2023 Football Roster
Dennis, Matthew
Jersey Number 99
Matthew Dennis
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 193
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Charlotte, N.C.
- High School:
- Myers Park
- Deals:
Bio
Career Accolades
2024 (Redshirt Junior)
Appeared and started in all 12 games during the 2024 season for the Demon Deacons... Made 16 field goals on 20 attempts... Went 3-3 from 20-29 yards, 11-11 from 30-39 yards, and 2-5 from 40-49 yards... Hit a season-long 42-yard field goal against Ole Miss... Hit multiple field goals in five games, including three field goals against both Virginia and Connecticut... Made all 36 of his PATs and scored 84 points during the 2024 season.
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Appeared and started in 11 games during the 2023 season for the Deacs… Made 14 field goals on 20 attempts… Went 0-1 from 0-19 yards, went 9-10 from 20-29 yards, 5-9 from 30-39 yards and 1-2 from 40-49 yards… Attempted 21 PATs and made 20 and scored 62 points during the 2023 season.
2022 (Redshirt Freshman)
Saw action in all 13 games at kicker, punter and kickoff specialist, helping lead the team to its seventh consecutive bowl game and back-to-back bowl wins with a victory over Missouri in the Gasparilla Bowl…Finished the season 12-for-14 on field goal attempts, ranking in the top 25 in field goal percentage. Additionally, he was 56-for-57 in extra point attempts…Ranked among the top I’ll 60 nationally in FG Percentage, Scoring/Game and Total Points…Connected on a season-high three field goals in wins over VMI and Liberty which included a season-long make of 46 yards against Liberty…Hit on his first eight field goals of his career...Member of the All-ACC Academic Team.
2021 (Freshman)
Did not see action during the 2021 season...Redshirted
High School
Played for head coach Scott Chadwick … Rated as the No. 10 kicker in the 2021 Class by 247sports … Split the uprights on all nine of his field goal attempts in his career … Tallied 85 total points for the Mustangs in his junior season … Made 130 of 137 extra point tries as a sophomore and junior … Scored a career-long 44 yard field goal as a sophomore … Helped lead Myers Park to a 12-1 record in 2019 with a perfect 7-0 league mark … Two-time (2018, 2019) All-Southwestern 4A Conference kicker … Earned second team All-Mecklenburg County in 2018 and named the 2019 Greater Charlotte Kicker of the Year … Named Friday Nights in Carolina under the radar kicker to watch prior to the 2020 season … Named an All-North Carolina kicker by Rivals.com and a Chris Sailer Kicking Honorable Mention All-American in 2020 … Garnered a Top 12 invite for 2021 Chris Sailer Kicking.
Personal
Son of Anna Sison and Ian Dennis
- 2025 ACC SAAC Co-Chair
- 2025 ACC Representative to the NCAA D1 SAAC
2024 (Redshirt Junior)
Appeared and started in all 12 games during the 2024 season for the Demon Deacons... Made 16 field goals on 20 attempts... Went 3-3 from 20-29 yards, 11-11 from 30-39 yards, and 2-5 from 40-49 yards... Hit a season-long 42-yard field goal against Ole Miss... Hit multiple field goals in five games, including three field goals against both Virginia and Connecticut... Made all 36 of his PATs and scored 84 points during the 2024 season.
2023 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Appeared and started in 11 games during the 2023 season for the Deacs… Made 14 field goals on 20 attempts… Went 0-1 from 0-19 yards, went 9-10 from 20-29 yards, 5-9 from 30-39 yards and 1-2 from 40-49 yards… Attempted 21 PATs and made 20 and scored 62 points during the 2023 season.
2022 (Redshirt Freshman)
Saw action in all 13 games at kicker, punter and kickoff specialist, helping lead the team to its seventh consecutive bowl game and back-to-back bowl wins with a victory over Missouri in the Gasparilla Bowl…Finished the season 12-for-14 on field goal attempts, ranking in the top 25 in field goal percentage. Additionally, he was 56-for-57 in extra point attempts…Ranked among the top I’ll 60 nationally in FG Percentage, Scoring/Game and Total Points…Connected on a season-high three field goals in wins over VMI and Liberty which included a season-long make of 46 yards against Liberty…Hit on his first eight field goals of his career...Member of the All-ACC Academic Team.
2021 (Freshman)
Did not see action during the 2021 season...Redshirted
High School
Played for head coach Scott Chadwick … Rated as the No. 10 kicker in the 2021 Class by 247sports … Split the uprights on all nine of his field goal attempts in his career … Tallied 85 total points for the Mustangs in his junior season … Made 130 of 137 extra point tries as a sophomore and junior … Scored a career-long 44 yard field goal as a sophomore … Helped lead Myers Park to a 12-1 record in 2019 with a perfect 7-0 league mark … Two-time (2018, 2019) All-Southwestern 4A Conference kicker … Earned second team All-Mecklenburg County in 2018 and named the 2019 Greater Charlotte Kicker of the Year … Named Friday Nights in Carolina under the radar kicker to watch prior to the 2020 season … Named an All-North Carolina kicker by Rivals.com and a Chris Sailer Kicking Honorable Mention All-American in 2020 … Garnered a Top 12 invite for 2021 Chris Sailer Kicking.
Personal
Son of Anna Sison and Ian Dennis
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