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Player Dossier
2017-2021Northern Illinois
Matt Ference
P • 5'11" • 186 lbs • Saint Louis, MO, USA
Impact contributor
Matt Ference shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.
Impact Production
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Production sample still building
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Northern Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Northern Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Duke
Player Story
Matt Ference built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a punter from Saint Louis, MO wearing No. 36, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Matt Ference's career was his field-position...
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- Committed To
- Northern Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Matt Ference, P. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Postseason · Northern Illinois. Matt Ference shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.
Quick Answers
Matt Ference quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northern Illinois · P
- Career Touchdowns
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 58 games
- Best season
- 2017 Postseason · Northern Illinois
- Top game
- Duke
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Lafayette Co. · Northern Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Lafayette Co. · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 36 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | TD | Primary | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2018 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 14 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 14 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Related Context
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Matt Ference played P for Northern Illinois. Across 5 tracked seasons, Matt Ference recorded -16 rushing yards and 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Northern Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Postseason
Northern Illinois paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with — efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UAB
Loss with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Postseason · Northern Illinois
Games
14
Primary Metric / G
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Efficiency
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Usage
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Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
UAB
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UAB: 0. Iowa: 0. Utah: 0. Central Michigan: 0. Florida State: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Ball State: 0. Ohio: 0. BYU: 0. Akron: 0. Toledo: 0. Miami (OH): 0. Western Michigan: 0. Buffalo: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 8 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 6 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
14 games
Featured metric
Touchdowns
Top game by takeover score
UAB
Best efficiency game
— vs UAB
| Result | ||||||||||||||
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| Wed 12/19 | vs UAB | L 13-37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 12/1 | @ Buffalo | W 30-29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wed 11/21 | @ Western Michigan | L 21-28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thu 11/15 | vs Miami (OH) | L 7-13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thu 11/8 | vs Toledo | W 38-15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thu 11/1 | @ Akron | W 36-26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/27 | @ BYU | W 7-6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/13 | vs Ohio | W 24-21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/6 | @ Ball State | W 24-16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/29 | @ Eastern Michigan | W 26-23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/22 | @ Florida State | L 19-37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | vs Central Michigan | W 24-16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Utah | L 6-17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/1 | @ Iowa | L 7-33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
Matt Ference story
Matt Ference built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a punter from Saint Louis, MO wearing No. 36, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Matt Ference's career was his field-position work: 307 punts, 12,886 punting yards, and 48 punts inside the 20 across 58 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Northern Illinois. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. His career also includes 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 58 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northern Illinois.
The arc is straightforward: Matt Ference moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Northern Illinois
2017-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2017201720182018201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
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| 2017 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Duke
Week 1 · L 14-36 · Postseason
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
0 primary-metric impact.
#2
@ Central Michigan
Week 13 · L 24-31 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#3
vs Western Michigan
Week 12 · W 35-31 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#4
vs Ball State
Week 11 · W 63-17 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#5
@ Toledo
Week 10 · L 17-27 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Postseason · Northern Illinois
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
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#2
2017 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2018 Postseason · Northern Illinois
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
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Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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