Kicker, Hawai’i, to 2025
Kansei Matsuzawa
Lettered 2024 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 17
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 200 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Tokyo, Japan
- Born
- Jan 8, 1999, in Ichikawa
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Kansei Matsuzawa played kicker at Hawai’i (to 2025). He was a consensus All‑American in 2025.
Career highs
3field goals, best game on filefive times; last vs. Utah State, 2025Honors
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Kicking
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
On the roster
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.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage | PAAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Hawai’i | – | – | – | – | – | – | -3.6 (16 att.) |
| 2025 | Hawai’i | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16.6 (29 att.) |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). PAAR: points a kicker added above a replacement-level kicker, with his field-goal attempts. From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2025 Hawai’i 13 games, 27 of 29 field goals
| Date | Opponent | Result | FGM | FGA | Long | XP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23 | vs. | W 23–20 | 3 | 3 | 40 | 2 | 11 |
| Aug 30 | at | L 6–40 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 0 | 6 |
| Sep 6 | vs. | W 37–20 | 3 | 3 | 43 | 4 | 13 |
| Sep 13 | vs. | W 23–3 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 2 | 11 |
| Sep 20 | vs. | L 21–23 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 1 | 7 |
| Sep 27 | at | W 44–35 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 5 | 14 |
| Oct 11 | vs. | W 44–26 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 5 | 14 |
| Oct 18 | at | W 31–19 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 4 | 7 |
| Nov 1 | at | L 38–45 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 8 |
| Nov 8 | vs. | W 38–6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 8 |
| Nov 21 | at | L 10–38 | 1 | 1 | 45 | 1 | 4 |
| Nov 29 | vs. | W 27–7 | 2 | 3 | 47 | 3 | 9 |
| Dec 24 ✦ | vs. | W 35–31 | 2 | 3 | 39 | 3 | 9 |
2024 Hawai’i 12 games, 12 of 16 field goals
| Date | Opponent | Result | FGM | FGA | Long | XP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24 | vs. | W 35–14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Aug 31 | vs. | L 13–16 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 1 | 7 |
| Sep 14 | at | L 13–31 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 7 |
| Sep 21 | vs. | W 36–7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Oct 5 | at | L 24–27 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 6 |
| Oct 12 | vs. | L 7–28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 19 | at | L 10–42 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 4 |
| Oct 26 | vs. | W 34–13 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 4 | 10 |
| Nov 2 | at | W 21–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Nov 9 | vs. | L 27–29 | 2 | 2 | 41 | 3 | 9 |
| Nov 16 | at | L 10–55 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 4 |
| Nov 30 | vs. | W 38–30 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 5 | 8 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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