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14 Matt Mahler
Matt Mahler
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    195
  • Year:
    5
  • Hometown:
    Canmore, Alta.
  • High School:
    Canmore Collegiate H.S. / Okanagan Sun (CJFL)
  • Position:
    REC
  • Major:
    Education (Master's)
  • Team:
    Football
  • gp
    6
  • yds
    7
  • yds/g
    1.2
  • td
    0
Bio

CAREER HONOURS 

  • 3x U SPORTS Academic All-Canadian (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)

THIRD YEAR (2022)

Dressed in all eight regular season games and played in three… Dressed for both playoff games for the Gee-Gees… Served as the primary backup quarterback… Started against York (Oct. 15) where he completed 10 of 17 passes for 166 yards and threw for two touchdowns… Finished the season with 360 yards (50 yards-per-game) and a 59.1% completion percentage.

SECOND YEAR (2021):

Dressed in all six regular season and two playoff games in his second season for Ottawa… Serving as the primary backup quarterback, saw game action against Queen’s (Sept. 25) and in the Panda Game win against Carleton (Oct. 2)… Against Queen’s, completed 2 of 3 passes for 27 yards and a touchdown… Against Carleton, came into the game in relief after an injury to Ben Maracle and closed the game, finishing 4-10 passing for 50 yards, while picking up 21 yards on three rushes on the ground.

FIRST YEAR (2019)

Appeared in seven games and played in six, including a start in the final game of the regular season at Western (Oct. 19) and in uOttawa’s only playoff game…Featured as the backup quarterback to Ben Maracle after the injury of Sawyer Buettner in the season opener…Finished the season with 370 passing yards, averaging 52.9 yards per game…Also added 41 yards on the ground and accounted for three touchdowns…Completed 32 passes on 59 attempts, resulting in a 54.2% completion percentage and a QB efficiency rating of 120.3 on the season…Recorded his strongest showing in his only start of the regular season vs. Western (Oct. 19) where he was 20-37, resulting in a 54.1% completion percentage…He also threw for 245 yards and 2 touchdowns while rushing for 15 yards on three attempts.

BEFORE THE GEE-GEES

Attended Canmore Collegiate High School in Canmore, Alberta… Played for the Calgary Colts in the Prairie Football Conference… Played Junior Football for the Okanagan Sun in the British Columbia Football Conference from 2017-2019… Awarded the Okanagan Sun Coaches Award and Offensive MVP Honours.

Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Sep 7 at Waterloo W, 26-5
Sep 14 Queen's L, 48-20
Sep 21 at Windsor L, 21-18
Sep 28 at Laurier L, 32-20
Oct 6 vs. Carleton W, 35-32
Oct 19 Toronto W, 49-7
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Receptions 1 1
Yards 7 7
Yards per game 1.2 1.2
Yards per catch 7.0 7.0
Touchdowns 0 0
Game Log - Passing
Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Aug 25 Western L, 38-11 - - - - - - - - -
Aug 31 at York W, 27-4 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 7 at Waterloo W, 26-5 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Queen's L, 48-20 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at Windsor L, 21-18 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Laurier L, 32-20 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 6 vs. Carleton W, 35-32 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 19 Toronto W, 49-7 - - - - - - - - -
Game Log - Rushing
Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Aug 25 Western L, 38-11 - - - - - - -
Aug 31 at York W, 27-4 - - - - - - -
Sep 7 at Waterloo W, 26-5 - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Queen's L, 48-20 - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at Windsor L, 21-18 - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Laurier L, 32-20 1 2 2.0 2 0 - -
Oct 6 vs. Carleton W, 35-32 - - - - - - -
Oct 19 Toronto W, 49-7 3 3 1.0 1 3 - -
Game Log - Receiving
Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Aug 25 Western L, 38-11 - - - - - - -
Aug 31 at York W, 27-4 - - - - - - -
Sep 7 at Waterloo W, 26-5 - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Queen's L, 48-20 1 7 7.0 7 0 - -
Sep 21 at Windsor L, 21-18 - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Laurier L, 32-20 - - - - - - -
Oct 6 vs. Carleton W, 35-32 - - - - - - -
Oct 19 Toronto W, 49-7 - - - - - - -
Game Log - Kicking
Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Aug 25 Western L, 38-11 - - - - - -
Aug 31 at York W, 27-4 - - - - - 0
Sep 7 at Waterloo W, 26-5 - - - - - -
Sep 14 Queen's L, 48-20 - - - - - 0
Sep 21 at Windsor L, 21-18 - - - - - 0
Sep 28 at Laurier L, 32-20 - - - - - 0
Oct 6 vs. Carleton W, 35-32 - - - - - 0
Oct 19 Toronto W, 49-7 - - - - - 0
Game Log - Punting
Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Aug 25 Western L, 38-11 - - - - - - - -
Aug 31 at York W, 27-4 - - - - - - - -
Sep 7 at Waterloo W, 26-5 - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Queen's L, 48-20 - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at Windsor L, 21-18 - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Laurier L, 32-20 - - - - - - - -
Oct 6 vs. Carleton W, 35-32 - - - - - - - -
Oct 19 Toronto W, 49-7 - - - - - - - -
Game Log - Returns
Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Aug 25 Western L, 38-11 - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 31 at York W, 27-4 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 7 at Waterloo W, 26-5 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Queen's L, 48-20 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at Windsor L, 21-18 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Laurier L, 32-20 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 6 vs. Carleton W, 35-32 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 19 Toronto W, 49-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Game Log - All-Purpose
Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Aug 25 Western L, 38-11 - - - - - -
Aug 31 at York W, 27-4 1 - - - - 0
Sep 7 at Waterloo W, 26-5 - - - - - -
Sep 14 Queen's L, 48-20 1 - 7 - - 7
Sep 21 at Windsor L, 21-18 1 - - - - 0
Sep 28 at Laurier L, 32-20 1 2 - - - 2
Oct 6 vs. Carleton W, 35-32 1 - - - - 0
Oct 19 Toronto W, 49-7 1 3 - - - 3
Game Log - Scoring
Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Aug 25 Western L, 38-11 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 31 at York W, 27-4 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 7 at Waterloo W, 26-5 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Queen's L, 48-20 0 - 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 21 at Windsor L, 21-18 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 28 at Laurier L, 32-20 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 6 vs. Carleton W, 35-32 0 - - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 19 Toronto W, 49-7 18 3 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Game Log - Defense
Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Aug 25 Western L, 38-11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Aug 31 at York W, 27-4 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 7 at Waterloo W, 26-5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 14 Queen's L, 48-20 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 21 at Windsor L, 21-18 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 28 at Laurier L, 32-20 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 6 vs. Carleton W, 35-32 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 19 Toronto W, 49-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2019-20 7 32 59 54.2% 370 52.9 6.3 3 1 39 120.3
2021-22 6 6 13 46.2% 77 12.8 5.9 1 0 22 121.3
2022-23 8 26 44 59.1% 360 45.0 8.2 2 1 44 138.3
2023-24 7 2 6 33.3% 90 12.9 15.0 1 1 75 181.0
2024-25 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 34 66 122 54.1% 897 26.4 7.4 7 3 75 129.9

Career Stats: Passing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2019-20 7 9 41 5.9 4.6 0 13 - -
2021-22 6 4 23 3.8 5.8 0 12 - -
2022-23 8 10 32 4.0 3.2 1 13 1 0
2023-24 7 5 6 0.9 1.2 0 4 - -
2024-25 6 4 5 0.8 1.3 3 2 - -
Total 34 32 107 3.1 3.3 4 13 1 0

Career Stats: Rushing

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2019-20 7 - - - - - - -
2021-22 6 - - - - - - -
2022-23 8 1 0.1 -6 -0.8 -6.0 0 0
2023-24 7 2 0.3 39 5.6 19.5 0 23
2024-25 6 1 0.2 7 1.2 7.0 0 7
Total 34 4 0.1 40 1.2 10.0 0 23

Career Stats: Receiving

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2019-20 7 - - - - - - - 0
2021-22 6 - - - - - - - 0
2022-23 8 - - - - - - - 0
2023-24 7 - - - - - - - 0
2024-25 6 - - - - - - - 0
Total 34 - - - - - - - 0

Career Stats: Kicking

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2019-20 7 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 6 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 8 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 7 - - - - - - - -
2024-25 6 - - - - - - - -
Total 34 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats: Punting

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2019-20 - - - - - - - - - -
2021-22 - - - - - - - - - -
2022-23 - - - - - - - - - -
2023-24 - - - - - - - - - -
2024-25 - - - - - - - - - -
Total - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats: Returns

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2019-20 7 41 - - - 41 5.9
2021-22 6 23 - - - 23 3.8
2022-23 8 32 -6 - - 26 3.3
2023-24 7 6 39 - - 45 6.4
2024-25 6 5 7 - - 12 2.0
Total 34 107 40 - - 147 4.3

Career Stats: All-Purpose

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2019-20 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
2021-22 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
2022-23 6 0.8 1 0 - - - - - - - 0
2023-24 0 0.0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0
2024-25 18 3.0 3 0 - - - - - - - 0
Total 24 0.7 4 0 - - - - - - - 0

Career Stats: Scoring

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2019-20 7 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 6 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 8 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 7 0 1 0.5 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2024-25 6 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Total 34 0 1 0.5 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats: Defense

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event                      
Total 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 6 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location                      
Home 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result                      
Wins 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month                      
August 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
September 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats: Passing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event                  
Total 6 4 5 0.8 1.3 3 2 - -
Conference 6 4 5 0.8 1.3 3 2 - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 2 3 3 1.5 1.0 3 1 - -
Away 3 1 2 0.7 2.0 0 2 - -
Neutral 1 - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 3 3 3 1.0 1.0 3 1 - -
Losses 3 1 2 0.7 2.0 0 2 - -
Month                  
August 1 - - - - - - - -
September 3 1 2 0.7 2.0 0 2 - -
October 2 3 3 1.5 1.0 3 1 - -

Splits Stats: Rushing

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event                
Total 6 1 0.2 7 1.2 7.0 0 7
Conference 6 1 0.2 7 1.2 7.0 0 7
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 2 1 0.5 7 3.5 7.0 0 7
Away 3 - - - - - - -
Neutral 1 - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 3 - - - - - - -
Losses 3 1 0.3 7 2.3 7.0 0 7
Month                
August 1 - - - - - - -
September 3 1 0.3 7 2.3 7.0 0 7
October 2 - - - - - - -

Splits Stats: Receiving

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event                  
Total 6 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 6 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location                  
Home 2 - - - - - - - 0
Away 3 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral 1 - - - - - - - 0
Result                  
Wins 3 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 3 - - - - - - - 0
Month                  
August 1 - - - - - - - 0
September 3 - - - - - - - 0
October 2 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats: Kicking

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event                  
Total 6 - - - - - - - -
Conference 6 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 2 - - - - - - - -
Away 3 - - - - - - - -
Neutral 1 - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 3 - - - - - - - -
Losses 3 - - - - - - - -
Month                  
August 1 - - - - - - - -
September 3 - - - - - - - -
October 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats: Punting

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event                    
Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location                    
Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result                    
Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
Month                    
August - - - - - - - - - -
September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats: Returns

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event              
Total 6 5 7 - - 12 2.0
Conference 6 5 7 - - 12 2.0
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location              
Home 2 3 7 - - 10 5.0
Away 3 2 - - - 2 .7
Neutral 1 - - - - 0 .0
Result              
Wins 3 3 - - - 3 1.0
Losses 3 2 7 - - 9 3.0
Month              
August 1 - - - - 0 .0
September 3 2 7 - - 9 3.0
October 2 3 - - - 3 1.5

Splits Stats: All-Purpose

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event                        
Total 18 3.0 3 0 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 18 3.0 3 0 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location                        
Home 18 9.0 3 0 - - - - - - - 0
Away 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
Neutral 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
Result                        
Wins 18 6.0 3 - - - - - - - - 0
Losses 0 0.0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0
Month                        
August 0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - 0
September 0 0.0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0
October 18 9.0 3 - - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats: Scoring

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event                                
Total 6 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Conference 6 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location                                
Home 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Neutral 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result                                
Wins 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Month                                
August 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
September 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
October 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats: Defense