University of Northern Iowa Athletics
2021 Football Roster
Roster
Matthew Cook
- Position:
- Placekicker
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Cedar Falls, Iowa
- High School:
- Cedar Falls HS
2023: MVFC President's Council, Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and Honor Roll ... 2023 Walter Camp FCS All-American ... FCS ADA All-American ... AFCA FCS All-American Second Team ... Phil Steele All-American Third Team and All-MVFC First Team ... AP FCS First Team All-American ... STATS Perform FCS Second Team All-American ... FCS Football Central Second Team All-American ... All-MVFC First Team ... Fred Mitchell Outstanding Placekicker Award finalist ... FedEx Ground FCS National Special Teams Player of the Week (11/20) ... HERO Sports FCS Preseason All-America ... The Bluebloods FCS Preseason Second Team All-America ... Preseason First Team All-MVFC ... Phil Steele Preseason First Team All-MVFC and First Team All-American ... STATS Perform FCS Preseason All-America ... The Bluebloods Preseason First Team All-MVFC... Played in all 11 games... 19-21 on field goals during the year... Perfect 33-33 on XP atttempts... Recorded two tackles throughout the year.
2022: FCS AP Second Team All-American ... STATS Perform FCS Third Team All-American ... First Team All-MVFC ... HERO Sports FCS First Team All-America ... Phil Steele FCS All-MVFC First Team and MVFC Special Teams Player of the Year ... The Bluebloods Second Team All-MVFC ... Named to Phil Steele FCS', Athlon Sports', Stats Perform's and HERO Sports' preseason all-American first teams ... made The Bluebloods Preseason First Team All-American Team and All-MFVC Team ... named to First Team Specials Team MVFC Preseason Team and the Phil Steele MVFC Preseason First Team. Played in all 11 games... Made 82% of his field goal attempts (14-of-17) with a season-long of 42 yards ... Perfect 45-for-45 on PAT kick attempts ... Set the UNI and MVFC record for career field goals (67), as well as the school record with 124 straight made PAT kicks in his career ... 71 kickoffs for 4,327 yards, averaging 60.9 yards per kick with 34 touchbacks... Recorded one tackle at South Dakota ... Named to the MVFC Honor Roll.
FALL 2021: Named to HERO Sports' FCS All-America Second Team Special Teams and the Stats Perform FCS Team ... earned spot on Phil Steele's FCS All-America Second Team for Special Teams ... earned honorable mention honors on Missouri Valley Football Conference's all-academic list ... named to MVFC All-Conference First Team Special Teams ... only FCS player to notch two field goals beyond 50 yards in a single game the week he earned MVFC honors ... ranked second in MVFC and 12th in nation for field goal percentage with 86.4% ... second in the MFVC and seventh in nation for field goals per game with 1.58 ... averaged 58.3 yards on kickoff ... earned MVFC Player of the Week honors Oct. 24 for four field goals and two PATs, accounting for 14 points in UNI's 26-17 win over No. 6 South Dakota State ... made 19 of 22 field goals and was perfect on PATs, going 33-for-33 ... recorded longest career field goal of 55 yards against South Dakota State ... tallied 63 kickoffs for 3,666 yards, three out of bounds kicks, and 23 touchbacks ... named a Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award winner, and was named to the MVFC Honor Roll.
SPRING 2021:Â Played in all seven games ... made two or more field goals in every game ... Went 2-for-2 against Youngstown State, Illinois State and North Dakota State ... went 10-for-10 on PAT attempts ... was 75% (15-20) on the season ... hit a season-long 44-yarder against Illinois State ... named first-team All-MVFC ... named a HERO Sports Sophomore All-American ... earned Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and MVFC honor roll distinctions for a GPA of at least 3.2.Â
HIGH SCHOOL:Â A first-team All-State kicker .. his senior season, he made 54-56 PAT attempts and 14-16 field goals with a long of 45 yards ... tallied 46 touchbacks during the senior season ... earned All-District honors both his junior and senior seasons.
PERSONAL: From Cedar Falls, Iowa ... son of James and Cindy Cook ... has a brother David ... cousin Anna Wischnowski plays for UNI softball ... volunteered with Firefighter’s Association ... Firefighter Food Drive Participant ... majoring in movement and exercise science with a minor in biology and coaching.
