Player Dossier

2010-2013

Northern Illinois

Mathew Sims

PK • 5'9" • Hannibal, MO, USA

Impact contributor

Mathew Sims shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Northern Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan

Player Story

Mathew Sims built his college career from 2010 through 2013 as a placekicker from Hannibal, MO wearing No. 99, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Mathew Sims' career was his special-teams...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2010 · Rating 0.81

Hannibal · Hannibal, MO

Committed To
Northern Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2010

Mathew Sims, PK. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2010 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Mathew Sims shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Touchdowns
1
Rushing yards
13

Quick Answers

Mathew Sims quick answers

Latest team and position
Northern Illinois · PK
Career Touchdowns
1
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 44 games
Best season
2010 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Top game
Central Michigan
Recruit profile
3-star · Hannibal · Northern Illinois
High school pipeline
Hannibal · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 99 · Class 2013

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2010 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois500100
2011 PostseasonNorthern Illinois1300100
2011 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois1300100
2012 PostseasonNorthern Illinois140151.2
2012 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois141151.2
2013 PostseasonNorthern Illinois1200100
2013 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois1200100

Related Context

Mathew Sims played PK for Northern Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, Mathew Sims recorded 13 rushing yards and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2012 with Northern Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2010 Regular Season

Northern Illinois paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2013 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2013 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Utah State

Loss with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2013 Postseason · Northern Illinois

Games

12

Primary Metric / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Utah State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Utah State: 0. Iowa: 0. Idaho: 0. Eastern Illinois: 0. Purdue: 0. Kent State: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Massachusetts: 0. Ball State: 0. Toledo: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Bowling Green: 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 = 10 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

12 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

Utah State

Best efficiency game

— vs Utah State

Result
Fri 12/27vs Utah StateL 14-21
Sat 12/7vs Bowling GreenL 27-47
Wed 11/27vs Western MichiganW 33-14
Thu 11/21@ ToledoW 35-17
Thu 11/14vs Ball StateW 48-27
Sat 11/2@ MassachusettsW 63-19
Sat 10/26vs Eastern MichiganW 59-20
Sat 10/5@ Kent StateW 38-24
Sat 9/28@ PurdueW 55-24
Sat 9/21vs Eastern IllinoisW 43-39
Sat 9/14@ IdahoW 45-35
Sat 8/31@ IowaW 30-27

Player Story

Mathew Sims story

Mathew Sims built his college career from 2010 through 2013 as a placekicker from Hannibal, MO wearing No. 99, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Mathew Sims' career was his special-teams scoring: 354 kicking points, 53 made field goals on 74 attempts, and 195 extra points across 44 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2011 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 13 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 44 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northern Illinois.

The arc is straightforward: Mathew Sims 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

    2010-2013

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2010201120112012201220132013
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2010 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois0
2011 PostseasonNorthern Illinois00
2011 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois00
2012 PostseasonNorthern Illinois11
2012 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois10
2013 PostseasonNorthern Illinois0-1
2013 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Central Michigan

Week 5 · W 55-24 · Conference game

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

1

Touchdowns

100 takeover

1 primary-metric impact.

#2

@ Eastern Michigan

Week 13 · W 71-3 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

@ Ball State

Week 12 · W 59-21 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

@ Illinois

Week 3 · L 22-28

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

vs North Dakota

Week 2 · W 23-17

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2010 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2011 Postseason · Northern Illinois

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2011 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games