2010-11 Football
Freddy Cortez
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Fort Meade, Fla.
- High School:
- Fort Meade
Career
• Ranks fifth among Kent State's career leaders in field goals with 24
• Made 14-of-15 field goal attempts in seven-game span from end of 2009 season to beginning of 2010 season.
• Has made 47 straight extra point attempts
2010 Sophomore Season
• Became first Kent State kicker to go perfect on extra point attempts (31-of-31) in a season since 2001
• Made 11 field goals, the ninth most in a season by a Kent State kicker
• Earned MAC East Special Teams Player of the Week after nailing three field goals at Bowling Green
• Named MAC East Special Teams Player of the Week after connecting on field goals of 45 and 41 yards at Boston College
2009 Freshman Season
• Made 13-of-19 field goals on the year and 24-of-26 extra points
• Was 13-of-15 on field goal attempts in MAC play
• Was a integral part of the Flashes leading the nation in kick return defense at 15.33 yards per return
• 13 field goals tied for fifth-most in school history
• Was fifth in the MAC and tied for 60th nationally with 1.08 field goals per game
• Tied for 16th in the conference with 5.25 points per game
• Drilled all three field goal attempts against Miami Sept. 26, including the game-clincher with 1:19 remaining, en route to becoming the first KSU kicker since 2005 to earn MAC Special Teams Player of the Week
• Made two field goals in each of the final five games, including a career-long 46-yarder at Temple Nov. 21
• Was one of nine true freshmen to letter
Prior to Kent State
• Was an all-state selection as a sophomore at Fort Meade High School
• Three-time all-county honoree, both as a kicker and punter
• Was 106-for-113 on extra point attempts in his career and 13-for-22 on field goal attempts
• Nailed a career-long 52-yard field goal as a sophomore
• Also lettered four years in baseball and three in soccer
• Coached by Jemalle Cornelius
Personal
• Born Oct. 10, 1990
• Parents are Alfonso and Maribel Cortez
• Has three brothers, Alfonso Jr., Jesus and Jack, and two sisters, Maria and Perlita
• Jesus was a four-year letterwinner on the football team at Bethune-Cookman
• Majoring in business management
• Helped fix roofs of houses in Florida that were damaged by hurricanes
