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2025 Football Roster

25 Matt Wertz

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 190
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • High School Mount Lebanon
  • Position DB
  • Major Business, Organizations & Society

Biography

Career Honors

  • Second-team All-Centennial Conference (2023)
  • Honorable mention All-Centennial Conference (2024)

2024: Honorable mention All-Centennial Conference defensive back … Started all 11 games at safety … Picked off passes during the first two weeks of the season against Lebanon Valley (9/6) and The College of New Jersey (9/14), while also forcing a fumble against the Flying Dutchmen and making six solo stops at the Lions … Broke up three other passes … Totaled 37 tackles, including 21 solo stops … Had multiple stops during every regular season contest … Set a season high with seven tackles (five solo) versus Muhlenberg (11/9).

2023: Second-team All-Centennial Conference defensive back … Started all 11 games at safety … Tied for the team lead with 12 passes defended, breaking up 11 attempts and intercepting another … Had a season-high four pass breakups and the one interception versus Ursinus (10/7) … Broke up multiple passes during four different contests … Ranked third on the team with 65 tackles, including 38 solo stops and 1.5 tackles for loss at Lebanon Valley (9/1) … Had at least three tackles in every game … Posted a season-high 13 tackles in addition to two pass break ups against Johns Hopkins (10/14), matching those season totals the very next week at McDaniel (10/21) … Blocked a kick versus Kean (10/28).

2022: Appeared in nine games during his rookie season, making multiple starts in the secondary … Made 37 tackles, including 21 solo stops … Intercepted two passes and broke up one other … Recorded multiple tackles in seven of his games played … Picked off passes against Ursinus (9/24) and Dickinson (10/22) … Racked up eight tackles – seven solo – at Muhlenberg (10/29) … Posted a season-high nine tackles at Gettysburg (11/12), featuring 1.5 tackles for loss after his first tackle for loss during the previous week versus Moravian (11/5).

High School: Three-year starter in both football and lacrosse, serving as captain of both teams during senior season … Led football team to PIAA State Championship and WPIAL Championship … First-team All-WPIAL selection … Team leader in creating turnovers during his junior and senior seasons … Recipient of the Don Shula Award … Helped lacrosse team to a pair of WPIAL runner-up finishes … National Honor Society member.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 25

    2022First-Year

    DB
    6'1" 190 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2023Sophomore

    DB
    6'1" 190 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2024Junior

    DB
    6'2" 195 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2025Senior

    DB
    6'1" 190 lbs
    25