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2007: Twice named the Conference USA Special Teams Player of the Week in 2007...Led the team in scoring with 80 points and averaged 6.2 points per game...Ranked fourth in C-USA in field goals made per game and ninth in scoring by kickers...Finished the season tied for 60th nationally in field goals...Attempted three or more field goals in four games...Hit multiple field goals in five games...Handled kickoffs in the last 10 games of the season and averaged 58.9 yards per kick...Struggled to open the season and missed his first three field goal attempts...Was 5-of-5 on PATs in the second game versus Jacksonville State to tie his career-best mark...Snapped his streak of 29 consecutive PATs dating back to the 2006 East Carolina contest when he missed his first attempt on the road versus UCF...Answered the miss with two successful PATs later in the game and then hit all four attempts the following week versus Arkansas State...Registered his first field goal make of the year when he booted a 32 yarder in the field quarter on the road at ASU...Scored 11 points against Marshall and was 3-for-3 in field goal attempts, with a long kick of 30 yards...All three of his FGs were in the first half...Handled six kickoffs in the win and five of them were dropped inside the 10-yard line...Logged 12 points against Rice on three field goals and thee PATs and was named the C-USA Special Teams Player of the Week for his efforts...Hit a pair of FGs for 22 and 24 yards in the second quarter...Converted a key 22 yarder later in the fourth quarter to give Memphis the 31-28 advantage with just over eight minutes left to play...Also logged eight kickoffs for 459 total yards in the win...Did not have a FG attempt against Tulane, but scored four points on PATs...Hit field goals of 37 and 24 yards in the first half against East Carolina...Missed a 32-yard attempt against Southern Miss in the third quarter but converted all three PATs...Set a career high with four field goals (tied for second all-time at Memphis) and 13 points kicking (tied for seventh all-time) against UAB...Booted a 32 yarder in the second quarter and registered a season-long 38-yard field goal in the fourth quarter to mark the first time in his short career that he had logged two 30 yarders in the same game...Also dropped five of his seven kickoffs inside the 5-yard line...Matched his career high with 13 points kicking against SMU, reaching the mark for the second-straight game...Hit the game-winning 32-yard field goal in the third overtime and set a career high with seven PATs (tied for fourth all-time at Memphis)...Named C-USA Special Teams of the Week following the SMU game...Logged two kickoffs and just one PAT in the first quarter of the New Orleans Bowl before leaving the contest with a concussion...Finished the season having hit 15 of his 22 field goal attempts and converting 35 of his 38 PATs...Closed the year ranked eighth all-time in the U of M record book in single-season points (80), fifth in points by a kicker, seventh in PATs made (35) and seventh in field goals made (15)...In just two seasons, ranks 13th all-time in scoring with 141 points.
2006: One of just five Tigers to play as a true freshman in 2006...Earned Freshman All-America recognition by The Sporting News and CollegeFootball News.com...Landed on the C-USA Media All-Freshman Team following the 2006 season in which he led the Tigers in scoring with 61 points...Did not see action in the first two games against Ole Miss and Chattanooga...Earned the starting role against East Carolina and never relinquished the position...Converted his first collegiate PAT in the first quarter against the Pirates...Hit his second attempt in the second quarter, but missed his only PAT of the year on Memphis' next offensive series...Was perfect the rest of the way, ending the year with 23 consecutive PATs...Was called on to take over kickoffs with injury to Patrick Byrne...Had his first collegiate kickoff to open the second half against Tennessee...First attempt was for 58 yards to the UT 7-yard line...Did not attempt a field goal and had one PAT versus the Vols...Logged 118 yards on two kickoffs...Scored 11 points in back-to-back games versus UAB and Arkansas State...Was 3-of-4 on field goals with a long of 28 against the Blazers...Missed an attempt from 41 yards in the second quarter...Averaged 58.1 yards on seven kickoffs against UAB...Upped his average to 58.7 yards on six kickoffs the next game against ASU...Was flawless with two PATs and three field goals versus the Indians...Equaled his long of 28 yards in the ASU meeting...Missed his only field goal attempt from 40 yards out against Tulsa...Booted three kickoffs for an average of 62.7 yards in the Tulsa meeting...Scored nine points in the Marshall contest with three PATs and a 2-of-2 effort on field goals...Upped his season high with a make of 31 yards versus the Thundering Herd...Booted at least four kickoffs in three of the next four games...Converted three PATs and missed his only field goal attempt from 28 yards out against Southern Miss...Set new career highs in the next three straight games...Hit a 40-yard field goal against UCF and improved that mark with a 41 yarder the next game against Houston...Helped Memphis strike quickly against the Cougars, scoring the first six points of the game off field goals of 22 and 48 yards...Missed a 32-yard attempt in the third and his 40-yard attempt in overtime...Came back strong in the season finale victory at UTEP, scoring eight points and upping his career high with a 42-yard field goal...Was a perfect 5-of-5 on PATs versus the Miners...Did not kickoff against UTEP with the return of Byrne to the lineup...Finished his rookie season 25-of-26 on PATs and 12-of-17 on field goals...Also averaged 57.1 yards on 37 kickoffs and sailed three of his attempts into the endzone...Streak of 23 consecutive PATs ranks eighth in the Tiger record books...Ranks 10th all-time in single season points with 61...Ended the year ranked sixth in Conference USA in scoring by a kicker...Also ranked fourth in the league in field goals and sixth in field goal percentage...Was one of just two freshmen to be listed in C-USA kicking rankings...Was the only freshman to be listed in the top 10 in all four kicking categories.
Honors: Named C-USA Special Teams Player of the Week twice in 2007...Selected to the C-USA Media All-Freshman Team following the 2006 season...Was presented the Rex Dockery Award at the 2007 Blue-Gray Game.
Academic Highlights: Named to Tiger 3.0 Club and UM Dean's List for two semesters.
Prep: Played for Coach Paul Maynard at Bearden High...Lettered three years as a kicker...Squad was 5-5 last season...Averaged 40.1 yards per punt in 2005...Was successful on 22 of his 23 extra point attempts...Booted 85 percent of his kickoffs into the end zone...Named to the All Prep-Extra first team...Also named first team All-Region...Named All-Knoxville...Selected as a member of the All-State Team by the Tennessee Football Coaches Association...As a junior, punted 49 times for a 40.5 yard average with an average hang time of 3.85 seconds...Converted 12-of-14 extra points and one-of-three field goals (43 yards) while sending 11 of 17 kickoffs into the end zone...Advanced to the final round at the Chris Sailer National Kicking Competition in Las Vegas...Was named to the Chris Sailer Top Twelve list following his performance...Is the third kicker from BHS to earn a Division I scholarship, joining Dustin and Britton Colquitt (Tennessee)...Was a member of the Key Club and National Honor Society...Tutored football players at BHS...Earned a 4.1 grade-point average.
Personal: Matthew Harrison Reagan is the son of Rick and Lisa Reagan...Born August 28, 1987, in Knoxville, Tenn....Is related to former Lady Vol basketball standout Kellie (Jolly) Harper, who is the head women's basketball coach at Western Carolina.
Reagan's Career Scoring Statistics
YR G PAT FGM-FGA POINTS AVG/G
2006 10 25-26 12-17 61 6.1
2007 13 35-38 15-22 80 6.2
Total 23 60-64 27-39 141 6.1
Reagan's Career Field Goal Statistics
YR G FGM-FGA LG PCT 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99
2006 10 12-17 42 70.6 0-0 8-9 1-2 3-6 0-0
2007 13 15-22 38 68.2 0-0 8-9 7-10 0-3 0-0
Total 23 27-39 42 69.2 0-0 16-18 8-12 3-9 0-0
Reagan's Career Kickoff Statistics
YR G NO RET YDS AVG TB OB FC OSK
2006 10 37 32 2114 57.1 3 2 0 1
2007 13 51 48 3003 58.9 1 1 1 1
Total 23 88 80 5117 58.1 4 3 1 2
Reagan's Career Highs
Most PATs Made: 7 vs. SMU (`07)
Most PATs Attempted: 7 vs. SMU (`07)
Most Points: 13 vs. UAB, SMU (`07)
Most Field Goals Made: 4 vs. UAB (`07)
Most Field Goal Attempts: 4, four times, last vs. UAB (`07)
Longest Field Goal: 42 vs. UTEP (`06)
Most Kickoffs: 8 vs. Rice (`07)
Reagan's Game-By-Game Statistics
Kicking Opponent FG LG PAT PTS KO AVG TB OB
9/16/06 ECU 0-0 - 2-3 2 0 0.0 0 0
9/30/06 Tennessee 0-0 - 1-1 1 2 59.0 0 0
10/7/06 UAB 3-4 28 2-2 11 7 58.1 1 0
10/14/06 ASU 3-3 28 2-2 11 6 58.7 0 0
10/21/06 Tulsa 0-1 - 2-2 2 3 62.7 1 0
10/28/06 Marshall 2-2 31 3-3 9 5 55.4 1 1
11/5/06 USM 0-1 - 3-3 3 4 53.2 0 0
11/11/06 UCF 1-1 40 3-3 6 5 55.0 0 0
11/18/06 Houston 2-4 41 2-2 8 5 56.8 0 1
11/25/06 UTEP 1-1 42 5-5 8 0 0.0 0 0
9/1/07 Ole Miss 0-1 - 1-1 1 0 0.0 0 0
9/15/07 JSU 0-1 - 5-5 5 0 0.0 0 0
9/22/07 UCF 0-1 - 2-3 2 0 0.0 0 0
9/27/07 ASU 1-1 32 4-4 7 2 61.5 0 0
10/2/07 Marshall 3-3 30 1-1 10 6 62.5 0 0
10/13/07 MTSU 0-1 - 1-1 1 2 60.0 0 0
10/20/07 Rice 3-4 24 3-3 12 8 57.4 1 1
10/27/07 Tulane 0-0 - 4-4 4 5 53.8 0 0
11/3/07 ECU 2-2 37 2-4 8 7 53.9 0 0
11/10/07 USM 0-1 - 3-3 3 5 57.2 0 0
11/17/07 UAB 4-4 38 1-1 13 7 64.1 0 0
11/24/07 SMU 2-3 33 7-7 13 7 60.0 0 0
12/21/07 FAU 0-0 - 1-1 1 2 62.5 0 0
