2023 Football Roster

39 Matthew Mercurio

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position K
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 195
  • Hometown Salinas, Calif.
  • Highschool Palma
  • Prev School San Jose State

Biography

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2022 SEASON
CAA Football Third Team Offense
2020 SEASON
All-Mountain West Honorable Mention
Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicking Award Watch List
2019 SEASON
All-Mountain West Honorable Mention
Lou Groza Award Star of the Week (October 7, October 28)
Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Week (October 7, October 28)
ACADEMIC HONORS
CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll Fall 2022, Spring 2023
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Fall 2022, Spring 2023

Villanova: Transfer to Villanova from San Jose State where he was a two-time honorable mention All-Mountain West selection … Accurate kicker with a strong leg…Possesses a great deal of experience…Expected to be the team’s place kicker ... Scored 222 points over three seasons played at San Jose State, going 44-of-54 on field goal attempts and 90-of-93 on PATs … Longest career field goal was 49 yards and he had nine made attempts from 40+ yards.

2022: Named third team All-CAA…Played in all 11 games and was 10-of-12 in field goal attempts and 35-for-35 in PATs…Made the final five field goals of the season…Kicked a game-winning 28-yard field goal at time expired to defeat Albany…Went 2-of-2 in field goal attempts, including a season-long 45-yard effort at William & Mary…Connected on a 40-yard effort at Army.

2021 (San Jose State): Led the team with 72 points on the year while going 15-of-19 on field goal attempts and 27-of-28 on PATs … Made at least two field goals on four occasions, including going a season-best 3-for-3 against Fresno State … Recorded four field goals of at least 40 yards, including a season-long 48-yard attempts against San Diego State … Kicked 44-yard field goals versus both Wyoming and Utah State, as well as a 41-yarder in the season opener against Southern Utah … Made a season-high 6-of-6 PATs in the Southern Utah game … Tallied five games with at least four made PATs.
 
2020 (San Jose State): Earned honorable mention All-Mountain West honors for the second straight season … Made 9-of-11 field goal attempts (81.8 percent) and was a perfect 26-of-26 on PAT attempts … Fifth player in school history to convert all of his PAT tries in a season … Tied the NCAA record for field goals in a quarter with four successful kicks in the second quarter of the Mountain West Championship game against Boise State … Finished that contest 4-of-4 on field goal attempts, including a season-long 36-yarder … Had three games with at least two made field goals … Went 5-for-5 on PAT attempts twice against New Mexico and Hawaii … Ranked fifth in the conference and 30th nationally in field goal percentage … Named to the Lou Groza Collegiate Place-Kicking Award watch list.
 
2019 (San Jose State): Honorable mention All-Mountain West kicker … Led the team with 97 points which ranked as the sixth-most in a season in school history, including third-most by a kicker … Converted 20-of-24 field goals and 37-of-39 PATs … Over a six-game span made 16 consecutive field goals for the third-longest streak in the country during the year … Two-time Lou Groza Award Star of the Week and Mountain West Special Teams Player of the Week for kicking four field goals in a game in the New Mexico and Army West Point victories … One of six placekickers nationally to earn two Lou Groza Star of the Week honors … Also made four field goals at Hawaii … Made 15-of-15 attempts inside 40 yards … Kicked a season-long 49-yard field goal in the New Mexico win … Contributed to the win at Arkansas with a 47-yard field goal … His 20 field goals on the year are the second-most in school history … Tied for 27th nationally and was fifth in the Mountain West for field goal percentage (83.3 percent) … Tied for 14th in the FBS and second in the conference in field goals per game (1.67) … 34th nationally and second in the Mountain West in scoring (8.1 points per game).
 
2018 (San Jose State): Redshirted.
 
Palma High School: Lettered in football and soccer during his scholastic career … Helped the football team win the Monterey Bay Gabilan League as a senior … Played three seasons of soccer.
 
Personal: Native of Monterey, Calif. … Humanities major at San Jose State.

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Historical Player Information

  • 39

    2022Graduate Student

    K
    6'1" 175 lbs
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  • 39

    2023Graduate Student

    K
    6'1" 195 lbs
    39