2022 Football Roster
Roster
Matt Myers
- Position:
- Quarterback
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- West Seneca, NY
- High School:
- West Seneca West
- Major:
- Communication
Hoof Prints: Local product who was the 2018 Buffalo News Western New York Player of the Year... began the 2019 season as the starting quarterback before suffering an injury... major is communication.
Senior (2022): Appeared in one game... did not attempt a pass... rushed for 110 yards and three touchdowns against Kent State (11/19)... tied the program record for single-game rushing yards by a quarterback.
Junior (2021): Appeared in 10 games and made two starts at quarterback… threw for 703 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for 179 yards and four scores on the season… threw a 26-yard touchdown against Wagner (9/2)… rushed for 15 yards and a touchdown against Coastal Carolina (9/18)… had a 7-yard touchdown run at Kent State (10/9)… threw for 239 yards and a touchdown and rushed for two other touchdowns against Bowling Green (10/30)… went 7-for-11 for 76 yards and a touchdown at Miami (OH) (11/9)… started the final two games of the season… was 16-of-23 for 162 yards and a touchdown against Northern Illinois (11/17)… Threw for 188 yards at Ball State (11/23).
Sophomore (2020): Appeared in three games… was 2-for-2 for 11 yards on the season… had three rushes for three yards and a touchdown on the season… had a four-yard touchdown run against Akron (12/12).
Redshirt-Freshman (2019): Began the season as the Bulls' starting quarterback before an injury in week five sidelined him for the remainder of the season... completed 49-of-105 passes for 602 yards and six touchdowns... rushed for 94 yards and two touchdowns... threw two touchdown passes and ran for another against Robert Morris (8/29) in his first career start... threw for a season-high 245 yards and a touchdown at Penn State (9/7)... threw for 167 yards and two touchdowns at Liberty (9/14)... had a rushing touchdown against Temple (9/21)... had a touchdown pass at Miami (OH) (9/28).
Freshman (2018): Redshirted in his first season at Buffalo... did see action in one game (Bowling Green)... did not attempt a pass.
High School: Dual-threat quarterback who, after playing his first three seasons at Bishop Timon-St. Jude, played his senior year at West Seneca West High School. Led West Seneca West to an undefeated season and its first ever state championship in 2017 and was named the game MVP. Named the 2017 Buffalo News Western New York Player of the Year and was a two-time All-WNY First Team choice. The 2017 Connolly Cup recipient, he threw for 2,397 yards and rushed for 1,037 yards his senior year to become just the third quarterback in WNY history to pass for 2,000 yards and rush for 1,000 yards in the same season. Had 24 passing touchdowns, only two interceptions and 22 rushing touchdowns on the year.
