John Cannon

Position:
Kicker
Height:
5-9
Weight:
175
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
High School:
University HS

• 2024 CSC Academic All-District

2024: Named to the 2024 CSC Academic All-District team...went 12-of-16 on field goals, including a career-long 53-yarder and 4-of-6 over 40 yards, and 47-48 on PAT as finished second on the team scoring 83 points on the season...continued a string of consecutive made PAT to 64 before missing vs. Miami...the 64-straight stands as the second-longest streak in USF history...made two field goals, including a career high 53-yard attempt in the season opener against B-CU (8/31)...made three out of four field goal attempts against Alabama (9/7), hitting from 22, 25 and 34 yards…made seven out of seven field PAT attempts and ran the ball once for 17 yards at Southern Miss (9/14)…made a 45-yard field goal against Miami (9/21)…made a 45-yard field goal at Tulane (9/28)...made one out of two field goals at FAU (11/1), hitting from 34 yards…made one field goal at Charlotte (11/16), hitting from 33 yards...named MVP of the Hawai' Bowl (12.24) after going 3-for-3 on field goals (a USF bowl record) and scoring 13 points (a USF bowl record for a kicker)...he hit a game tying 41-yard field goal - the longest in USF bowl history - with two seconds to play as well as a 36-yarder in the second overtime to tie the game and send it to an eventual five overtime, 41-39 USF victory.

2023: Handled FG kicking duties in all 13 games...Finished season 10 for 15 on FGs with a long of 45 yards, and made all 46 XP attempts to finish with 76 points...Knocked in his first career field goal for 37 yards in the season opener vs WKU (9/2). Recorded a 44-yard field goal vs #13 Alabama (9/16)...Set career-long with 45-yard kick at UCONN (10/21)...Made field goals from 41 and 44 yards vs Temple (11/11) to total five field goals of 40 yards or more this season, (40, 41, 41, 44, and 45).

2022: Saw action in one game…redshirt season.

2021: Redshirt season.

UNIVERSITY HS/TRU PREP ACADEMY: Cannon played his senior season with TRU Prep Academy, which absorbed players from his NSU University High School (program was idle due to COVID-19)...earned first-team Class 2A all-state selection...made 12-of-13 field goals his senior year at Tru Prep...made 16 of 20 field goal attempts and 137 of 149 PAT in his career at University HS, scoring 176 points…in his junior campaign, he went 10-of-13 on field goals and 35-of-37 on PAT, connecting on a long field goal of 40 yards…as a sophomore earned first team all-state honors after going 6-of-7 on field goals and 68-of-72 on PAT with a career-best 43-yard field goal...recruited by Brown, Dartmouth, Harvard and Nebraska.

PERSONAL: Born December 9, 2002...the son of Ann and Marc Cannon...named to the Athletics Honor Roll in the Fall of 2023 and the Spring of 2024.

CANNON’S CAREER HIGHS
Longest XP streak: 46, after vs. Charlotte (11/25/23)
Most Points in game: 12, vs. Charlotte (11/25/23)
Long Kick: 53, vs. Bethune-Cookman (8/31/24)