2012 Football Roster
Roster
Matt Foster
- Position:
- Punter
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Melbourne, Australia
- HS / Prev Schools:
- Monash HS / Purdue
The "Punter from Down Under" played in his first American football game before 42,521 fans in the 2010 season opener at Baylor ... boomed a 43-yarder on his first attempt ... has handled punting duties for the past two seasons ... at age 26 is oldest player on the team ... came to Sam Houston as transfer from Purdue
2011 -- Second team All-Southland Conference punter ...ranked No. 3 in the league with 40.19 average ... averaged more than 40 yards per punt in eight games ... 23 punts inside the 20-yard line ... 14 fair catches ... six touchbacks ... long punt was 62 yards
2010 -- Ranked No. 6 in punting in the Southland ... 22 punts inside the 20-yard line ... 13 were fair-caught ... two were touchbacks ... long punt was 55 yards
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Walk-on punter for the Boilermakers, spending a year on the scout squad ... when Purdue didn't offer a scholarship, Purdue defensive coordinator and former assistant at Blinn Donn Landholm recommended Foster to the Bearkats
MELBOURNE MONASH UNIVERSITY
Grew up in Melbourne playing Australian rules football, where kicking is the ideal strategy for the game as players punt to advance the ball downfield
