Matics deserves more kudos than I could ever give him on here. After the season he has last year, to come back so strong this season, is simply outstanding. Way to go, young man!

What a difference JUST 1 YEAR makes.... 11th in the SunBelt to 3rd??? in the COUNTRY

He has missed 1 kick all year and has 3 50+ yard FGS!

I think we may just have ourselves yet another NFL kicker. Attaboy Matics!

Comeback player of the year, truly amazing, give the kid the gameball!


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An absolutely incredible turnaround and equally incredible mental toughness.

Very happy for him.....and the team!

best I've seen in almost 20 years

hapapp wrote:He has missed 1 kick all year and has 3 50+ yard FGS!

And if I remember right that one miss was a 50+ yarder. This has got to be one of if not the best year an App kicker has ever had. And that on the heels of maybe one of the worst seasons. Its always great to see a player take adversity and turn it into strength like that.

One of my great satisfactions when I was coaching soccer was to see one of my players respond the right way to a poor performance and turn it around.

AppinATL wrote:

hapapp wrote:He has missed 1 kick all year and has 3 50+ yard FGS!

And if I remember right that one miss was a 50+ yarder. This has got to be one of if not the best year an App kicker has ever had. And that on the heels of maybe one of the worst seasons. Its always great to see a player take adversity and turn it into strength like that.

One of my great satisfactions when I was coaching soccer was to see one of my players respond the right way to a poor performance and turn it around.

I believe you are right.

And for his tackle on the final kickoff.

AppinVA wrote:And for his tackle on the final kickoff.

So true!

I thought I saw him limping a little on the sidelines late in the game. Did anyone else see this or did my tired eyes get it wrong?

Zack Magics

Saint3333 wrote:Comeback player of the year, truly amazing, give the kid the gameball!


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I was hoping ESPN would give it to him. (Moore got it)

Does college do a comeback player award? He definitely deserves to be in the convo


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The thing is, he is drilling these field goals RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE too!! Great job Zach "Auto" Matics!

AppinVA wrote:And for his tackle on the final kickoff.

Yes, in addition to his two 50+ yard field goals plus making all the PATs, he makes a saving tackle preventing another SoAla TD. That adds up to 17 points.

Without a doubt the biggest turn around I've seen by one guy in a years time. He went from being benched to being a potential NFL player.

An amazing story. His hard work and improvement mirrors that of the team. Last year's losses seem a century ago. Kudos also to the coaching staff for believing in these guys and not giving up on players like Mattics, when many of us would have.

JTApps1 wrote:Without a doubt the biggest turn around I've seen by one guy in a years time. He went from being benched to being a potential NFL player.

He wasn't benched, just got injured at GS. But yeah, he wasn't injured at Southern Miss.

Matics was on Mountaineer Talk this year and talked about coming back after that game.

Perfect on PAT'S and only one FG miss this season. Special teams as a whole have played much better. The muff yesterday was the first special teams turnover this season.