Tristan Mattson

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Position:
Placekicker
Height:
6-2
Weight:
180
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Clarkston, Mich.
High School:
Clarkston H.S.
Previous School:
Arkansas State
Major:
Community Development/Community Services
Twitter:
@MattsonTdog12
Instagram:
tristan_mattson

CAREER

Concludes two-year career at Central Michigan with 124 points, 23-32 on field goals, and 55-59 on point after attempts … concludes career ranked among school’s career record holders in a variety of statistics: No. 17 in point after attempts kicks made (55), No. 11 in field goals made (23), and No. 5 in field goal percentage (71.8 percent, 23-32) … concludes career ranked among the school’s season record holders in a variety of statistics: No. 4 in field goals made (16) and set the school record in season field goal percentage (88.9, 16-18) … holds the record for longest field goal in school history and longest field goal in Kelly/Shorts Stadium history, a 58-yarder vs. Akron on Oct. 14, 2023 … kicked three game-winning field goals.

2024

As a senior placekicker, saw action in 12 all games … named MAC Placekicker of the Year and First Team All-MAC by College Football Network … named a preseason Second Team All-MAC pick by College Football Network … earned Third Team All-MAC honors by Phil Steele Magazine … three-time MAC Special Teams Player of the Week honoree (Sept. 30, Oct. 21, and Nov. 25) … converted 16-18 field goals with a long of 56 yards, 24-26 point after attempts and led CMU in scoring with 72 points on the year … converted two 50-plus yard field goals … also registered 32 touchbacks in 44 kickoffs for 2730 yards … ranked No. 15 in the nation and led the MAC in field goal percentage (88.9, 16-18), ranked No. 35 in the nation and No. 3 in the MAC in field goals per game (1.33) … concluded season by converting five consecutive field goal attempts … kicked a 40-yard field goal and converted a PAT in season finale at Northern Illinois (11/30) … converted 3-3 field goals (36, 47, 30 yards) and one PAT, scored 10 of CMU’s 16 points vs. Western Michigan (11/19) … kicked a 34-ayrd field goal, converted a PAT at Toledo (11/12) … scored 10 points, converted 4-4 PATs, and kicked two 50-yard field goals (56 and 51 yards), registered four touchbacks on kickoffs at Eastern Michigan (10/19) … converted the game-winning 46-yard field goal as time expired, 3-3 field goals including field goals of 25, 34, and 46 yards, scored 10 points and registered four touchbacks in win over San Diego State (9/28) … converted 33-yard field goal, four PATs, and had six touchbacks vs. Ball State (9/21) … kicked 3-3 field goals of 32, 29, and 25 yards with three touchbacks on kickoffs at Illinois (9/14) … registered a career-high eight touchbacks in nine kickoffs, hit a 26-yard field goal and was 8-8 on PATs, scored 11 points in season opener vs. Central Connecticut State (8/29).

2023

As a redshirt junior, saw action in all 12 games as CMU’s placekicker … set record for longest field goal in school history, stadium history, and longest field goal in the MAC in 2023 (58 yarder) vs. Akron (10/14) … ranked No. 2 on the squad in scoring with 52 points, converted 7-14 field goals and 31-33 point after attempts, registered 25 touchbacks in 52 kickoffs for 3,203 yards (61.6 average per kick) and 39.8 net yards per kickoff … converted 1-2 field goals and one touchback out of two kickoffs in season finale vs. Toledo (11/24) … converted 4-4 point after attempts and two touchbacks at Western Michigan (11/7) … scored seven points, converted 4-4 PATs, 1-2 field goals (35 yarder) and two touchbacks vs. Northern Illinois (10/31) … converted 2-2 PATs, one field goal (45-yarder) and one touchback at Ball State (10/21) … set school-record with 58-yard field goal and converted 2-2 PATs vs. Akron (10/14) … converted 3-3 PATs, 27-yard field goal, and two touchbacks vs. Eastern Michigan (9/30) … registered five touchbacks in six kickoffs and 4-5 PATs at South Alabama (9/23) … had three touchbacks in four kickoffs, kicked a 23-yard field goal, and 2-2 PATs at Notre Dame (9/16) … scored a season-high nine points, converted a game-winning 47-yard field goal as time expired, was a perfect 6-6 PATs, had six touchbacks in seven kickoffs vs. New Hampshire (9/9) … converted PAT in season opener at Michigan State (9/1).

2022 AT ARKANSAS STATE

Handled kickoffs at Arkansas State … Saw action in all 12 games for the Red Wolves … Registered 27 touchbacks on 63 kickoffs on year … Accumulated a kickoff average of 60.8 yards (63-3,829).

2021 AT ARKANSAS STATE

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 AT ARKANSAS STATE

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 AT ARKANSAS STATE

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

A 2019 graduate of Clarkston High School, where he played two years of varsity football for Head Coach Kurt Richardson … 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 Tristan Mattson on June 18, 2000 … mother graduated from Central Michigan … majors in Community Development with Concentration in Community Services.