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2024 NIU Football Roster

Scott Walstrom, NIU
Scott Walstrom, NIU
Lon Horwedel
Mark Kuhlmann

92 Kanon Woodill

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 167
  • Class Senior
  • Position Kicker
  • Hometown Plainfield, Ill.
  • High School Plainfield North

Biography

2023
• Moved into role as NIU placekicker beginning with the Toledo (9-30) game and made seven of his first eight attempts with the only miss from 51 yards.
• Tied for the team lead in scoring with 66 points.
• Made 11-of-17 field goals and all 27 of his PAT attempts.
• Hit 9-of-10 field goal attempts from inside 40 yards.  
• Kicked off 13 times for a 57.4-yard average.
• Scored his first career touchdown on a 32-yard “reception” from holder Tom Foley versus Arkansas State in the Camellia Bowl (12-23) win. 
• Foley took the snap and flipped the ball forward to Woodill who went untouched into the end zone to give NIU a 21-7 lead in the second quarter.
• Made five consecutive threes in the Ohio (10-14) and Eastern Michigan (10-21) games. 
• Named MAC West Special Teams Player of the Week after making all three of his field goal attempts and two PATs in the Huskies’ win over Ohio (10-14). 
• Nailed a career-long 49-yard field goal at Toledo (9-30) and was 2-for-2 on threes in the game.
• Good on his lone field goal attempts versus Ball State (11-7) and Western Michigan (11-14).
• Earned CSC Academic All-District and Academic All-MAC Honors.  

2022
•    Did not see action in 2022 while backing up John Richardson.

2021
•    Huskies’ back-up kicker saw action in two games as a true freshman.
•    With starter John Richardson sidelined at Central Michigan (10-23), made a 26-yard field goal with 54 seconds to play to give the Huskies a 39-38 win.  
•    Went 3-for-3 on field goals in the CMU game with a pair of 26-yarders and another from 24 to earn MAC West Specialist of the Week honors.  
•    Also went 2-for-2 on PATs to account for 11 total points and handled eight kickoffs in the game. 
•    Came on to make the last two PATs for NIU at Kent State (11-3) and kicked off three times.  
•    Totaled 13 points on the season and was perfect on seven kicks.

HIGH SCHOOL
• A first team all-conference selection as a senior.
 
PERSONAL
• Birthday is February 13th. 
• Son of Stacie and Aaron Woodill
• A psychology major.
• A cadet in the ROTC program at NIU.

Statistics

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    K
    5'11" 170 lbs
  • 92

    2021Freshman

    Kicker
    5'11" 165 lbs
    92
  • 92

    2022Redshirt Freshman

    Kicker
    5'11" 168 lbs
    92
  • 92

    2023Redshirt Sophomore

    Kicker
    5'11" 167 lbs
    92
  • 92

    2024Senior

    Kicker
    5'11" 167 lbs
    92