2021 Football Roster
Roster
Gavin Meyers
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Position:
- K/P
- Hometown:
- Oshkosh, Wis.
- High School:
- Lourdes Academy
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 190
- Major:
- Marketing
Honors and Awards
2024: Academic All-Big Ten
2023: Academic All-Big Ten
2022: Academic All-Big Ten
2021: Academic All-Big Ten
2024 Season: Appeared in all 12 games as UW’s holder … went 50-50 on holds across all kick procedures … assisted K Nathanial Vakos to a 12-19 field goal clip … went a perfect 31-31 on extra points
2023 Season: Played in all 13 games as the Badgers’ holder ... earned second letter … helped K Nathanial Vakos to a 15-for-19 performance on field goals and a perfect 34-for-34 mark on extra points … Vakos earned honorable mention All-Big Ten honors
2022 Season: Played in all 13 games as the Badgers’ holder … helped K Nate Van Zelst to a 11-for-14 clip on FGs and a perfect 35-for-35 clip on extra points
2020 Season: Redshirt season
High School: Ranked No. 18 in the nation among 2020 punters by Kohl’s Kicking … two-time honorable mention small-school Wisconsin Football Coaches Association selection as a punter … played in the Blue-Grey All-American Bowl his senior year … three-time first-team Trailways Small Conference selection … had a 39.2 yards-per-punt average during his prep at Lourdes Academy with 17 punts downed inside the 20-yard line … had a 36.6 yards-per-punt average his senior year and also scored two touchdowns … averaged 39.2 yards per punt his junior year, had eight of his 20 punts downed inside the 20-yard line and scored three touchdowns … averaged 41.6 yards per punt his sophomore year … three-time letterwinner in baseball and was named a second-team All Trailways Small Conference outfielder his junior year … academic all-state selection his senior year for football and baseball his junior year … four-year highest honors student … coach was Kevin Wopat
Personal: Parents are Tim and Shelley Meyers ... has one sister, Grace
