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2023 Football Roster

Pat Knapinski
Brandon Scherzer
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Brandon Scherzer
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Brandon Scherzer

11 Ryan Kastl

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 185
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Washington, IL
  • Highschool Washington HS

Biography

GLVC Special Teams Player of the Week (10/18/21)
2020-21 GLVC All-Academic Team
2019-20 GLVC All-Academic Team

 
2022 SEASON: Saw action in all 11 games as the primary kicker... went 7 of 15 on field goals, including a career long of 46 yards vs Southwest Baptist (10/29)... was 47 of 51 on PAT attempts, including 8 for 8 against Quincy (10/15)... had 69 kickoffs for 3,940 yards (57.1 avg) with 17 touchbacks.

2021 SEASON: Played in seven games...Was 8-for-11 on field goal attempts, drilling a 43 yarder at Delta State…the eight field goals were the most in a season for a Bearcat kicker since Josh Lazaro made 13 field goals during the 2018 season…scored a career and season-high 10 points against William Jewell after making a career-best seven extra points and connecting on a 31-yard field goal…was 22-for-26 on extra-point attempts…opened season making 15 straight extra-point attempts…made at least one field in all seven of the games he played before suffering season ending injury at Quincy, including going 2-for-2 on field goals in the season opener against Northern Michigan…named GLVC Special Teams Player of the Week after kicking a game-winning 39-yard field goal with 25 seconds left at Quincy and also making six of his seven extra-point attempts…had 37 kickoffs, averaged 56.1 yards per kickoff and had three kickoffs result in touchbacks.
 
2020 SEASON: Was 1-for-2 on field goal attempts, drilling a 41 yarder at UIndy…the field goal was the only one of the season for the Bearcats…went 3-for-3 on extra-point attempts…had four kickoffs and averaged 57.8 yards per kickoff…named to the Academic All-GLVC team.
 
2019 SEASON: Was 3-of-4 on field goal attempts, drilling a season-long 46-yarder at Wheeling on Oct. 12...the 46-yard boot was the Bearcats' longest field goal of the campaign...went 19-of-20 on extra-point attempts, making his final 12 tries of the year...had four kickoffs result in touchbacks, which led the kicking staff...named to the Academic All-Great Lakes Valley Conference team.

BEFORE McK: Converted 34-of-36 extra point attempts and 3-of-6 field goal tries as a senior at Washington High School…also starred in soccer for the Panthers, where he was a two-time All-Conference, All-Area and All-Sectional pick.

PERSONAL: Born Aug. 1, 2000…son of Scott and Shawna Kastl…majoring in Marketing.
 
CAREER HIGHS:
Longest Field Goal: 46 yards (2x) last vs Southwest Baptist, 10/29/22
Most Field Goals: 2 (2x) last at Lake Erie College, 9/17/22
Most Extra-Points: 8 (8 att.) vs Quincy, 10/15/22
Single Game Points: 10 (1 FG, 7 XP) vs. William Jewell, 10/2/21

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Historical Player Information

  • 36

    2019Freshman

    Kicker
    6'0" 170 lbs
    36
  • 36

    2020Sophomore

    Kicker
    6'0" 170 lbs
    36
  • 11

    2021Sophomore

    Kicker
    6'0" 175 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2022Junior

    Kicker
    6'0" 175 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2023Senior

    K
    6'0" 185 lbs
    11