JacobKauwe

2024 – Freshman
• Redshirt season
• Saw his first collegiate action vs. Murray State, kicking off seven times for 443 yards with four touchbacks

High School
• A three-star prospect by all On3.com, ESPN and 247Sports
• Listed as one of the nation’s top 20 kickers by Kohl’s Professional Camps
• Won the Kohl’s Kicking kick-off competition at the Texas Showcase in May of 2023
• Four-year letter winner and two-year starter for coach Rob Stanton at Billings West
• Hit a career-long 49-yard field goal as a senior
• Earned second-team Montana AA All-State and first-team Eastern AA Conference honors as a kicker in 2023 with 45 touchbacks, 26 PATs, five field goals
• As a punter, named a second-team choice by the Eastern AA Conference and honorable mention by Montana AA with 839 yards, a 32.4 punt average and a career-long 51-yard punt
• Named first-team All-State as a kicker and second-team all-state as a punter in 2022
• Hit 13 of 16 field goals, a West High single-season record, and 29 of 31 extra points
• Hit a season-long 42-yard field goal and 37 of his 40 kickoffs were touchbacks
• Also punted for the Golden Bears, who made the first round of the Montana’s Class 2A playoffs in 2022
• Played soccer during his freshman and sophomore seasons before concentrating solely on football
• Excellent student with a weighted GPA of 4.5 and aspirations of studying medicine
• Chose Kentucky over Montana State

Community Cats
• Volunteered for the My New Kentucky Home, community engagement event (2024)

Personal
• Last name is pronounced “COW-way”
• Born in American Fork, Utah
• Son of Merrell and Genevieve Kauwe
• Siblings are David Kauwe and Kalei Kauwe
• Major is biology

Jacob Says
• He chose Kentucky because it was the best place to come and develop
• One thing most people don’t know about him is that he’s part Hawaiian
• Three words to describe him are chill, consistent and reserved
• Besides playing football, he’s also a really good at math
• His sports hero is Cristiano Ronaldo