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UTAH: Expected to do all of Utah's punting for the second straight year ... good leg and excellent placement skills ... enrolled in school in January 2003 and earned starting punting job that spring.
2003-Played and started in all 12 games ... 63 punts for 2,558 yards ... averaging 40.6 yards per punt ... 12 punts of 50 yards or longer is tied for sixth best in Utah single-season history ... career-best 60-yard punt vs. San Diego State ... 9 punts for 341 yards vs. Southern Miss in the Liberty Bowl ... placed 18 punts inside the 20 ... academic all-MWC.
PRIOR TO UTAH: 2001 first-team all-Mission Conference punter for Palomar JC ... Palomar Special Teams Player of the Year ... Palomar won 2002 league title and was South County Bowl champion ... lettered in football, baseball and basketball at El Camino High School (Calif.) ... first-team all-county, all-CIF and all-Avocado League ... honorable mention all-state ... academic all-county ... team captain ... set school record for most career kick scoring points ... 1999 team was undefeated (13-0) and won CIF championship ... honor roll ... won art department award.
PERSONAL: Son of Bill and Dee Dee Kovacevich ... father played football at Northern Iowa ... one sister ... art major .... full name is Matt William Kovacevich ... born April 28, 1983 in Los Alamos, N.M.
YEAR G/GS NO YDS AVG LONG I20 2003 12/12 63 2,558 40.6 60 18
