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47 Tristan Mattson

  • Position Kicker
  • Class Redshirt Freshman
  • Highschool Clarkston HS
  • Hometown Clarkston, Mich.

Biography

2021: Appeared in all 12 contests as the primary kicker on kickoffs for the Red Wolves … Recorded 59 kickoffs for 3,659 total yards … Posted a season-high eight kickoffs against Central Arkansas for 497 yards … Of his 59 kickoffs, 26 were tallied as touchbacks … Finished with a career-high six touchbacks at Tulsa … Started the season with back-to-back games with four touchbacks against Central Arkansas and Memphis … Averaged 62.0 yards per kickoff … Had a career-high kickoff average of 65.0 against Appalachian State. 

2020: Played in three games, exclusively handling kickoffs ... Finished the season with 16 kickoffs covering 927 yards for a 57.9 average per attempt ... Totals included five touchbacks ... Best single-game average of 61.6 yards per kickoff came against Louisiana-Monroe when he also had a season-high nine attempts.

2019: Played in three games before redshirting his true freshman season ... Kicked off 18 times for 898 yards for a 49.9 average ... Posted one kickoff for a touchback ... Enrolled at A-State in the fall of 2019, but counted toward the 2020 recruiting class.

High School: Varsity football, soccer and track & field letterman at Clarkston High School ... Senior season attempted 70 kickoffs for 3,779 yards with 31 touchbacks ... Made 32-of-36 extra point attempts ... Connected on 14-of-18 field goal attempts ...  Six of his 14 makes were from at least 40 yards out ... Led the team in scoring with 74 points ... Also handled punting duties, posting 32 attempts for 1,145 yards and a 35.8 average ... Named his high school team’s Special Teams Player of the Year ... Clarkston News Athlete of the Week ... USA Today, Detroit Free Press and Detroit News Division I All-State Dream Team ... As a junior in 2017 made 25 extra points and two field goals to finish the season with 31 points ... Attempted 65 kickoffs for 3,490 yards with 24 touchbacks ... Helped lead Middleton to a state championship as a junior ... 2017 Middleton HS Special Teams Player of the Year ... Competed in the 100 and 200 meter dashes in track and field ... Named Middleton’s fall Soccer MVP in 2015.

Personal: Born June 18, 2000.

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Historical Player Information

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    2019Freshman

    K
    6'2" 172 lbs
    47
  • 47

    2020Redshirt Freshman

    K
    6'2" 172 lbs
    47
  • 47

    2021Redshirt Freshman

    Kicker
    6'2" 170 lbs
    47