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John Parker Romo Season 2021

PositionK
Weight175 lbs
Height5-11
ClassSenior
HometownPeachtree City, Ga.
High SchoolMcIntosh
Previous SchoolTulsa

2021 Honors 
2022 Tropical Bowl Invitee
All-ACC Third Team (PFF College)

2021: Made 18 of 22 field goals including seven of nine from 40+ yards. Also made all 34 of his PATs and finished the season with 88 total points ... Totaled 64 kickoffs with 30 touchbacks ... Made a 48-yard field goal vs. North Carolina (9/3) for his first career field goal in a Tech uniform ... Totaled six kickoffs for a 63.8-yard average vs. Middle Tennessee State (9/11) ... Had a 65-yard average on four kickoffs at West Virginia (9/18) ... Recorded a touchback on all four kickoffs vs. Richmond (9/25) ... Made all three field goal attempts including a career-long 52-yard field goal vs. Notre Dame (10/9). Also kicked off six times and recorded five touchbacks ... Went two-for-two on field goals including hitting on a 48-yard attempt vs. Syracuse (10/23) ... Made a career-high four field goals including a 43-yard attempt at Georgia Tech (10/30) ... Made a 47-yard field goal at Boston College (11/5) ... Went two for three on field goals, including a 51-yard long make, and six for six on extra points vs. Duke (11/13) ... Made both field goal attempts including a 36-yard long at Miami (11/20) ... Went two-for-two on field goals, including the go-ahead 38-yarder, and three-for-three on extra points at Virginia (11/27) ... Made a 36-yard field goal and his lone extra-point attempt vs. Maryland (12/29).

2020: Handled the kickoff duties in all 11 games … Kicked off 55 times with 35 touchbacks … Produced an average of 62.7 yards per attempt.
 
2019: Served as Tech’s kickoff specialist in all 13 games … Boomed 69 kickoffs with 46 touchbacks and an average of 64.1 yards ... Had six touchbacks in a game on three different occasions vs. Rhode Island (10/12), vs. North Carolina (10/19) and at Virginia (11/29) ... Subbed for an injured P Oscar Bradburn at Notre Dame (11/2), hitting eight punts for 354 yards (44.3 avg.) with a long of 58 and two inside of the 20.
 
Tulsa: Played for coach Phillip Montgomery at the University of Tulsa as a walk-on … Led the No. 1 kickoff coverage unit in the American Athletic Conference … Averaged 61.1 yards per kickoff with 28 touchbacks. … Connected on two of five FG tries with a long of 34 yards.
 
2017: Did not play.
 
Central Arkansas: Played for Coach Brad Campbell at University of Central Arkansas … Averaged 56.0 yards per kick on 44 kickoffs.
 
High School: Played for Coach Lee Belknap at McIntosh High School … Two-year letterman … Made First-team District for place kicker and punter … Also played soccer and ran track and field.
 
Personal: Son of Brenda and Jimmy Romo … Has two older siblings, Austin and Sara … Graduated with a degree in economics and is pursuing a Master’s in instructional technology … Member of Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society … Married, wife Lauren.