Matt Bevins

Class:
Senior
Position:
K
Height:
6-2
Weight:
185
Hometown:
Newport News, Va.

Big South Preseason All-Conference

An Inside Look from the Coaching Staff: Coaching staff is looking for him to cap of his stellar career with a third All-America season … one of the best field goal kickers in the nation … coaching staff is looking for him to improve on his 11 touchbacks on kickoffs from last year … also looking for him to get off to a faster start during the 2011 season … enters the year ranked first in career points scored (268), field goals (54) and field goal attempts (69) … ranks third in career extra points (106) and extra point attempts (109).

2010 (Jr.): Member of the Big South Presidential Honor Roll … Sports Network, Walter Camp Foundation, Phil Steele first-team All-American … Associated Press second-team All-American … Big South first-team all-conference honoree … VaSID first-team all-state selection … named to the FCS Athletics Directors Association Academic All-Star team … Big South all-academic … became the first kicker in program or Big South history to score 100 or more points in consecutive seasons … for the second year in a row, he finished the season ranked No. 1 in the country in field goals (1.82 per game) … also ranks No. 5 in the country in scoring (9.55 points per game) … after missing four of his first five field goal tries of the year, he closed out the season by hitting 19 of his last 22 attempts … finished out the year by connecting on 12-straight field goals … tied his own Big South record by hitting four field goals against both Gardner-Webb and Stony Brook … finished five games in 2010 with 10 or more points scored … set a new program record with 18 points scored against Stony Brook (four field goals and six extra points) … named national special teams player of the week following the Stony Brook performance by Sports Network and College Sporting News … booted a 52-yard field goal at Coastal Carolina, the second-longest field goal in program history … second-highest single-season marks in program history with 20 field goals and 105 points scored … third-most point-after attempts with 45 … three-time Big South Special Teams Player of the Week.

2009 (So.): Named to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll … ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District first-team honoree … consensus first-team All-American (AP, Sports Network and Walter Camp Foundation) … Big South first-team all-conference … VaSID first-team all-state … named to the CSN Fabulous 50 All-America team … two-time Big South Special Teams Player of the Week … ECAC FCS All-Star first-team selection … set a new program and Big South record with 107 points scored … ranked No. 1 in the country in field goals (2.00 per game) … field goal total set a new program and Big South standard (22) … finished the year ranked No. 3 nationally in scoring (9.73 points per game) … his 41 PATs ranks as the sixth highest total in Big South history and third in program history … only missed PAT of the year was blocked … finished the year by making his last 33 PAT, a streak that ranks fourth longest in program history … hit seven field goals of 40 or more yards … finished the year as the nation’s leading scorer among kickers … had two streaks where he hit eight field goals in a row … scored 10 or more points four times, all against Big South foes … scored a career high 16 points against VMI, which tied a school record … tied his own school record by connecting on all four field goal attempts against the Keydets …finished the Gardner-Webb game with 15 points on 6-6 PATs and 3-of-4 field goals, which tied for third most points scored in a single game in program history … knocked down a 50-yard field goal at Charleston Southern, which was the fourth-longest field goal in school history.

2008 (Fr.): Named to the Big South Presidential Honor Roll … three-time Big South Special Teams Player of the Week, earning the honor after performances against Youngstown State, Coastal Carolina and Stony Brook … 56 points were the fifth most scored by a freshman in program history … 12 field goals were tied for third most in a season by a kicker in program history … averaged 4.7 points per game, which ranked tied for fourth in the Big South … ranked second in the league with 12 field goals, while posting the top field goal percentage in the Big South (75.0/12-of-16) … finished the year tied for No. 33 in the nation by averaging 1.00 field goals per game … also handled most of Liberty’s kickoff duties, averaging 60.2 yards per kick (59 kickoffs for 3,554 yards) … took over punting duties after Mike Larsson suffered a season ending injury … averaged 40.9 yards per punt over the last seven games of the year (14 punts for 572 yards) … was a perfect 4-for-4 on PATs and kicked the game-winning field goal as time expired in Liberty’s 31-28 road victory over No. 23 Youngstown State … tallied 13 points against Coastal Carolina, which is tied for the sixth most in program history, as he was 4-of-5 on PATs and 3-of-3 on field goal attempts … his three field goals against the Chanticleers tied for the third-highest single game total in program history … had a season-high four punts for 167 yards (41.8 average) against Stony Brook to go along with 3-of-3 PATs and 2-of-2 field goal attempts … connected on a season-best 6-of-6 PATs and averaged 43.5 yards on two punts in Liberty’s 42-0 win over Charleston Southern … tied a school record during the final game of the year by hitting 4-of-4 field goal attempts, helping the Flames knock off No. 12 Elon and complete a 10-win season.

Prep: Three-year letterwinner at Warwick High School … joined the varsity squad as a freshman, connecting on 2-of-2 field goal attempts and 10-of-10 point after tries … average starting field possession was the 10-yard line as a result of his kickoff effectiveness as a sophomore … first-team all-district as a junior, hitting 7-of-9 field goal attempts and averaging 36.0 yards per punt … first-team all-district, first-team all-region and second-team all-state as a senior … hit 11-of-13 field goal attempts and averaging 40.0 yards per punt as a senior … finished third in kickoffs and eighth in field goals at the National Kicking Combine … ranked No. 23 in the country by Scout.com … two-year member of the soccer team … earned first-team all-district honors as a sophomore and second-team all-region honors as a junior … three-time member of the A-B honor roll.

Personal: Son of Michael and Kristine Bevins … birthday is April 19 … sport management major.