AT SAN JOSE STATE: In his fourth season with the Spartans... Two-time All-Mountain West honorable mention placekicker... Shares the San José State single-game record of four field goals in a game with Jens Alvernik (2011) and Austin Lopez (2012, 2014) ... First Spartan to convert four field goals in a game three times in a career... Originally joined the team for 2018 spring practice... Two-time San José State University Dean's Scholar and Academic All-Mountain West honoree... Heads into 2021 tied for eighth on the San José State career list for kick scoring points at 150.
2020: Repeated as an honorable mention All-Mountain West selection ... Made 9-of-11 field goal attempts and was a perfect 26-for-26 on PAT attempts ... ... Fifth Spartan in school history to convert all of his PAT attempts in a season... Tied the NCAA record for field goals in a quarter with four successful kicks in the second quarter of the Mountain West Championship game vs. Boise State (12/19) ... Finished the conference championship contest 4-for-4 on field goal attempts, including a season-long 36-yarder ... Had three games with multiple successful field goals ... Went 5-for-5 on PAT attempts twice (vs. New Mexico - 10/31 and at Hawai'i - 12/5) ... Ranked fifth in the Mountain West and 30th nationally with an 81.8 field goal percentage... Named to the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicking Award watch list.
2019: Realized one of the best seasons by a San Jose State placekicker... Honorable mention All-Mountain West... Team scoring leader with 97 points - #3 single-season kick scoring and #6 single-season scoring total by a Spartan... Converted 20-of-24 field goal attempts and 37-of-39 PAT tries... Successful on 16 consecutive field goal tries over a six-game span for the third longest streak in FBS football during the season ... Two-time Lou Groza Award Star of the Week and Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Week for kicking four field goals in a game in the New Mexico (10/4) and Army West Point (10/26) victories... One of six placekickers nationally to earn two Lou Groza Stars of the Week honors... Also was good for four field goals at Hawai'i (11/9)... Was 15-of-15 inside 40 yards... Season-long 49-yard field goal in the New Mexico win... Contributed to the triumph at Arkansas (9/21) with a 47-yard field goal... His 20 field goals for the season are the #2-single-season total by a Spartan... Tied for 27th nationally and was fifth in the Mountain West for field goal percentage (83.3 percent)... Tied for 14th in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and second in the conference for field goals per game (1.67 per game)... 34th nationally and second in the Mountain West scoring (8.1 ppg.)...Converted all his placekicking opportunities during 2019 spring scrimmages and the Spring Game to establish his claim for the open placekicking duties.
2018: Completed a redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in football (Jeff Carnazzo) and soccer at Palma High in Salinas, Calif. ... Helped the Palma football team win Monterey Bay Gabilan League in 2016... Played three seasons of soccer for the Chieftains.
MORE ON MATT: A humanities major... Interested in a career with the U.S. Army... Took three years of Chinese language classes in high school... He is a native of Monterey, Calif.
CAREER STATISTICS
| Scoring | G | XP-XPA | FG-FGA | Points | ||
| 2018...Redshirt | ||||||
| 2019...FR | 12 | 37-39 | 20-24 | 97 | ||
| 2020...SO | 8 | 26-26 | 9-11 | 53 | ||
| CAREER | 20 | 63-65 | 29-35 | 150 | ||
| Field Goals | 11-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | |
| 2019...FR | 0-0 | 10-10 | 5-5 | 5-9 | 0-0 | |
| 2020...SO | 0-0 | 4-4 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | |
| CAREER | 0-0 | 14-14 | 10-11 | 5-10 | 0-0 |