he didn't know anybody. He came right out to the course with us and immediately everyone there fell in love with the kid and you knew that he was going to be special as far as being a teammate and a member of the team. He's really made some big time plays in his career here. Obviously some big punts, a couple fakes and he's really had the type of career that you like to see. He's stuck with it for four years and his role has changed. He's been up and down, but he's never wavered and he's taken his role of being the holder very seriously too. He's had some very key moments doing that job and not as many people take that role as seriously as him. I'm going to be sad to see him go."

2017 (Junior)
Games/Starts: 11/11
Position: P/H
Stats: 50 punts for 39.5-yard average ... Eight punts downed inside 20-yard line against just three touchbacks ... Four punts of 50-plus yards, including long of 72 at Holy Cross ... Handled holder's duties for all placements, and Colgate made 9-of-12 field goals and 38-of-40 PATs ... Field goal percentage led Patriot League ... Nine made field goals tied for ninth all-time in Colgate records book.
Best Games: Career-best 53.0-yard average on three punts in Colgate's 45-7 triumph at Holy Cross ... 72-yard punt at Holy Cross and 68-yarder against Bucknell two longest punts of career ... 72-yarder was longest Colgate punt since 1981 ... Two punts for 44.0-yard average against Lehigh ... 56-yard punt vs. Fordham and 55-yarder against Lehigh.

2016 (Sophomore)
Games/Starts: 10/10
Position: P
Stats: 50 punts for 41.5-yard average that ranked third in Patriot League ... 15 punts downed inside 20-yard line against just two touchbacks ... Seven punts of 50-plus yards, including long of 57 at Lehigh.
Best Games: Punted season-high 10 times in collegiate punting debut at Syracuse for 40.8-yard average ... Four punts for season-best 48.2-yard clip at Richmond ... Season-long 57-yarder at Lehigh one of six punts for 46.5-yard average ... Three punts downed inside 20-yard line against both Syracuse and Yale ... Seven punts at Fordham for 45.7-yard average, one week after punting for 45.0-yard clip against Holy Cross.

2015 (First Year)
Games/Starts: 1/0
Position: P/PK
Stats: Converted only PAT try and missed one field goal ... Both attempts at Princeton.
Best Games: Came on to convert PAT in collegiate debut at Princeton.

Before Colgate
J.P. Taravella High School ... Earned two varsity letters under head coach Dan Marguriet.
Position: P/PK
Stats: Increased junior-year punting average of 36.5 to senior-year mark of 42.5 ... Made 6-of-9 field goals and 26-of-27 PATs as senior.
Honors: 2014 All-Broward County First Team punter ... Played in BCAA North vs. South All-Star Game and Miami Dolphins Broward vs. Dade All-Star Game.
Get to Know: Also played four years of soccer and volleyball ... Team captain for both as senior ... Played libero position on 2014 volleyball district championship team ... National Honor Society member ... Also participated in FLHS, DECA and SGA.

Personal
Born: Joshua Shawn Cerra in Coral Springs, Florida.
Family: Parents are Shawn and Kerry Cerra ... Has one brother and one sister.
 
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Historical Player Information

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    2015First Year

    Punter/Placekicker
    6'0" 150 lbs
    96
  • 96

    2016Sophomore

    Punter/Placekicker
    6'0" 160 lbs
    96
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    2017Junior

    Punter
    6'0" 170 lbs
    96
  • 96

    2018Senior

    Punter
    6'0" 170 lbs
    96