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2013 ATLANTA FALCONS VETERAN PLAYERS
MATT BOSHER
PUNTER
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HT: 6’0” WT: 208 NFL EXP: 3 ACQ: D6-’11 3rd YEAR WITH FALCONS
BIRTHDATE: 10/18/87 COLLEGE: UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI
TRANSACTIONS
• Selected as a sixth round (192nd pick overall) draft
choice by Atlanta in 2011.
2012 (FALCONS)
• Punted 60 times for 2,827 yards, with a 47.1 yard
average and set a franchise record with a 40.7 yard
net punting average.
• Averaged 42.7 per kick and the Falcons allowed 4.8
yards per punt return, which was tops in the NFL
last season.
• In 2012, posted six games with an average above
50 yards, including a season-high 53.2 yard average
in a Week 13 win over the New Orleans Saints
(11/29). In those six games, dropped eight of his 22
punts inside the 20-yard line and allowed just one
touchback.
• His three touchbacks on punts in 2012 were the
lowest total by a Falcons punter since Michael
Koenen had three in 2009.
• Set a franchise record with 45 touchbacks on kickoffs,
breaking Koenen’s club best 28 set in 2009.
CAREER
• In two seasons with the Falcons, has punted 131
times for 5,837 yards with a 44.6 yard average and
a 39.7 net average. Has dropped 49 punts inside the
20-yard line.
• Punted 70 times pinning opponents inside their
own 20 yard line 27 times, which was tied for the
fourth-highest total in a single season in team history
in 2011.
AUDIBLES
Bosher was selected as the Punter of the Day by ESPN
Stats & Information for his performance against the
New Orleans Saints on 12/11/11.
COLLEGE
• Served as the Hurricanes primary placekicker and
punter, appearing in 50 games during his career.
• Set a school record after connecting on 14
consecutive field goal attempts between
2009 and 2010.
• Posted a string of 105-straight PATs, which is the
second-best streak in Miami annals. His 127 PATs
and 260 points scored both placed seventh in Hurricanes
annals.
• Connected on 45 field goals as a Hurricane, posting
a field goal percentage of 84.9 (45-of-53), including
9-of-13 attempts of 40-or-more yards.
• As a punter, placed 70-of-234 attempts inside the
20-yard line, finishing with a 41.7-yard average, and
averaged at least 40.0 yards in each of his four seasons
handling punting duties.
• Had 49 punts for 50 yards or longer and forced opponents
to call for 82 fair catches.
• Closed out his career ranked second in school history
in consecutive PATs made (105), tied for fifth in
field goals made (45), seventh in point after touchdowns
made (127), in total points scored (260) and
points scored kicking (260).
• In 2011, Falcons opponents started 62 of their 180
offensive possessions inside their own 20-yard line,
which led the League.
EXTRA POINTS
• Named the Atlanta Falcons Walter Payton Man of
the Year award in 2012. The Atlanta Falcons Man
of the Year award recognizes a player’s off-the-field
community service. Each team in the NFL nominates
one player from their organization for this
prestigious honor.
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• As a senior, earned first-team All-Atlantic Coast
Conference honors as a punter from The NFL
Draft Report and second-team accolades from the
league’s media and coaches. He was named the
team’s Special Teams Player of the Year and was a
candidate for the Lowe’s Senior Class Award.
• In his junior season, earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference
first-team honors as a kicker and secondteam
recognition as a punter. Ranked second in the