Alex Mastromanno
| Florida State Seminoles – No. 29 | |
|---|---|
| Position | Punter |
| Class | Senior |
| Personal information | |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 241 lb (109 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College | Florida State (2020–present) |
| High school | Brighton Grammar School (Melbourne, Australia) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Alex Mastromanno is an Australian American football punter for the Florida State Seminoles.
Early life
[edit]Mastromanno is from Melbourne, Australia.[1] He grew up playing Australian rules football, which he started at age three or four.[2] He also competed in tennis and track and field growing up.[3] He played for Old Brighton Grammarians Football Club in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) and was a nominee for the league's rising star award in 2017.[4] He also played for the Collingwood reserve side in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[5]
Mastromanno later became interested in American football and joined Nathan Chapman's ProKick Australia academy.[6] Recruited to play college football in the U.S. as a punter, he was ranked a two-star prospect by 247Sports and committed to the Florida State Seminoles (FSU) in December 2019.[7]
College career
[edit]Mastromanno served as Florida State's main punter as a freshman in 2020, recording an average of 43.5 yards per punt which ranked seventh in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and 33rd nationally.[8] He remained the starter in 2021, playing in 12 games and being chosen fourth-team All-ACC and FSU's special teams MVP after averaging 42.7 yards per punt with 18 punts inside the 20 and a long of 65 yards.[9] In 2022, he punted 34 times with an average of 41.8 yards per punt, having a long of 53 and five punts of over 50 yards.[6]
In 2023, Mastromanno averaged 45.5 yards per punt, placing second in the ACC and 15th nationally.[10] He was named second-team All-ACC, second-team All-American and a finalist for the Ray Guy Award for best punter nationally, being FSU's first-ever finalist for the award.[3][10] He returned for a final season in 2024 and broke the ACC record and ranked first nationally with an average of 49.3 yards per punt, being named first-team All-ACC and a finalist for the Ray Guy Award.[11] He was also named a first-team All-American.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ Lewis, Dustin (August 14, 2024). "Florida State Punter Alex Mastromanno Named First-Team Preseason All-American". Sports Illustrated.
- ^ Murschel, Matt (October 13, 2022). "Australian punters dominate landscape among Florida schools, and it's by design". Orlando Sentinel.
- ^ a b "Alex Mastromanno". Florida State Seminoles.
- ^ Armstrong, Nick (May 10, 2017). "VAFA Rising Star Nominee: Alex Mastromanno". Victorian Amateur Football Association.
- ^ "The Mastro joins host of VAFA players at Collingwood VFL". Victorian Amateur Football Association. March 2, 2017.
- ^ a b Kassim, Ehsan (October 4, 2023). "From Australia to Tallahassee, FSU punter Alex Mastromanno is making a difference". Tallahassee Democrat.
- ^ "Alex Mastromanno". 247Sports.
- ^ Fernandez, Andre C. (June 27, 2021). "Florida State football most important player countdown: No. 36". Tallahassee Democrat.
- ^ Lewis, Dustin (July 27, 2022). "Alex Mastromanno Included On Ray Guy Award Watch List". Sports Illustrated.
- ^ a b "FSU's punter Alex Mastromanno makes Walter Camp Foundation's first-team preseason All-American". Tallahassee Democrat. July 1, 2024.
- ^ Holland Jr., Peter (December 3, 2024). "FSU football on All-ACC team: Specialists Alex Mastromanno, Ryan Fitzgerald earn honors". Tallahassee Democrat.
- ^ Crosby, Jack (December 11, 2024). "2024 CBS Sports All-America team: Big Ten edges SEC in selections, Travis Hunter picks up three honors". CBS.