2025 Football Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 29
Martin Connington
- Position:
- K
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 204
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Meridian, Idaho
- High School:
- Mountain View
2025 SEASON (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Led MSU in scoring with 63 points (12 field goals, 27 PATs) . . . was 12-of-16 on field-goal attempts (.750) . . . was 6-of-7 from 20-29 yards, 5-of-5 from 30-39 yards, 0-of-1 from 40-49 yards and 1-of-3 from 50-plus yards . . . averaged 62.0 yards on kickoffs (37 kickoffs for 2,294 yards with 19 touchbacks) . . . was 27-of-28 on PATs . . . Academic All-Big Ten selection . . . scored eight points in season finale vs. Maryland at Ford Field (11/29), tying his career high with five PATs to go along with a 25-yard field goal; also had a season-high seven kickoffs for 434 yards (62.0-yard avg.) . . . opened MSU’s scoring in game at Iowa (11/22) with a 27-yard field goal in second quarter, adding two PATs in addition to four kickoffs for a 60.3 ypk average with three touchbacks . . . split the uprights on a 24-yard field goal in the second quarter of the Penn State game (11/15), adding one PAT, along with three kickoffs . . . had a career-high four field goal attempts in game at Minnesota (11/1) in cold and windy conditions, splitting uprights from 34-yards out on MSU’s third play of the fourth quarter, before missing from 23-yards out later in the fourth frame, and then connecting from 36-yards out in OT, to finish 2-for-4 on the day and added a pair of PATs . . . split uprights on both PATs in Michigan game (10/25), adding three kickoffs for a 57.3 ypk average . . . was 2-for-3 on field goals and 1-for-1 on PAT in the Indiana game (10/18), making a 38-yard FG on MSU’s opening possession of the game, then missing a 50-yarder early in the third quarter in windy and rainy conditions, before splitting the uprights from 34-yards out with 33 seconds left in the game in heavier rain . . . was 1-for-2 on PATs, with first miss of season, in UCLA game (10/11), adding three kickoffs for a 65.0 ypk average with one touchback . . . was 3-for-3 on PATs and had four kickoffs for a 65.0 ypk average with touchbacks on all four in windy conditions at Nebraska (10/4) . . . made 29-yard FG in second quarter at USC (9/20), then missed first FG of season on a 56-yarder as time expired in first half, adding 3-of-3 on PATs; also handled kickoff duties with five kickoffs for a 63.8 ypk average with two touchbacks . . . was 2-of-2 on field goals in Youngstown State game (10/13), splitting uprights from 24 yards as time expired in the first half while adding a 27-yarder in the fourth quarter; also made 5-of-5 PATs . . . made both field goals attempts in Boston College game (9/6) in his collegiate debut, highlighted by a 50-yarder in his first collegiate attempt that tied the game at 24-24 late in the third quarter then added a 39-yarder early in the fourth quarter that put the Spartans ahead, 27-24.
2024 SEASON: Redshirted . . . did not see game action.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Ranked one of the top kickers in the nation in the Class of 2024 by Kohl’s Kicking (No. 5), Chris Sailor Kicking (No. 7), 247Sports (No. 7), ESPN.com (No. 14) and On3 (No. 17) . . . listed among the best overall prospects in the state of Idaho by ESPN.com (No. 4), 247Sports (No. 7) and On3 (No. 8), including the consensus No. 1 kicker . . . first-team Class 5A all-state selection . . . recipient of the the Chris Sailor Kicking Kicker of the Year Award in 2022 . . . earned first-team All-America honors in 2022 by Chris Sailor Kicking and Kohl’s Kicking . . . was a perfect 20-for-20 on PATs and was 6-of-7 on field-goal attempts his senior season in 2023 for the Mavericks . . . averaged 57.9 yards per kickoff and 31.7 yards per punt . . . mechanical engineering major.
2024 SEASON: Redshirted . . . did not see game action.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Ranked one of the top kickers in the nation in the Class of 2024 by Kohl’s Kicking (No. 5), Chris Sailor Kicking (No. 7), 247Sports (No. 7), ESPN.com (No. 14) and On3 (No. 17) . . . listed among the best overall prospects in the state of Idaho by ESPN.com (No. 4), 247Sports (No. 7) and On3 (No. 8), including the consensus No. 1 kicker . . . first-team Class 5A all-state selection . . . recipient of the the Chris Sailor Kicking Kicker of the Year Award in 2022 . . . earned first-team All-America honors in 2022 by Chris Sailor Kicking and Kohl’s Kicking . . . was a perfect 20-for-20 on PATs and was 6-of-7 on field-goal attempts his senior season in 2023 for the Mavericks . . . averaged 57.9 yards per kickoff and 31.7 yards per punt . . . mechanical engineering major.
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