Florida State University Athletics
2021 Football Roster
Roster
James Rosenberry Jr.
- Position:
- Long Snapper
- Year:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Height:
- 6-0
- Hometown:
- Delaware, Ohio
- Weight:
- 226
- High School:
- Olentangy
- Other College:
- Maryland
2023:
Served as FSU’s primary snapper in all 14 games…AFCA first-team All-American…All-ACC Academic Team…Don Powell Award…helped FSU rank third nationally in net punting average…held for All-ACC kicker Ryan Fitzgerald, who led ACC with 58 PATs, 14 more than next-closest kicker, 77 total made kicks and 115 points.2022:
Played in all 13 games as FSU’s primary long snapper…recorded one tackle in 45-38 victory vs. Florida…All-ACC Academic Team…ACC Honor Roll...Seminole Scholar…snapped for punts and field goals in each game…punter Alex Mastromanno forced fair catch on nine punts and landed 14 inside 20-yard line with only three touchbacks…kicker Ryan Fitzgerald ranked eighth in ACC with 93 total points scored and twice tied his single-game career-high of 11 points.
2021:
Played in all 12 games as FSU’s primary long snapper…recorded two tackles…ACC Honor Roll…Seminole Scholar…snapped for punts in all 12 games…Florida State’s net punting average of 41.0 yards per punt ranked third in ACC…added field goal and PAT snapping duties for final eight games of season…punter Alex Mastromanno forced fair catch on 33 punts and landed 18 inside 20-yard line and was only punter in ACC’s top 10 without touchback in 2021…kicker Ryan Fitzgerald was 7-for-8 on field goal attempts and 25-for-26 on PAT attempts with Rosenberry as his snapper.
BEFORE FSU:
Graduate transfer from Maryland…appeared in 17 games and was two-year starter at long snapper for Terrapins…named Academic All-Big Ten in 2019 and 2020…started all five games in 2020, snapping for punters who combined to average 39.0 yards per punt…started all 12 games in 2019, helping Terrapins rank 12th in ESPN’s special teams efficiency rating while snapping to pair of freshman punters…duo averaged 40.3 yards per punt with 20 inside 20-yard line…redshirted in 2018…ranked as nation’s No. 7 snapper by Kohls Long Snapping and No. 8 snapper by ESPN in class of 2018…selected for 2018 Blue-Gray All-American Bowl…helped Braves reach regional semifinal round of Division I state playoffs in senior season…also played lacrosse and was on swim team at Olentangy…earned finance degree from Maryland in 2021…pursuing master’s in entrepreneurship.
