Matt Naranjo

Cincinnati

Sep 6 (Sat)

3:30 p.m.

Honors:

2021:

2020:

Played in each of the team’s first four games as the starting punter
Averaged 39.3 yards per punt over 19 attempts
Averaged 42.2 yards in five punts at Ohio
Landed five of his 19 punts inside the 20 with just two touchbacks
Had four punts of at least 50 yards with a season-long 63-yarder against Kent State

2019:

Played in all 12 games for the Falcons
Attempted the seventh-most punts in school history with 71
Finished the season with 2,867 total yards punting, pinning opponents inside the 20-yard line 24 times
Had 14 punts of 50 or more yards
Had nine punts for 396 yards, an average of 44.0 yards per punt, while tying a career-high with a 72-yard punt in a game at Kansas State
Also had eight punts for 346 yards, an average of 43.3 yards per punt, on the road at Notre Dame

2018:

Played in six games for the Falcons, taking over the punting duties against Western Michigan
Totaled 31 punts on the season for 1,277 yards
Pinned the opponent inside the 20 yard line six times during the year, including twice against both Kent State and Akron
Accumulated four punts of over 50 yards
Averaged 41.2 yards per punt
Booted a season best 72-yard punt in the season finale against Buffalo

2017:

Prior to BGSU:

Member of the New Mexico football team in 2016
Last punted for Niles North High School in Skokie, Ill.
Naranjo, who averaged 36.9 yards per punt his senior year, was discovered by New Mexico coaches as a student manager for the team who practiced punting after the team’s practices.

Personal: