Kicker, South Dakota (from LSU), 2020–25
Ezekeal Mata
- Number
- No. 39
- Height
- 5′11″
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- San Marcos, CA
Ezekeal Mata played kicker at LSU (2020–22) and South Dakota (2023–25).
Team titles: Missouri Valley Football champions, 2024
Kicking
| Season | Team | FGM | FGA | Pct | Long | XP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | LSU | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | South Dakota | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | South Dakota | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 52 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025 | South Dakota | 2 | 4 | 50.0 | 58 | 0 | 6 |
| Career | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 58 | 3 | 12 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | LSU | 39 | PK | |||
| 2021 | LSU | 39 | PK | RS | ||
| 2022 | LSU | 39 | PK | Fr. | ||
| 2023 | South Dakota | 39 | PK | So. | ||
| 2024 | South Dakota | 39 | PK | Jr. | ||
| 2025 | South Dakota | 39 | PK | Sr. | 5′11″ | 200 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2025 South Dakota 4 games, 2 of 4 field goals
| Date | Opponent | Result | FGM | FGA | Long | XP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27 | at North Dakota State | L 13–51 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 0 | 3 |
| Oct 18 | at Northern Iowa | W 17–14 | 1 | 1 | 58 | 0 | 3 |
| Oct 25 | vs. Illinois State | L 13–21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | at Southern Illinois | W 53–51 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No box score in the source for Sep 6 at Lamar, so that game is not listed.
2024 South Dakota 3 games, 1 of 3 field goals
| Date | Opponent | Result | FGM | FGA | Long | XP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29 | vs.Northern State | W 45–3 | 1 | 1 | 52 | 0 | 3 |
| Nov 16 | at North Dakota | W 42–36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 7 | vs. Tarleton State | W 42–31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No box score in the source for Sep 14 at Portland State, so that game is not listed.
2023 South Dakota 1 game, 1 of 1 extra point
| Date | Opponent | Result | FGM | FGA | Long | XP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16 | vs. Lamar | W 35–6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2022 LSU 1 game, 2 of 2 extra points
| Date | Opponent | Result | FGM | FGA | Long | XP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2 ✦ | vs. Purdue | W 63–7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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