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2018 Football Roster

Don Rogers, Ball State

2 Andrew Gantz

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 178
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Position Kicker
  • Hometown Dayton, Ohio
  • High School Centerville
  • Prev School Cincinnati

Biography

2018(through MAC Championship)

• Leads NIU in scoring with 61 points, including a perfect 28-of-28 on PATs.
• Connected on a 39-yard field goal vs. Buffalo on his first FG try since Toledo, when he made a 48-yarder in his only attempt.
• Hit four-of-seven threes from 40 yards and longer on the year.
• Went two-for-three on field goals and scored a season-high 10 points in NIU’s win at Akron.
• Made four straight field goals vs. EMU, Ball State and Ohio.
• Connected on a 37-yard kick at Ball State, and hit from 43 and 26 yards at Eastern Michigan.
• Booted a season-long 49-yard field goal, and made a 27-yard three versus Utah.
• Contributed a 36-yard FG versus Central Michigan.
• Has 18 touchbacks on 45 kickoffs for a 60.3-yard average.
• Grad transfer from Cincinnati where he was 39-of-50 on field goals and 109-113 on PATs in four years.

Prior to NIU
• Played three seasons at University of Cincinnati.
• In 2016, suffered a hip injury during training camp and was limited to two games before re-injuring the hip during warm ups against USF. Hit both his field goal attempts, a 26-yarder at Purdue and 37-yard try against Houston. He was also was 7-of-7 on PATs for the year.
• In 2015, he was Second team All-American Athletic Conference selection. He was named to Preseason Watch List for Lou Groza Award.
• Played in all 12 games in 2015 and ranked 17th nationally in scoring at 9.3 points per game. Went 21-27 on field goals for the year, with a long kick of 51.
• In 2014 he was a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award. During the season, he was 16-20 on field goals and 52-54 on PATs. He scored a total of 100 points in 2014, leading the Bearcats.

High School
• Three-star kicker was ranked as the nation’s No. 7 kicker in the 2013 class by 247Sports.
• Chris Sailer Kicking tabbed him as a five-star prospect and an Event Elite Top-12 kicker.
• As a senior, was tabbed First-Team All-Greater Western Ohio Conference and First-Team All-GWOC Central Division at punter. 
• Kickoff specialist who pinned opposing teams inside their own 15-yard line 38 times in 2012. 
• In 2011, set GWOC ALL-Time Record for most Touchbacks in a single season and led the GWOC in Average Distance, Total Yards, and Touchbacks. 
• Set school records for most touchbacks in a game (6) and season (20). 
• Coached by Ron Ullery.

Statistics

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