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  Matt Weller

Matt Weller

Player Profile

Class:
RS Senior

Hometown:
Twinsburg, Ohio

High School:
Twinsburg

Height / Weight:
6-0 / 203

Position:
K

05/21/2012

Ohio Earns 14 Spots on the Phil Steele Preseason All-MAC Team

Bobcats open 2012 season at Penn State on Sept. 1

04/21/2012

White Defeats Green 15-7 Saturday Afternoon

Ohio's defensive unit tallies seven sacks and six interceptions

01/13/2012

Weller Named to the 2011 Football Academic All-MAC Team

Junior kicker earns first Academic All-MAC honor; seven Bobcats receive Academic All-MAC honorable mention

12/20/2011

Relive Ohio's Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Win on ESPNU

The Bobcats' 24-23 victory over Utah State is set to re-air four more times this week

12/17/2011

Bobcats Cap Historic Win with Fourth-Quarter Comeback

Ohio wins first bowl game in program history

Matt Weller Photo Gallery

2010: Played in all 13 games for the Bobcats ... Finished the season making 11 out of 14 field goal attempts and 40 of 44 extra points accounting for 73 points for Ohio in 2010 ... Season-long field goal was 51 yards at Kent State on Nov. 26 ... Made two field goals against the Golden Flashes ... Went two for two on field goal attempts against Toledo on Sept. 11, long of 49, and Wofford on Sept. 4, long of 37 ... Had one field goal from 48 yards at Marshall on Sept. 25 ... Made one field goal at Eastern Michigan where he also succeeded in going three for four on extra point attempts ... Had one field goal against Akron on Oct. 16, against Louisiana on Oct. 30 and at Temple on Nov. 16 ... Had his season-high seven extra points against BGSU on Oct. 9 ... Made five extra points against Akron ... Put four extra points through the uprights on three occasions; at Miami on Oct. 23, against Buffalo on Nov. 4 and at Temple ... Scored three points in PAT attempts against the Troy Trojans on Dec. 18, Wofford and Louisiana ... Made both extra point attempts at Marshall ... Had one extra point at Ohio State on Sept. 18 and against Toledo.

2009: Had a monster freshman campaign by capturing Freshman All-America honors from Phil Steele and CollegeFootballNews.com... Named First-Team All-MAC...Booted 21 field goals, which set a new individual and team school record, while equaling the mark nationally for freshmen

2008: Redshirted

HIGH SCHOOL: Named Northwest Ohio Conference Kicker of the Year, First-Team All-District, Second-Team All-State Division I as a senior...Named Akron Touchdown Club All-Star and Kohl's National Scholarship Camp where he finished in the top 15 of all kicker/punters and was ranked fourth in kickoffs...Averaged 43.2 yards per punt as a senior and 40.1 yards over the course of his career...Went 5-7 on field goal attempts with a long of 45 yards...Booted 92 percent of his kickoffs inside the five yard line...Earned All-Conference honorable mention honors as a junior...Named All-Academic Student-Athlete in 2007

PERSONAL: Majoring in Industrial Technology...Is the son of Don and Jane Weller.