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2014 Football Roster

96 Matt Longacre

  • Position Defensive End
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 270
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Omaha, Neb.
  • Highschool Millard West HS

Biography

2014
MIAA Defensive Player of the Year ... AFCA All-America ... Daktronics Super Region 3 Defensive Player of the Year and First Team ... Don Hansen All-Region First Team .. All-MIAA First Team ... MIAA Academic Honor Roll ... appeared in 11 games ... on the year, had 37 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss, 7.0 sacks, 17 quarterback hurries, four pass breakups and one forced fumble ... had three tackles against Nebraska-Kearney (Sept. 4) with a pass breakup, a quarterback hurry and 0.5 sacks ... had four tackles and 2.5 sacks against Central Missouri (Sept. 20) ... recorded four tackles with a forced fumble against Central Oklahoma ... had three tackles, three quarterback hurries and one pass breakup against Northeastern State (Oct. 4) ... had four tackles with 0.5 sacks and a pass breakup against Lindenwood (Oct. 11) ... had five tackles and four quarterback hurries against Pittsburg State (Oct. 18) ... had three tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss and 0.5 sacks at Fort Hays State (Oct. 25) ... recorded two tackles, two quarterback hurries and 0.5 tackles for loss against Missouri Western (Nov. 1) ... had two tackles with 0.5 sacks and a quarterback hurry against Emporia State (Nov. 8) ... had three tackles, 1.0 tackles for loss and five quarterback hurries against Washburn (Nov. 15) ... had three tackles with 1.5 sacks, a quarterback hurry and a pass breakup against Minnesota-Duluth (Nov. 22).

2013
Don Hansen co-Defensive Player of the Year and First Team All-America (DE)… AP Little First Team All-America … Daktronics/CoSIDA First Team All-America… First Team All-MIAA … forced a fumble against Saginaw Valley State (Sept. 5)… MIAA Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 30) … recorded two sacks against Central Oklahoma (Oct. 12) … recorded 1.5 sacks against Pittsburg State (Oct. 12) … recorded five quarterback hurries against Minnesota-Duluth (Nov. 30)… recorded 2.5 sacks and 4.5 tackles for a loss of 25 yards against Emporia State (Nov. 9) … recorded six quarterback hurries against Washburn (Nov. 2) … recorded five tackles for a total loss of 41 yards, three sacks and two forced fumbles against Grand Valley State (Dec. 14) … finished the season with 20.5 tackles for a loss of a total 120 yards, 19 quarterback hurries, 12 sacks, five forced fumbles and one fumble recovery

2012
Appeared and started all 13 games for the Bearcats in 2012 … named all-MIAA honorable mention … finished the year with 51 tackles, nine tackles for loss, seven sacks and seven quarterback hurries … recorded two sacks against Central Oklahoma (10/6) … recorded a tackle in every game and had 11 multi-tackle performances … season-high of seven tackles against then-No. 1 Pittsburg State (10/13) and at Central Missouri (9/8) … recorded five tackles against Nebraska-Kearney (9/22), then-No. 20 Emporia State (11/3) and then-No. 5 Minnesota-Mankato (11/24).

2011
Played in all 14 games for the Bearcats recording 46 tackles on the year … led the team with 4.5 sacks and was fourth with 7.0 tackles for a loss … recorded his biggest sack in a NCAA First Round playoff win at Missouri Western when he recovered a fumble and scored the game winning score … had a season high 10 tackles in NCAA Quarterfinal loss at Pittsburg State … also finished the year with two quarterback hurries

2010
Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year ... redshirt season

Millard West High School
Honorary captain of the 2009 Lincoln Journal Star Super-State team ... earned first-team all-state honors by the Omaha World-Herald and the Lincoln Journal Star ... helped lead the Wildcats to a state title in 2008 and a runner-up finish in 2009 ... also wrestles at 215 pounds

Personal
Son of Mark and Kathy Longacre

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 96

    2011Redshirt Freshman

    DE
    6'3" 240 lbs
    96
  • 96

    2012Sophomore

    DE
    6'3" 240 lbs
    96
  • 96

    2013Junior

    Defensive End
    6'3" 240 lbs
    96
  • 96

    2014Senior

    Defensive End
    6'3" 270 lbs
    96