Kicker, Wake Forest, 2021–⁠25

Matthew Dennis

Number
No. 99
Height
5′11″
Weight
207 lb
Class (2025)
Senior
Hometown
Charlotte, NC

Matthew Dennis played kicker at Wake Forest (2021–⁠25).

Career highs

3field goals, career highsix times; last at UConn, 2024

Kicking

Field goals made, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamFGMFGAPctLongXPPts
2022Wake Forest121485.7465793
2023Wake Forest142070.0442062
2024Wake Forest162080.0423482
2025Wake Forest00–033
Career425477.846114240

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2021Wake Forest99PKRS
2022Wake Forest99PKFr.
2023Wake Forest99PKSo.
2024Wake Forest99PKJr.
2025Wake Forest99PKSr.5′11″207

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

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsagePAAR
2022Wake Forest––––––4.3 (13 att.)
2023Wake Forest––––––-8.1 (19 att.)
2024Wake Forest––––––1.7 (20 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 Wake Forest 1 game, 3 of 3 extra points
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Nov 22vs.DelawareW 52–⁠1400033
2024 Wake Forest 12 games, 16 of 20 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Aug 29vs.North Carolina A&TW 45–⁠13113169
Sep 7vs.VirginiaL 30–⁠313338312
Sep 14vs.Ole MissL 6–⁠40224206
Sep 28vs.LouisianaL 38–⁠41123958
Oct 5atNC StateW 34–⁠302241410
Oct 12vs.ClemsonL 14–⁠4900022
Oct 19atUConnW 23–⁠20343609
Oct 26atStanfordW 27–⁠24223539
Nov 8vs.CaliforniaL 36–⁠4601044
Nov 16atNorth CarolinaL 24–⁠31113336
Nov 23atMiamiL 14–⁠4200022
Nov 30vs.DukeL 17–⁠23123725
2023 Wake Forest 11 games, 14 of 20 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Aug 31vs.ElonW 37–⁠173334413
Sep 9vs.VanderbiltW 36–⁠203444312
Sep 16atOld DominionW 27–⁠24223639
Sep 23vs.Georgia TechL 16–⁠30112514
Oct 7atClemsonL 12–⁠17233506
Oct 14atVirginia TechL 13–⁠30223417
Oct 21vs.PittsburghW 21–⁠1700033
Oct 28vs.Florida StateL 16–⁠41112414
Nov 2atDukeL 21–⁠2402033
Nov 11vs.NC StateL 6–⁠2601000
Nov 18atNotre DameL 7–⁠4501011
2022 Wake Forest 13 games, 12 of 14 field goals
DateOpponentResultFGMFGALongXPPts
Sep 1vs.VMIW 44–⁠103333413
Sep 10atVanderbiltW 45–⁠25112169
Sep 17vs.LibertyW 37–⁠363346413
Sep 24vs.ClemsonL 45–⁠51112969
Oct 1atFlorida StateW 31–⁠21122747
Oct 8vs.ArmyW 45–⁠10113858
Oct 22vs.Boston CollegeW 43–⁠1500055
Oct 29atLouisvilleL 21–⁠4800033
Nov 5atNC StateL 21–⁠3001033
Nov 12vs.North CarolinaL 34–⁠3600044
Nov 19vs.SyracuseW 45–⁠35113369
Nov 26atDukeL 31–⁠34113247
Dec 23 ✦vs.MissouriW 27–⁠1700033

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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