Matt Seiwert

Height:
6-3
Weight:
285
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Conway Springs

CAREER HONORS
• 2015-16 First Team Academic All-Big 12
• May 2016 Kansas State Graduate (Agribusiness)

CAREER (Click Here for Career Stats): An athletic defensive lineman who transitioned from being a high school linebacker... Saw action in 28 career games, including all 26 games over the final two years of his career... Played three seasons as he elected to end his career following his junior campaign... Helped the Wildcats earn a 24-15 record and three bowl berths over his three seasons on the field.

2016 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): Played in 13 games, totaling eight tackles... Tallied an interception on a tipped pass against Missouri State, the first pick by a Wildcat defensive tackle since Raphael Guidry in 2011... His interception was one of two passes defended on the year as the other one came against Kansas... Tied his career high with two tackles against Florida Atlantic and Iowa State... Picked up First Team Academic All-Big 12 honors as he was one of four players to be nominated with a 4.0 GPA.

2015 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): Played in all 13 games, primarily on special teams, with a start at defensive tackle in the 2016 AutoZone Liberty Bowl against Arkansas... Totaled four tackles, including a career-high two at UTSA... Also batted away a Roadrunner pass, while he had another pass breakup at Kansas... Earned First Team Academic All-Big 12 accolades.

2014 (Click Here for Game-by-Game Stats): Saw action in two games, including against Stephen F. Austin when he recorded two tackles.

2013: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Conway Springs under head coach Matt Biehler... Named to the Topeka Capital-Journal Top-11 team and was also an all class all-state pick... A 2011 MaxPreps All-American... A First Team All-Central Plains League selection on offense and defense... Named co-Defensive MVP for the Central Plains League... Helped Conway Springs win the 2011 Kansas 3A State Championship with four tackles, including one for a loss, and a fumble recovery... Led the Cardinals to a combined 38-4 record and two state titles in three seasons... Prepped with current Wildcat defensive end Tanner Wood... Also earned all-league and all-state honors in basketball and javelin (187 feet).

PERSONAL: Matt Patrick Seiwert was born September 5, 1993, in Wellington, Kansas... Son of David and Mary Seiwert... Has five siblings, including an older brother, Darin, who played football at K-State... Graduated with a degree in Agribusiness from Kansas State in May 2016.