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2021 Football Roster

90 Matt Campbell

  • Class Junior
  • Position P
  • Ht. / Wt. 6-1 / 227
  • Hometown Dacula, Ga.
  • High School Mill Creek

Biography

2021 Preseason First-Team All-Southern Conference
2020-21 First-Team All-Southern Conference (coaches)
2020-21 First-Team All-Southern Conference (media)
2020 Preseason First-Team All-Southern Conference
2020 Phil Steele Magazine Preseason First-Team All-Southern Conference
2019 First-Team All-Southern Conference (coaches)
2019 First-Team All-Southern Conference (media)
2019 HERO Sports First-Team All-Southern Conference
2019 Phil Steele Magazine First-Team All-Southern Conference
2019 HERO Sports Preseason Third-Team All-American
2018 FCS Phil Steele Magazine Freshman Special Teams Player of the Year
2018 HERO Sport FCS First-Team Freshman All-American
2018 First-Team All-Southern Conference (coaches)
2018 First-Team All-Southern Conference (media)
2018 Southern Conference All-Freshman Team

2020-21: Averaged 41.6 yards on 54 punts…had nine punts over 50 yards and 17 downed inside the 20-yard line…averaged season-best 51.8 yards on five punts against Samford, including three punts over 50 yards…kicked season-long 62-yard punt against ETSU.

2019: Averaged a league-best 44.1 yards on 35 punts…Ten punts traveled over 50 yards with 13 being downed inside the 20-yard line…averaged 47.7 yards on six punts, including a long of 67, against Elon…booted four punts over 50 yards and averaged 49.6 yards on five punts at Chattanooga.

2018: Led the conference in punting at 44.4 yards per punt on 51 kicks…average is the second highest in school history…averaged over44 yards per punt in seven games, including 50.2 yards on four punts against Western Carolina…had at least one punt over 50 yards in nine games, including each of the last six games…had 16 punts over 50 yards, including a career-long 68-yarder at Alabama…had 22 punts downed inside the 20-yard line.

HIGH SCHOOL: Two-year starter as placekicker and punter at Mill Creek High School in Dacula, Ga…earned All-Region 6-7A and All-County honors as a punter and kicker…punted 30 times with a 39.5-yard average with 13 punts downed inside the 20…was 5-of-6 on field goal attempts with kicks made from 53 and 51 yards…had an 88 percent touchback ration with 48 during his senior season…earned his first letter in football with a 38.0 yard average punting as a junior in helping Mill Creek to a 2016 Region Championship…also a three-year letterman in soccer and an honor student in high school.

PERSONAL: Son of Greg and Susan Campbell…father played soccer at Young Harris…majoring in electrical engineering.

Statistics

Season:
2021

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 90

    2018Freshman

    Kicker/Punter
    6'1" 227 lbs
    90
  • 90

    2019Sophomore

    Punter
    6'1" 227 lbs
    90
  • 90

    2020-21Junior

    Punter
    6'1" 227 lbs
    90
  • 90

    2021Junior

    Punter
    6'1" 227 lbs
    90

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