The Montreal Alouettes re-signed punter Joseph Zema to a one-year contract extension through the 2027 season on Tuesday. He was already under contract for the 2026 season.
Joseph Zema is six foot and weighs 215 pounds. The 31-year-old from Melbourne, Victoria, in 2025 punted the ball 98 times for 4,694 yards (47.9 AVG) with a long of 63 yards, completed one pass for seven yards, one tackle, and made one tackle on special teams in 18 games. He was named an East All-Star in 2025. He led the CFL with 12 punts inside the 10-yard line.
In 2019, he played for the San Antonio Gunslingers of the Alliance of American Football, punting the ball 37 times for 1,695 yards (45.8 AVG) with a long of 69 yards, and two tackles (2 solos) in five games before the league folded.
The Montreal Alouettes drafted Zema in the first round (6th pick) in the 2021 CFL Global Draft. In 2021, he punted the ball 90 times for 4,071 yards (45.2 AVG) with a long of 67 yards in 14 games. A year later, Zema punted the ball 85 times for 4,017 yards (AVG) with a long of 65 yards in 18 games, finishing fourth in the league.
In 2023, Zema punted the ball 101 times for 4,772 yards (47.2 AVG) with a long of 69 yards, and one tackle on special teams in 18 games, helping the Alouettes win the 110th Grey Cup over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
In 2024, he punted the ball 106 times for 4,947 yards (46.7 AVG) with a long of 61 yards, one tackle, and one tackle on special teams in 18 games. Zema re-signed with the Alouettes on December 4, 2024.
Collegiately, Zema played one season at Incarnate Word in 2017 with 77 punts for 3,595 yards (46.7 AVG), five touchbacks, 20 from inside the 20-yard line, 31 from 50-plus yards, and three kickoffs for 188 yards. Before Incarnate Word, Zema graduated from Australian Catholic University in 2015 with a degree in Exercise Sport Science.
