Bowling Green State University Athletics
2020 Football Roster
Jersey Number 54
Matt Fortner
- Position:
- Offensive Line
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 295
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Sylvania, Ohio
- High School:
- Sylvania Northview
Years of Eligibility Remaining Including 2022: 3
Honors:
2021:
High School:
Personal:
Honors:
- 2021 Academic All-MAC
2021:
- Appeared in 11 of BGSU's 12 games
- Made collegiate debut at Tennessee
- Saw majority of time on special teams
- Did not play
High School:
- Played four years of varsity football at Sylvania Northview High School, under coach Doug Downing
- Named all-league three times (2017-19)
- Third-team all-state player in 2017, when Sylvania Northview advanced to the playoffs with an 8-3 record
- Named all-academic
- Was a team captain
Personal:
- Son of John and Nancy Fortner
- One brother, Luke, and a sister, Sarah
- Brother Luke is a football player at Kentucky
- Major is pre-visual communication tech
2026 BGSU Football Pro Day Player Interviews
Wednesday, March 25
BG Football Pro Day 2026 : Coach George
Tuesday, March 24
BG FBall : Postpractice Interviews 3.10
Tuesday, March 10
BG Football NSD Presser 12.4
Friday, December 05
