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Ammendola, Matt
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Jersey Number 49
Matt Ammendola
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Lansdale, PA
- High School:
- North Penn
Bio
2016 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2017 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2018 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2019 CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District
2019 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2019 Honorable Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches)
2019 William V. Campbell Trophy Semifinalist
2019 Dr. L.L. Boger Award for academic and athletic achievement
Finished his career ranked third among all active players in the FBS with 359 career points scored ... Ranks in the top five in school history in points scored, field goals made, field goals attempted, field goal percentage, PATs made and PATs attempted.
2019 (Senior): Tied for third in the Big 12 and tied for first among kickers with 108 points scored ... His 8.3 points scored per game ranked 29th in the FBS ... Ranked in the top 25 nationally in field goals made per game (21st, 1.54) ... Converted 20 of his 26 field goal attempts on the year, including seven of 11 from 40 yards or longer ... His longest field goal was a 49-yarder that came at an important time during the Cowboys’ 34-27 road win at No. 23 Iowa State ... Also made a 40-yarder in that same game ... Knocked in four field goals as part of the Cowboys’ 26-13 win over No. 24 Kansas State and had three field goals made against both No. 7 Oklahoma and at No. 13 Texas ... Successful on each of his first 13 field goal attempts to start the season and made each of his final five field goals to close the regular season ... Earned first-team Academic All-Big 12 honors for the fourth straight season and was a CoSIDA first team Academic All-District selection ... Served as a game captain against TCU.
2018 (Junior): Ranked fourth in the Big 12 in scoring with 109 points, marking his second straight season with at least 100 points scored ... Made 12 of his first 13 field goals to start the season, with two 48-yard makes included in that streak ... Endured a rough patch where he missed five of his next six field goal attempts following his hot start, but rebounded to make his final three attempts of the season ... Connected on three field goal attempts of 40 yards or longer ... Served as a game captain against Texas Tech.
2017 (Sophomore): A first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection for the second consecutive season ... Handled all of OSU’s placekicking duties as well as a vast majority of the kickoffs ... Made 23 field goals - the third-highest single season total in OSU history - during his first full season as the Cowboys’ placekicker ... The Big 12’s leading scorer with 139 points (23 FG, 70 PAT) ... Led the conference and ranked fifth in the FBS with 23 made field goals ... His 139 points scored also ranks as the seventh-best single-season total for an OSU player ... Sent a career-high three field goals through the uprights at South Alabama, which included a career-long 53-yard attempt ... Earned Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week honors after his performance at South Alabama ... Also tallied three made field goals against Kansas and against Virginia Tech during the Camping World Bowl ... Made all 70 of his PAT attempts, which ranks as the fourth most by a kicker in a season in program history ... Recorded 35 touchbacks on 104 kickoffs and averaged 60.1 yards per kick.
2016 (Freshman): A first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection ... Handled the vast majority of OSU’s kickoff duties, kicking off 88 times with 41 touchbacks and an average of 63.1 yards ... A large part of why OSU led the Big 12 and ranked 19th nationally in kickoff coverage at 18.3 yards per return ... His kickoffs also helped the Cowboys lead the nation in opponent starting field position ... Made a 53-yard field goal vs. Central Michigan in his only attempt of the season.
2015: Redshirt
High School: Coached by Dick Beck at North Penn High School ... Set a school record with a 56-yard field goal during his junior season ... Named first team all-district and first team East Pennsylvania ... Was 9-for-15 on field goal attempts as a senior and 7-for-11 as a junior ... His nine made field goals as a senior also set a school record ... Also played baseball and soccer ... Part of the National Society of High School Scholars, ski and board club, Upper Dublin Soccer Buddies and Challenger Football
Personal: Matt Ammendola was born Dec. 11, 1996, in Philadelphia, Pa. ... Son of Sal and Jan Ammendola ... Studying health education and promotion with an option in exercise and health.
2017 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2018 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2019 CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District
2019 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2019 Honorable Mention All-Big 12 (Coaches)
2019 William V. Campbell Trophy Semifinalist
2019 Dr. L.L. Boger Award for academic and athletic achievement
Finished his career ranked third among all active players in the FBS with 359 career points scored ... Ranks in the top five in school history in points scored, field goals made, field goals attempted, field goal percentage, PATs made and PATs attempted.
2019 (Senior): Tied for third in the Big 12 and tied for first among kickers with 108 points scored ... His 8.3 points scored per game ranked 29th in the FBS ... Ranked in the top 25 nationally in field goals made per game (21st, 1.54) ... Converted 20 of his 26 field goal attempts on the year, including seven of 11 from 40 yards or longer ... His longest field goal was a 49-yarder that came at an important time during the Cowboys’ 34-27 road win at No. 23 Iowa State ... Also made a 40-yarder in that same game ... Knocked in four field goals as part of the Cowboys’ 26-13 win over No. 24 Kansas State and had three field goals made against both No. 7 Oklahoma and at No. 13 Texas ... Successful on each of his first 13 field goal attempts to start the season and made each of his final five field goals to close the regular season ... Earned first-team Academic All-Big 12 honors for the fourth straight season and was a CoSIDA first team Academic All-District selection ... Served as a game captain against TCU.
2018 (Junior): Ranked fourth in the Big 12 in scoring with 109 points, marking his second straight season with at least 100 points scored ... Made 12 of his first 13 field goals to start the season, with two 48-yard makes included in that streak ... Endured a rough patch where he missed five of his next six field goal attempts following his hot start, but rebounded to make his final three attempts of the season ... Connected on three field goal attempts of 40 yards or longer ... Served as a game captain against Texas Tech.
2017 (Sophomore): A first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection for the second consecutive season ... Handled all of OSU’s placekicking duties as well as a vast majority of the kickoffs ... Made 23 field goals - the third-highest single season total in OSU history - during his first full season as the Cowboys’ placekicker ... The Big 12’s leading scorer with 139 points (23 FG, 70 PAT) ... Led the conference and ranked fifth in the FBS with 23 made field goals ... His 139 points scored also ranks as the seventh-best single-season total for an OSU player ... Sent a career-high three field goals through the uprights at South Alabama, which included a career-long 53-yard attempt ... Earned Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week honors after his performance at South Alabama ... Also tallied three made field goals against Kansas and against Virginia Tech during the Camping World Bowl ... Made all 70 of his PAT attempts, which ranks as the fourth most by a kicker in a season in program history ... Recorded 35 touchbacks on 104 kickoffs and averaged 60.1 yards per kick.
2016 (Freshman): A first-team Academic All-Big 12 selection ... Handled the vast majority of OSU’s kickoff duties, kicking off 88 times with 41 touchbacks and an average of 63.1 yards ... A large part of why OSU led the Big 12 and ranked 19th nationally in kickoff coverage at 18.3 yards per return ... His kickoffs also helped the Cowboys lead the nation in opponent starting field position ... Made a 53-yard field goal vs. Central Michigan in his only attempt of the season.
2015: Redshirt
High School: Coached by Dick Beck at North Penn High School ... Set a school record with a 56-yard field goal during his junior season ... Named first team all-district and first team East Pennsylvania ... Was 9-for-15 on field goal attempts as a senior and 7-for-11 as a junior ... His nine made field goals as a senior also set a school record ... Also played baseball and soccer ... Part of the National Society of High School Scholars, ski and board club, Upper Dublin Soccer Buddies and Challenger Football
Personal: Matt Ammendola was born Dec. 11, 1996, in Philadelphia, Pa. ... Son of Sal and Jan Ammendola ... Studying health education and promotion with an option in exercise and health.
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