➤ 2016 ➤ Sophomore Season
Season: Appeared in 13 games...Handled all kickoffs in the first 13 games of the season.
Kent State (9/3): Averaged 64.7 yards on seven kickoffs...Six of seven kickoffs were touchbacks...Made one tackle. at Pitt (9/10): Booted seven kickoffs for 424 yards...Averaged 60.6 yards per kickoff with four touchbacks. Temple (9/17): Had seven kickoffs with six touchbacks...Averaged 64.4 yards per kickoff. at Michigan (9/24): Averaged 53.0 yards on three kickoffs...Made one tackle. Minnesota (10/1): Hit six kickoffs for a 62.0 average...Had three touchbacks. Maryland (10/8): Logged two touchbacks on six kickoffs...Averaged 61.1 yards per kickoff. Ohio State (10/22): Averaged 59.3 yards on six kickoffs...Had one touchback...Made one tackle. at Purdue (10/29): Booted 11 kickoffs for 705 yards, an average of 64.1 yards per kickoff...Logged five touchbacks. Iowa (11/5): Averaged 64.3 yards per kickoff on seven kicks...Notched three touchbacks. at Indiana (11/12): Hit eight kickoffs for an average of 61.4 yards per kick...Had three touchbacks. at Rutgers (11/19): Booted nine kickoffs for an average of 58.1 yards per kick...Had four touchbacks. Michigan State (11/26): Averaged 64.1 yards on eight kickoffs...Had four touchbacks. vs. Wisconsin (12/3): Hit seven kickoffs for an average of 64.3 yards...Had four touchbacks.
➤ 2015 ➤ Redshirt Freshman Season
Awards: Selected to the BTN.com All-Freshman Team.
Season: Appeared in 11 games...Led the Big Ten and was No. 21 nationally with an .833 field goal percentage...Was one of 17 redshirt freshmen to see action...Converted his first career field goal and extra point at Temple. at Temple (9/5): Connected on his first career field goal attempt, a 34-yarder on Penn State's opening drive of the game...Converted his only extra point attempt...Averaged 65.0 yards on three kickoffs with one touchback. Buffalo (9/12): Connected on two-of-three field goals and converted all three extra points...Made field goals of 22 and 21 yards...Averaged 63.8 yards on six kickoffs. Rutgers (9/19): Converted all four extra point attempts...Averaged 63.6 yards per kickoff with four touchbacks. San Diego State (9/26): Connected on three-of-four field goals and all four extra points...Made a career-long 40 yarder in the first quarter...Knocked through a 24-yarder in the second quarter and a 26-yarder in the fourth quarter...Had a field goal blocked for the first time in his career, a 55-yard attempt...Averaged 64.1 yards on eight kickoffs with five touchbacks. Army (10/3): Was successful on both field goal attempts (37 and 27 yards) and both extra point tries...Averaged 64.0 yards on four kickoffs with one touchback. Indiana (10/10): Averaged 64.5 yards on six kickoffs. at Ohio State (10/17): Connected on his lone field goal attempt -- a 33-yarder to open the scoring...Also made his lone extra point attempt...Recorded his first career tackle. vs. Maryland (10/24): Was one-for-two on field goal attempts and made all four extra point tries...Connected from 40 yards in the second quarter to equal his season-long kick...Also kicked off six times for an average of 62.7 yards with one touchback. Illinois (10/31): Averaged 61.3 yards on three kickoffs. Michigan (11/21): Averaged 58.6 yards per kick on five kickoffs...Made one tackle on a kickoff return. vs. Georgia (1/2): Averaged 47.2 yards on four kickoffs.
➤ 2014 ➤ True Freshman Season
Redshirt season.
➤ High School
Lettered four times at Lower Dauphin High School as a kicker and punter under head coach Rob Klock...Two-time all-state selection as a kicker...Finished career 32-of-49 on field goal attempts...Of his 187 kickoffs, 141 went for touchbacks...Named to the USA Today All-Pennsylvania Team...Participated in the 2014 Big 33 Classic...Tallied a career-long 54-yard field goal for Lower Dauphin...Highly-touted soccer player in high school...Played Academy Soccer (traveling league) for four years...Ran track for one season.
➤ Personal
Full name is Joseph Thomas Julius...Son of Lawrence and Patricia Julius...Has two sisters, Madison and Abby...Father played for the Harrisburg Heat indoor soccer club...Sister, Madison, played field hockey at Wake Forest...First cousin, Cody Webster, was the Big Ten Punter of the Year in 2013 at Purdue...Hobbies include soccer, golf and basketball...Intends to major in telecommunications...Born March 26, 1995 in Milwaukee, Wis.