Daniel Cadona

Photo by: Brad Kemp

Photo by: Buffy Massey

Photo by: Brad Kemp

Position:
P
Ht./Wt.:
6-4 / 218
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Darwin, NT, Australia
High School:
Toowoomba

2013 (Junior): Native Australian handled the punting chores in all 13 games. . . prior to coming to Louisiana, he had never put on a football uniform let alone played in an organized football game. . . punted 53 times for 2,210 yards, and a 41.7 average, owning 11 kicks of 50 yards or better and 17 punts downed inside the 20. . . ranked third in the Sun Belt in punting average. . . opened career by punting five times for a 43.6 average at Arkansas (8/31/13). . . had a 44.5 average on four punts at WKU (10/15/13). . . over the last four regular-season games, punted 15 times for a 47.3 average. . . capped off season by setting career-highs for punts (8) and yards (384) at South Alabama (12/7/13), averaging 48.0 yards to earn Sun Belt Conference Special Teams Player of the Week honors. . . punted seven times in the New Orleans Bowl against Tulane downing three inside the 20. . . earned first letter.

Grammar School: Played both Australian Rules Football and Rugby while attending Toowoomba Grammar School. . . represented the Northern Territory in the Australian Rules Football Under 18 state tournament in both 2006 and 2007. . . caught the attention of college coaches when he averaged almost 50 yards per punt at a kicking camp in Las Vegas. . . a three-star recruit, he was ranked as the No. 3 punting prospect nationally by Scout.com. . . chose Louisiana over UCLA.

Personal: Born Jan. 10, 1988 in Canberra, Australia. . . son of Ray and Julie Cadona. . . is one of six children, having three brothers (Jacob, Jorge & Vincent) and two sisters (Claudia & Grace). . . general studies major.