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2025 Football Roster
Jersey Number 43
Jay Billingsley
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- K
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 160
- Prev School:
- Gardner-Webb
- Hometown:
- Belton, S.C.
Previous School:
Student-Athlete Q&A
What made Liberty University the right place for you to attend college/compete at the collegiate level?
The coaching staff and the culture.
What is your most memorable athletic moment/accomplishment?
Setting school record 54-yard field goal at my previous school.
Favorite meal (breakfast/lunch/dinner) and what is that special meal?
Steak and mashed potatoes with a salad.
What is your favorite hobby outside of athletics?
Golf.
Do you have any current pets (name and type of animal)?
Hammy - French Bulldog, Champ - Mutt
Who was your favorite athlete growing up?
Cam Newton
What is your favorite possession and why?
My family.
What is your dream vacation spot and why?
Bora Bora.
- Transferred to Liberty from Gardner-Webb
- Saw playing time in 38 games during his four-year career (2021-24)
- Connected on 21-of-32 field goal attempts (65.6 percent)
- Also averaged 53.0 yards per kickoff (46 kicks for 2,436 yards)
- Successful on 131-of-132 extra point attempts
- Averaged a career-best 57.0 yards per kickoff attempt in 2024
- Finished the 2024 season with 25 kickoffs for 1,425 yards
- Long field goal kick of 54 yards in 2024
- Graduated from TL Hanna High School in Anderson, S.C.
- Earned All-State honors as a senior from the S.C. High School Coaches Association
- Finished career with 12 field goal makes in 16 attempts, with a long of 56 yards
- Made 116 career PAT kicks
- Also punted and kicked off
- Helped team to a 7-1 record as a senior
- Son of Stacey and James Billingsley
- Completed his undergraduate degree at Gardner-Webb
- Currently pursuing his master’s degree in business at Liberty
- Birthday is November 11
Student-Athlete Q&A
What made Liberty University the right place for you to attend college/compete at the collegiate level?
The coaching staff and the culture.
What is your most memorable athletic moment/accomplishment?
Setting school record 54-yard field goal at my previous school.
Favorite meal (breakfast/lunch/dinner) and what is that special meal?
Steak and mashed potatoes with a salad.
What is your favorite hobby outside of athletics?
Golf.
Do you have any current pets (name and type of animal)?
Hammy - French Bulldog, Champ - Mutt
Who was your favorite athlete growing up?
Cam Newton
What is your favorite possession and why?
My family.
What is your dream vacation spot and why?
Bora Bora.
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