Pos. | K |
Ht. | 5-11 |
Wt. | 175 |
Yr. | So. |
Hometown | Westmont, Ill. |
High School (Prev. School) | Westmont |
2018 Academic All-PFL Second Team
2017 All-PFL Honorable Mention
2018: Named to the Academic All-PFL Second Team Appeared in all 11 games and went 8-of-12 on field-goal tries… Converted 36 of his 37 PAT attempts, shattering his own record for made extra points in a single season after previously setting the school record with 35 in 2017… Averaged 55.9 yards per kick on kickoffs and booted 13 touchbacks… Made a 50-yard field goal in the team’s season finale at Stetson, outdoing his previous personal best of 44 and converting the longest field goal in the PFL in 2018. In addition, that was just the 26th made field goal of 50 yards or longer in the Division I FCS nation in 2018 and the longest field goal by a Valpo kicker since 2003… Went 2-for-2 on field-goal tries in two games – Sept. 22 vs. Truman State and Nov. 10 vs. Jacksonville… Had a perfect game against the Dolphins on Nov. 10, going 6-for-6 on PATs and 2-of-2 on field-goal tries… Member of the PFL Honor Roll... Enters his senior season with 75 career PATs, only eight away from tying and nine from breaking the career program record.
2017: Made 11 field goals, tied for the fourth most in a single season in program history… Set the program record with 35 PAT conversions… Won the PFL Special Teams Player of the Week after making three field goals in a win over rival Butler on Nov. 11… Also went 3-for-3 on field-goal tries in the season opener at scholarship foe Montana, including a 44 yarder that stood as his season long… In the game against the Grizzlies, became the first Valpo kicker to make three field goals in a game since David Hamaker on Oct. 11, 2008. Latsonas was one of two kickers nationally who went 3-for-3 on field-goal tries the first week of the season… Averaged 55.8 yards on kickoffs and racked up 10 touchbacks, the most by a Valpo kicker in over 15 years. As a team, Valpo had six touchbacks in the 2014, 2015 and 2016 seasons combined… Made seven extra points on Oct. 28 against Morehead State, tying for the program record for made PATs in a single game… Made seven extra points on Oct. 28 against Morehead State, tying for the program record for made PATs in a single game.
2016: Went 1-for-2 on field-goal attempts and 4-for-6 on extra points in his first season as a Crusader... Became the team's primary kickoff specialist midway through the season, finishing with a team-high 35 kickoffs for an average of 57.2 yards per kickoff... Made his college place kicking debut on Oct. 15 at Stetson, filling in for the injured Jake Simpson on short notice, and went 3-for-3 on PATs... Notched his first-career made field goal on Oct. 22 at San Diego, putting one through the uprights from 31 yards out... Member of PFL Academic Honor Roll.
Prep: Played for the Sentinels ... also competed in track and field ... a two-time All-Conference honoree on the track.
Personal: Son of Betty Latsonas ... major is physical education.
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