2019 Football Roster
Sep 12 (Fri)
6:30 p.m.
Matt Bjorson
- Position:
- TE
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 249
- Year:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Hinsdale, Ill.
- High School:
- Hinsdale Central
2021 Honors: Earned the team’s Ted Verlihay “Mental Attitude” Award and Harold Mauro “Loyalty to IU Football” Award ... IU’s Special Teams Player of the Year.
2021 (Senior): Played in all 12 games with six starts ... saw time at tight end an on special teams ... caught eight passes for 69 yards ... pulled in two receptions for 26 yards against Rutgers (11/13).
2020 Honors: Earned the team’s Ted Verlihay “Mental Attitude” Award.
2020 (Junior): Appeared in all eight games with one start in the win at Rutgers (10/31) ... made one reception for 11 yards.
2019 (Sophomore): Caught seven passes for 36 yards and a touchdown ... played in all 13 games with his first career start in the Eastern Illinois victory (9/7) ... gathered his first career TD in the win at Nebraska (10/26) ... IU special teams player of the week (Michigan State).
2018 (Freshman): Played in all 12 games ... made five catches for 53 yards with a long of 22 ... pulled in his first career reception, a 15-yarder, in his collegiate debut at Florida International (9/1) ... posted season-highs with two catches for 31 yards in the Ball State win (9/15).
Prep/Personal: Tight end for head coach Dan Hartman at Hinsdale Central High School ... 2017 all-state and West Suburban Silver Offensive Player of the Year ... two-time all-area and all-conference ... closed his career with 51 receptions for 822 yards and 12 touchdowns ... made 25 catches for 411 yards and eight TDs as a senior ... led the team to an undefeated regular season and conference title in 2016 ... ranked the No. 21 hybrid tight end nationally and the No. 18 prospect in Illinois by ESPN ... three-year football and two-year track and field letterwinner ... parents are Sherri and Kris Bjorson ... Kris was a four-year tight end at the University of Cincinnati (1989-92) ... SPEA management major ... born on Feb. 4, 2000.
