Valparaiso University football sixth-year senior Evan Matthes (Reston, Va. / South Lakes [West Virginia]) has been named to the FCS Punter of the Year Award Watch List, as announced on Wednesday by the Augusta Sports Council.
Matthes is one of 17 players on the watch list for the award, which will be announced at the end of the regular season. A 2022 All-Pioneer Football League Second Team honoree, Matthes was named the team Special Teams Player of the Year after ranking second in the league in punting average at 41.38 yards per punt. He had 57 punts totaling 2,360 yards while booming 10 kicks 50+ yards and pinning 22 inside the 20. He drilled a 67 yarder on Sept. 24 vs. San Diego, tied for the longest in the PFL all season.
Matthes has continued Valpo’s recent trend of successful punters after Ben Niesner was also a member of the FCS Punter of the Year Watch List in Fall 2021 and was a semifinalist in Spring 2021.
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