#36 Cameron Gamble Season 2024
Possesses one of the strongest legs of any recent LSU kicker … Has tremendous hang time on his kicks … Has served as the Tigers’ kickoff specialist the last three seasons with experience in 28 games, including all 12 his junior season.
JUNIOR SEASON (2016)
Took sole possession of kickoff duties his junior season … Kicked off 63 times with a 61.2-yard average per kickoff with 14 touchbacks … Set a pair of career highs in kickoffs with 10 and kickoff yards with 567 in LSU’s record-breaking win at Texas A&M … Also set a new career high kickoff average of 65 yards against Alabama and at Auburn … Totaled 400 or more kickoff yards in games against Missouri, Southern Miss, Ole Miss, Arkansas and A&M.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2015)
Saw action in nine games and split kickoff duties with Trent Domingue for a second-straight season … Kicked off 43 times with a 57.8-yard average per kickoff, producing five touchbacks … Set a new career high with nine kickoffs in LSU’s 56-27 blowout victory over Texas Tech in the Texas Bowl … Had eight kickoffs for a career-best 481 yards in the win against Western Kentucky … Kicked off all six times versus Florida and recorded three touchbacks … Saw his first action of 2015 against Eastern Michigan when he kicked off three times.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2014)
Played in seven games as he shared kickoff duties with Trent Domingue for the first six games of the season and then again against Notre Dame in the Music City Bowl … Had a total of 17 kickoffs with seven going for touchbacks … Produced three touchbacks on five attempts in season-opener against 14th-ranked Wisconsin … Added three touchbacks on four attempts against New Mexico State.
HIGH SCHOOL
Right-footed kicker that was rated as one of the top prep kickers in the country, possessing a powerful leg and considered cool under pressure … Ranked as a three-star prospect by Scout.com, ESPN.com, and the 247Sports composite … Listed as high as the No. 6 place kicker nationally by ESPN.com and ranked as the ninth-best kicker in the nation by Chris Sailer … Specializes in kickoffs, putting 19 in the end zone for touchbacks as a senior … Converted a long field goal of 44 yards … Highly regarded in specialist circles by both the Chris Sailer Kicking School as well as the Kohl Kicking camp … Coached by Scott Campbell.
PERSONAL
Parents are Calandra and Wendell Gamble … Born Nov. 30, 1995 … Majoring in software engineering.
CAMERON GAMBLE’S CAREER HIGHS
Kickoffs: 10 at Texas A&M, 2016
Kickoff Yards: 567 at Texas A&M, 2016
Kickoff Avg.: 65.0, twice, (Last: vs. Alabama, 2016; First: at Auburn, 2016)
Touchbacks: 3, 3x (Last: vs. Florida, 2015; First: vs. Wisconsin, 2014)
GAMBLE‘S CAREER KICKOFF STATISTICS
Year |
G-GS
|
No.
|
Yds.
|
Avg,
|
TB
|
OB
|
2014 |
7-0
|
17
|
1,043
|
61.4
|
7
|
1
|
2015 |
9-0
|
43
|
2,484
|
57.8
|
5
|
2
|
2016 |
12-0
|
63
|
3,857
|
61.2
|
14
|
3
|
Totals
|
28-0
|
123
|
7,384
|
60.0
|
26
|
6
|