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Blake Mazza (born December 8, 1998) is an American football placekicker. He previously played for the SMU, Washington State Cougars, and the Arkansas Razorbacks.
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| Position | Placekicker |
| Major | MS Management[1] |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | December 8, 1998 Plano, Texas |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 186 lb (84 kg) |
| Career history | |
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| High school | Plano Senior (Plano, Texas) |
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High school career
editMazza attended Plano Senior High School in Plano, Texas. Coming out of high school, he was rated as a five-star recruit and the 12th best placekicker for the class of 2017 by Chris Sailer Kicking.[2]
Statistics
edit| Year | GP | Kicking | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XPM | XPA | XP % | FGM | FGA | FG % | Long | ||
| 2014 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 26 |
| 2015 | 10 | 27 | 28 | 96.4 | 6 | 7 | 85.7 | 44 |
| 2016 | 10 | 31 | 35 | 88.6 | 4 | 7 | 57.1 | 49 |
| Career[3] | 21 | 64 | 69 | 92.7 | 11 | 15 | 73.3 | 49 |
College career
editArkansas
edit2017
editMazza received a scholarship offer from Army, but committed to the University of Arkansas, appearing as a walk-on for the 2017 team; he did not receive any playing time during the season.[4][5]
SMU
edit2021
editOn January 20, 2021, Mazza announced he would be transferring from Washington State in order to play closer to home.[6] Six days later, it was announced that Mazza would be transferring to Southern Methodist University (SMU).[7]
Statistics
edit| Year | Team | GP | Kicking | |||||||
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| XPM | XPA | XP % | FGM | FGA | FG % | Long | Points | |||
| 2017 | Arkansas | Did not play | ||||||||
| 2018 | Washington State | 13 | 60 | 62 | 96.8 | 10 | 15 | 66.7 | 50 | 90 |
| 2019 | Washington State | 13 | 55 | 57 | 96.5 | 20 | 21 | 95.2 | 51 | 115 |
| 2020 | Washington State | 4 | 12 | 13 | 92.3 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 49 | 90 |
| 2021 | SMU | 12 | 54 | 57 | 94.7 | 12 | 16 | 75.0 | 47 | 68 |
| Career[8] | 42 | 181 | 190 | 95.3 | 46 | 56 | 82.1 | 51 | 319 | |
References
edit- ^ "Former Groza Award finalist ready to kick off next chapter at SMU". PonyFans.com.
- ^ "Player Rankings Profile - Blake Mazza". Chris Sailer Kicking. March 17, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
- ^ "Blake Mazza High School Football Stats Plano (Plano, TX)". Maxpreps.com. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
- ^ Ogburn, Will. "Arkansas lands commitment from 2017 kicker Blake Mazza". Saturday Down South. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
- ^ Blum, Sam (January 26, 2021). "Former Plano HS kicker Blake Mazza transfers to SMU from Washington State". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
- ^ Lawson, Theo (January 20, 2021). "Kicker Blake Mazza will transfer from Washington State to play 'closer to home'". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
- ^ "Former Washington State kicker Blake Mazza announces transfer to SMU". The Spokesman-Review. January 26, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
- ^ "Blake Mazza College Stats". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
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