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Jersey Number 53
Matt Hembrough
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 192
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Lisle, IL
- High School:
- Benet
Bio
Pronounced hem-BRO
2019 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2020 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2021 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2021 All-America Second Team - AFCA
2022 First Team Academic All-Big 12
An All-America long snapper who started for both punts and place kicks for four seasons and ended his career as a finalist for the Patrick Mannelly Award ... A four-time first team Academic All-Big 12 selection .. Expected to have a future as a long snapper in the NFL after he was perfect on more than 550 career snaps, including more than 275 snaps each on both punts and place kicks.
2022 (Super Senior): Was one of just three national finalists for the Patrick Mannelly Award, given to the best long snapper in the country ... Perfect on 84 snaps for punts and 64 snaps for place kicks to cap a long career without any missteps ... His 148 total long snaps were the most in the FBS according to Pro Football Focus ... Voted a season team captain by his teammates ... A first Team Academic All-Big 12 selection for the fourth straight season ... Served as a game captain vs. Arizona State, West Virginia and Wisconsin ... Named OSU’s Special Teams Player of the Week vs. Arizona State .. Credited with two solo tackles on the year, with one against Arizona State and another against Baylor.
2021 (Senior): Honored as a second team All-America selection by the AFCA in the first year they included the position as part of the team ... Included on the watch list for the Patrick Mannelly Award, given annually to nation’s best college long snapper ... Earned first team Academic All-Big 12 honors for the third consecutive season ... Snapped on both punts and placements in all 14 games without incident ... He was perfect on 149 total snaps during the season, ranking as the third-most snaps of any FBS long snapper according to Pro Football Focus ... PFF also listed him as the highest graded overall FBS long snapper with a minimum of 140 snaps on the year ... Credited with one tackle on the year, which came in the Fiesta Bowl win over No. 5 Notre Dame ... Served as a game captain in the season opener against Missouri State ... Played a significant role in Oklahoma State leading the Big 12 and ranking No. 2 in the FBS by allowing only 0.8 yards per punt return.
2020 (Junior): Earned first team Academic All-Big 12 honors for the second consecutive season ... Snapped on both punts and placements in all 11 games without incident ... Selected by the coaching staff as OSU’s special teams player of the game against Kansas State ... Was credited with one tackle on the year, which came in that win over the Wildcats ... Played a significant role in Oklahoma State leading the Big 12 and ranking among the FBS leaders by allowing only 1.5 yards per punt return.
2019 (Sophomore): A first team Academic All-Big 12 selection ... Earned a starting position snapping for both kicks and punts and snapped without incident all season ... Credited with one tackle against both Kansas and Texas A&M ... OSU did not allow a blocked punt all year and ranked fourth nationally in punt return defense, allowing only 1.6 yards per punt return.
2018 (Freshman): Did not see any game action.
2017: Redshirt.
High School: Played for coach Pat New at Benet Academy ... Also part of the lacrosse team.
Personal: Matt Hembrough was born May 17, 1999, in Naperville, Illinois ... Son of Jeff and Karen Hembrough ... His family includes Jeff Hembrough, who played football at Illinois State, Chris Hembrough, who played football and was on a national championship team at Miami, Mike Hembrough, who played football at Eastern Illinois and was drafted by the Broncos, and Doug Hembrough, who played football at Missouri ... Studied finance.
2019 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2020 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2021 First Team Academic All-Big 12
2021 All-America Second Team - AFCA
2022 First Team Academic All-Big 12
An All-America long snapper who started for both punts and place kicks for four seasons and ended his career as a finalist for the Patrick Mannelly Award ... A four-time first team Academic All-Big 12 selection .. Expected to have a future as a long snapper in the NFL after he was perfect on more than 550 career snaps, including more than 275 snaps each on both punts and place kicks.
2022 (Super Senior): Was one of just three national finalists for the Patrick Mannelly Award, given to the best long snapper in the country ... Perfect on 84 snaps for punts and 64 snaps for place kicks to cap a long career without any missteps ... His 148 total long snaps were the most in the FBS according to Pro Football Focus ... Voted a season team captain by his teammates ... A first Team Academic All-Big 12 selection for the fourth straight season ... Served as a game captain vs. Arizona State, West Virginia and Wisconsin ... Named OSU’s Special Teams Player of the Week vs. Arizona State .. Credited with two solo tackles on the year, with one against Arizona State and another against Baylor.
2021 (Senior): Honored as a second team All-America selection by the AFCA in the first year they included the position as part of the team ... Included on the watch list for the Patrick Mannelly Award, given annually to nation’s best college long snapper ... Earned first team Academic All-Big 12 honors for the third consecutive season ... Snapped on both punts and placements in all 14 games without incident ... He was perfect on 149 total snaps during the season, ranking as the third-most snaps of any FBS long snapper according to Pro Football Focus ... PFF also listed him as the highest graded overall FBS long snapper with a minimum of 140 snaps on the year ... Credited with one tackle on the year, which came in the Fiesta Bowl win over No. 5 Notre Dame ... Served as a game captain in the season opener against Missouri State ... Played a significant role in Oklahoma State leading the Big 12 and ranking No. 2 in the FBS by allowing only 0.8 yards per punt return.
2020 (Junior): Earned first team Academic All-Big 12 honors for the second consecutive season ... Snapped on both punts and placements in all 11 games without incident ... Selected by the coaching staff as OSU’s special teams player of the game against Kansas State ... Was credited with one tackle on the year, which came in that win over the Wildcats ... Played a significant role in Oklahoma State leading the Big 12 and ranking among the FBS leaders by allowing only 1.5 yards per punt return.
2019 (Sophomore): A first team Academic All-Big 12 selection ... Earned a starting position snapping for both kicks and punts and snapped without incident all season ... Credited with one tackle against both Kansas and Texas A&M ... OSU did not allow a blocked punt all year and ranked fourth nationally in punt return defense, allowing only 1.6 yards per punt return.
2018 (Freshman): Did not see any game action.
2017: Redshirt.
High School: Played for coach Pat New at Benet Academy ... Also part of the lacrosse team.
Personal: Matt Hembrough was born May 17, 1999, in Naperville, Illinois ... Son of Jeff and Karen Hembrough ... His family includes Jeff Hembrough, who played football at Illinois State, Chris Hembrough, who played football and was on a national championship team at Miami, Mike Hembrough, who played football at Eastern Illinois and was drafted by the Broncos, and Doug Hembrough, who played football at Missouri ... Studied finance.
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