Spring 2021 Football Roster
Roster
Matt McRobert
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- P
- Hometown:
- Berowra, Australia
- HS / Prev Schools:
- Barker College
2021 Season
All-WAC second team ... Preseason all-WAC
2020-21 Season
All-Southland Conference first team ... Ray Guy Award watch list (top punter in FCS) ... STATS Perform FCS preseason All-America first team ...preseason all-Southland Conference first team ... Phil Steele preseason all-Southland Conference first team ... led Southland Conference and ranked 15th in FCS with average of 42.1 yards per punt ... of 40 punts, pinned opponent inside 20-yard line 18 times ... had at least 1 punt of 50+ yards in each of Kats' 4 playoff wins ... pinned James Madison (5/8) inside 20-yard line on 3 of 5 punts with a long of 54 yards in semifinal win ... was key piece to win in national title win, putting South Dakota State inside the 20 on 4 of 5 kicks with a long of 57 ... averaged 40.2 yards per punt vs No. 18 Southeastern Louisiana, pinning the Lions inside the 20-yard line 3 times ... had a long punt of 59 yards in dominant win over No. 7 Nicholls (3/13) and had a 56-yarder in dominant win at Lamar (3/20) ... landed two punts inside the 20-yard line vs Northwestern State (4/1).
2019 Season
AP FCS Second Team All-America … STATS FCS Second Team All-America … First Team All-Southland Conference … All-Texas Small College Offense selection by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football Magazine … FCS Punter of the Year finalist per Augusta Sports Council (Ray Guy Award) … Fourth Team All-American by Phil Steele ... SLC Punter of the Week after 17-0 win over then No. 9 Nicholls … averaged an SLC-best 44.3 yards per punt … had a long punt of 74 yards vs HBU … that punt tied his own school record and ranked as the eighth longest punt in FCS in 2019 … had 20 punts of 50+ yards and did not have a punt blocked … longest punt return against was 23 yards … sixth in FCS in average yards per punt … helped SHSU average 41.9 yards per punt in net punting, which led FCS after regular season … did not have a touchback until seventh game of the year, and only had three all season … totaled five punts of 60+ yards … 29 punts downed inside the 20-yard line and 13 punts downed inside the 10-yard line.
2018 Season
Played in four games as Kats’ primary punter before injury cut season short … set a new SHSU record for longest punt when he connected on a 74-yard boot against Central Arkansas (9/29) … averaged 40.9 yards per kick on 19 punts for the year … six of 19 punts were pinned inside opponent’s 20-yard line … also had a 52-yard punt in season opener vs Prairie View (9/8).
Prior to Sam Houston
In training films averaged 50 yards per punt with a five-second hang time … is a Prokick punter coached by John Smith and Nathan Chapman, the same organization former Bearkat and current New York Jets punter Lachlan Edwards trains with.
