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2022 Football Roster

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  • Fifth Year
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  • Flower Mound, Texas
    Hometown
  • 5'11
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  • 189
    Weight
  • Marcus HS
    High School
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John Mayers
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Fifth Year
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Flower Mound, Texas
Hometown

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Biography

CAREER HONORS
• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (7x)
• 2022 First-Team Academic All-Big 12
 
2022 (Redshirt Senior)
Named First-Team Academic All-Big 12 … Was 8 for 11 in field goals, going 1 of 1 in 20-29 yard attempts, 3 of 4 from 30-39 yards, 4 of 6 from 40-49 yards, with a long of 49 … Was 42 of 44 in PATs … Totaled 66 points on the year … Finished his career among the program leaders in field goals made (sixth; 34), field goals attempted (eighth; 45), field goal percentage (first; .756), PATs made (third; 120), PATs attempted (third; 122), PAT percentage (sixth; .984) … After losing the starting placekicker job to a dynamic freshman in Isaiah Hankins in 2021, won the early-season battle following a pair of missed attempts in a loss at No. 21 BYU, serving in the primary kicker role the remainder of the year … Made seven straight attempts after winning the job … Made a 24-yard attempt vs. Iowa State … Drilled a 34-yard field goal vs. No. 7 Oklahoma State … Had a 40 and 44-yard field goal made at West Virginia … Hit from 48 yards in a 45-17 rout of Texas Tech … Had a season-long 49-yard field goal in a win at Oklahoma … Hit from 37 yards vs. No. 19 Kansas State … Had streak snapped with a 46-yard miss vs. No. 4 TCU … Hit from 30 and missed from 40 at No. 23 Texas … Missed a 38-yard field goal in 12-degree and windy conditions in the Armed Forces Bowl vs. Air Force. 

2021 (Redshirt Junior)
Did not appear in any games.

2020 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Made all 22 of his PATs and 10-of-15 field goal attempts in nine games in 2020 .... All-Big 12 Honorable Mention … All-time career leader at BU in field goal percentage (76.5 percent) ... T-No. 7 all-time at Baylor in PATs made with 78 and No. 10 in attempts with 78 ... No. 9 all-time in career points for a kicker with 156 ... First-Team Academic All-Big 12 … Made his 11th-consecutive field goal dating back to last season with a 47-yard make against Kansas (9/26), also converted all six of his PATs ... Converted on all three of his point after attempts, missed two field goals at WVU (10/3) ... Made 1-of-2 field goal attempts at Texas (10/24), made his only PAT ... Hit a 36-yard field goal and all four PATs in the game at Iowa State (11/7) ... Went 3-for-3 on his field goal attempts against Texas Tech (11/14), hit the second-longest field goal of his career from 48 yards, went 2-of-2 on PATs ... Hit the game-winning 30-yard field goal vs. K-State (11/28) for his second game-winner of his career, finished 2-of-2 on FGs and 2-of-2 on PATs ... Made both his PATs, but missed both of his field goal attempts at OU (12/5) ... Made his lone 40-yard attempt vs. Oklahoma State (12/12).

2019 (Redshirt Freshman)
First-Team Academic All-Big 12 ... Appeared in all 14 games, finishing 16-of-19 in field goals on the year, with a career-long of 51 yards, also was 53-of-53 in extra points for 101 total points on the year ... Was 2-for-2 in extra points in the Sugar Bowl vs. Georgia (1/1) ... In the Big 12 title game vs. OU (12/7), tied his career-high with 3 made field goals (3-for-3) with a long of 44 yards, also was 2-for-2 in extra points ... Tied his career-high in extra points made as he was 7-for-7 at Kansas (11/30), also hit 2 field goals, two 23 yarders and rugby punted once for 39 yards, accounted for a career-high 13 points ... Against Texas (11/23) made a 24-yd field goal attempt and was 3-for-3 in extra points ... Hit 1 field goal, a 28-yarder, was 4-for-4 in extra points and punted once vs. Oklahoma (11/16) ... Nailed a career-long 51 yard field goal, the longest field goal by a Bear since 2013 to tie the game with 36 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, sending it to overtime, one of three field goals (36-yarder, 24-yarder) he nailed on the day (including all 9 points in regulation) at TCU (11/9), also hit two extra points in the overtime period, accounting for 11 of the Bears’ 29 points in the victory, earning him Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week honors (Nov. 11) ... Hit a 36-yd field goal with 10:19 left in the fourth quarter that proved to be the difference in the Bears’ 17-14 victory over WVU (10/31), was also 2-for-2 in extra points ... Was 6-for-6 in extra points and added 1 field goal, a 28-yarder at OSU (10/19) ... Had his first multi-field goal performance vs. Texas Tech (10/12), including nailing a 19-yd attempt as regulation expired to tie the game and send it into over time, also made a field goal of 37 yards and was 3-for-3 in extra points, earning him Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 14) for the second time this season ... Was 4-for-4 in extra points at K-State (10/5) ... Kicked the eventual game-winning field goal with 21 seconds left vs. Iowa State (9/28), a 38-yarder, his first-career made field goal, also was 2-for-2 in extra points, earning him Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week honors (Sept. 30) ... Finished 3-for-3 in extra points vs. Rice (9/21), missed first career field goal attempt from 37 yards ... Was 7-for-7 in extra points vs. UTSA (9/7), a new career best ... was 6-for-6 in extra points in the season opener vs. SFA (8/31), did not attempt a field goal

2018 (Freshman)
Redshirted ... Saw his first collegiate action in the Texas Bowl where he stepped in for injured Connor Martin and was 3-for-3 in extra points down the stretch to help the Bears to victory  ... Big 12 Academic All-Rookie selection

High School: Played at Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas for coach Kevin Atkinson … Rated a five-star prospect by Chris Sailer Kicking … 2017 TOP 12 Camp Invitee … 2017 Vegas 30 Class of 2018 Field Goal Last Man Standing Champion … 2017 Vegas 30 Field Goal Finalist … District 6-6A Special Teams Player of the Year … Second-Team Academic All-State … Made 28-of-34 field goals as a senior … Long was 50 yards … Also played soccer.

Personal: Son of John and Kristy Mayers … has two siblings, Morgan and Jared … majoring in management.