Player Career

Mathew Sims Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

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

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    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