Jamieson Sheahan has been selected by Winnipeg in the 2023 Canadian Football League Global Draft.
Blue Bombers Take Former Cal Punter, Australian Native Eighth Overall
Former California football punter and Australian native Jamieson Sheahan was selected Tuesday by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers with the eighth overall pick in the 2023 Canadian Football League Global Draft. The event is a selection of non-Canadian and non-American players.
Below are notes on Sheahan with his extended bio available by clicking on his name.
Jamieson Sheahan, Punter, 6-0, 205, Bendigo, Australia/Geelong Grammar School
FBS Collegiate Career (Cal, 2020-22)
Cal Degree – Bachelor’s, Interdisciplinary Studies (May 2022); Graduate Certificate (Business Administration, December 2021)
Pronunciation
JAM-uh-sun SHE-un
After Cal
– Participated in Cal’s Pro Day and went through a position workout
FBS Collegiate Career (Cal, 2020-22)
– Played in 28 career games and averaged 43.5 yards per punt that is third on Cal’s all-time list with his 141 punts covering 6135 yards while forcing opponents into 59 fair catches, pinning them inside their 20-yard line 34 times and recording 28 punts of 50+ yards
– A second-team All-Pac-12 selection in a vote of the league’s coaches, as well as of the Associated Press and Pro Football Focus as a 2022 senior when he played in all 12 games and ranked second in the Pac-12 and 15th nationally with a 45.1 yards per punt average that was 0.5 yards behind the single-season school record of 45.6 established by Bryan Anger in 2010
– His 65 punts, 2934 punting yards, pinning opponents inside their 20-yard line on 21 occasions, and 20 punts of 50 or more yards in 2022 were also career bests
– Forced opponents into a career-high 27 fair catches as a 2021 senior
– Holder on all 38 of Cal’s field goal and 73 extra-point attempts from 2020-22
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