2018-19 Football
Roster
#19 Justin Yoon 2017-18 Football Roster
Kicker
Height
5'10''
Weight
192 lbs.
Class
Junior
Hometown
Nashville, TN
High School
Milton Academy (MA
YOON’S PLACE IN THE IRISH RECORD BOOKS
- Single-Season Extra-Point Attempts Made (2015, 50, 3rd)
- Single-Season Scoring By Place Kicker (2015, 95, 3rd)
- Single-Season Extra-Point Attempts (2015, 52, t-3rd)
- Single-Season Field Goals Made (2015, 15, 8th)
- Single-Season Scoring (2015, 95, 9th)
- Single-Season Extra-Point Attempts Made (2016, 44, t-9th)
- Single-Season Extra-Point Attempts (2016, 46, t-9th)
- Single-Season Scoring By Place Kicker (2016, 83, 10th)
- Career Extra-Point Attempts Made (2015-, 94, 8th)
- Career Extra-Points Percentage (2015-, 94-98, .959, 8th)
- Career Scoring By Place Kicker (2015-, 178, 9th)
- Most Consecutive Single-Season Field Goals Made (2015, 12, 4th)
- Most Consecutive Career Field Goals Made (2015-16, 12, 4th)
- Most Consecutive Career Field Goals Made (2016, 9, t-6th)
- Most Consecutive Extra Point Attempts Made (2015-16, 41, 9th)
YOON’S HONORS & AWARDS
- Lou Groza Award Watch List (2016)
- The Sporting News Freshman All-American (2015)
- ESPN Freshman All-American (2015)
- 247 Sports Freshman All-American (2015)
YOON’S CAREER HIGHS
- Points scored: 12, 3x, last Miami, Fla., Oct. 29, 2016
- Kick PATs: 8, vs. UMass, Sept. 26, 2015
- Points by kicking: 12, 3x, last Miami, Fla., Oct. 29, 2016
- Field goals made: 3, 2x, last Miami, Fla., Oct. 29, 2016
- Field goal attempts: 3, 4x, last Miami, Fla., Oct. 29, 2016
- Longest field goal: 52, vs. Navy, Oct. 10, 2015
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2016)
- Played in all 12 games and served as Notre Dame’s primary place kicker
- Led the team in scoring with 83 points
- Went 13-of-17 on field goal attempts
- Connected on 44-of-46 extra-point attempts
FRESHMAN SEASON (2015)
- Played in all 13 games and served as Notre Dame’s primary place kicker
- Led the team in scoring with 95 points
- Most points by a freshman in school history and ninth most overall
- Third-most points in a single season by a place kicker in school history
- First freshman to lead the Irish in scoring since place kicker Brandon Walker in 2007
- Went 15-of-17 on field goal attempts with a career-long 52 yarder against Navy (Oct. 10)
- Connected on 50-of-52 extra-point attempts
- Connected on 88.2% of his field goal attempts, ranking sixth nationally and first among freshmen
- Set season and career highs in extra-point attempts made (eight) and extra-point attempts (nine) against UMass (Sept. 26)
- Converted each of his last 30 extra-point attempts to close the season
- Made a 52-yard field goal against Navy (Oct. 10), which marked the third-longest field goal in school history and longest field goal in the nation by a freshman in 2015
- Connected on all three of his field-goal attempts at No. 9 Stanford (Nov. 28), registering a career-high 12 points against the Cardinal
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA
- Rated as No. 1 kicker in the nation by 247Sports and No. 2 by ESPN
- Named to PrepStar All-East Region squad as kicker
- Connected on four of six field-goal attempts as senior in 2014 at Milton Academy in Milton, Massachusetts, in spite of early-season back injury
- Helped Milton Academy to 6-2 record
- As junior in 2013, connected on nine of 11 field-goal attempts, including long of 48 yards, hit on 38 of 39 PAT attempts and had 38 touchbacks on kickoffs
- Kicked three field goals–from 47, 32 and 31 yards out–in Under Armour All-American Bowl in St. Petersburg, Florida, to help his team win 46-6
- Originally played soccer until turning to placekicking as eighth-grader at Harding Academy in Nashville, Tennessee
- Born in Ohio to parents of Korean descent
- Father Jiseop is a former Olympic figure-skater
- Enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business, majoring in finance