Norfolk State University Athletics

2017 (Junior)
Filled a number of roles on NSU’s special teams units … Was 0-for-1 on field goal attempts and 5-for-6 on extra points … Was 1-of-1 on PATs against FAMU and 4-of-4 at N.C. Central … Also kicked off 17 times on the year, netting one touchback … Also saw some time as the team’s long snapper and holder.

2016 (Sophomore)
Served as NSU’s primary punter for the second year in a row … Punted 58 times for 1,917 yards (33.05 average) … Had 17 punts fair-caught and 11 land inside the opponents’ 20-yard line … Averaged 37.7 yards on three punts in the opener against Elizabeth City State … Had a season-high 10 punts at Richmond, with three landing inside the UR 20 …  Had six punts fair-caught at William & Mary and seven against Morgan State … Also had four kicks land inside the 20 against MSU … Booted a career-long 54-yard punt at North Carolina A&T … Missed the last two games of the year due to injury.

2015 (Freshman)
Handled the punting duties during his freshman season … Punted 69 time for a 33.9-yard average … Booted a long punt of 53 yards, with 15 punts landing inside the opponents’ 20-yard line … 17 of his 69 punts were fair-caught … Punted five times for a 39.6-yard average, his highest average of the season, in the game at Old Dominion … Hit a 53-yarder, his longest punt of the year, in that game … Punted a season-high 10 times in the Marshall game, nine against N.C. A&T and eight against N.C. Central … Averaged 39.0 yards on five punts against Hampton … Also had a 50-yard boot against Bethune-Cookman.

High School
First-team All-PenSouth Conference kicker and punter as a senior at Hampton … Was 3-for-4 on field goal tries as a senior, including a game-winning 35-yarder on the final play of a victory over Kecoughtan … Tallied 50 points during his final year at HHS … Was also a soccer standout for the Crabbers … Earned second-team all-conference honors as a goalkeeper his junior and senior seasons … Made 106 saves in goal as a senior … Also swam for four years and was on the golf team for two at Hampton.

Personal
Robert E. Lomax IV was born on Nov. 8, 1996 … Goes by Bo … Son of Chip and Dawn Lomax … Majoring in sociology.

Career Highs
Punts: 10 (2x, last at Richmond, 9-10-16)
Game Avg.: 39.6 (at Old Dominion, 9-12-15)
Longest Punt: 54 (at N.C. A&T, 10-6-16)
I20: 4 (vs. Morgan State, 10-29-16)
PAT: 4 (at N.C. Central, 10-21-17)