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2024 Football Roster

38 Diego Gonzalez

  • Position Punter
  • Ht./Wt. 6-0 / 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Silsbee, Texas
  • Prev School Silsbee HS (Kilgore College)
  • Major Kinesiology

Biography

At Midwestern State

Individual Honors

All-Lone Star Conference (2): 2023 (HM), 2024 (HM)

Academic Awards

LSC All-Academic Team (1): 2024
President's Honor Roll (2): 2023 (F), 2024 (F)
Dean's Honor Roll (2): 2024 (S), 2025 (S)
Mustang Scholar Award (1): 2024-25
LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll (3): 2023 (F), 2024 (S), 2024 (F)

Senior (2024)

appeared in 11 games … punted 48 times and averaged 40.9 yards per punt … pinned the opponent inside the 20-yard line 15 times… had four touchbacks … launched seven punts for more than 50 yards … had a season-long 73-yard punt in a 27-3 loss to UT Permian Basin (9/28) (9/28) … completed 2-of-4 passes with two interceptions … completed a 34-yard pass in a 38-33 loss at Western Colorado (9/7) … had a 17-yard run in a 44-7 loss to Angelo State (10/19) … received All-Lone Star Conference honorable mention…

Junior (2023)

appeared in 10 games… averaged 36.6 yards per punt… 21 of his 50 punts pinned the opponent inside its own 20-yard line… received All-Lone Star Conference honorable mention... had three touchbacks during the season… four punts of more than 50 yards… season-long 54-yard punt in a 30-17 win over Mississippi College (9/9)…

At Kilgore College

Sophomore (2022)

earned All-Southwest Junior College Football Conference (SWJCFC) first-team honors... helped Cowboys to an 8-4 record, a SWJCFC title, and to an appearance in the CHAMPS Heart of Texas Bowl... averaged 37.6 yards on 50 punts, placing half (25) of them inside the 20-yard line with one touchback... registered punts of 50-or-more yards in four games... averaged 42.3 yards on 10 punts with four inside the 20 including a season-long 59-yard punt at Trinity Valley (10/22)... placed all four of his attempts inside the 20 while averaging 35.5 yards per punt in a 51-14 win over Blinn College (11/5)... averaged 43.2 yards per punt with two inside the 20 with a long of 57 yards in a 39-12 win over New Mexico Military (11/19)...

Freshman (2021)

played in nine games as the primary punter... averaged 35.9 yards on 28 punts, placing five inside the 20-yard line... boasted a season-long punt of 71 yards...

At Silsbee High School

a three-year letter winner as a punter and kicker for coach Randy Smith at Silsbee (Texas) High... earned Texas Sportswriters' Association (TSWA) Class 4A All-State honorable mention as a place kicker as a junior in 2019... helped Tigers to a 7-3 record and an Area round appearance in the 2020 UIL Texas playoffs as a senior in 2020... was the unanimous selection as All-District 11-4A D2 first-team punter... averaged 37.5 yards on 30 punts with a long of 58 yards placing seven inside the 20... also earned All-District 11-4A D2 second-team kicking honors... went 4-of-6 on field goals with a long of 37 yards and successfully converted 35 of his 37 point-after attempts (PATs)... played a key role in guiding Silsbee to a 9-4 record and to the UIL Texas Class 4A D2 semifinals as a junior in 2019... earned All-District 10-4A D2 second-team accolades as a kicker and punter... averaged 36.1 yards on 31 punts with a long of 55 yards, placing five inside the 20... went 7-for-9 on field goals with a long of 48 yards... successfully converted 48 of his 51 PATs... earned first varsity letter as a sophomore in 2018 as part of the Tigers' 10-5 district runner-up before advancing to the UIL Texas Class 4A D2 semifinals... was also a two-year starter at forward on the soccer squad...

Personal

son of Jose Carreon and Isabel Gonzalez...

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 38

    2023Junior

    Punter
    6'0" 180 lbs
    38
  • 38

    2024Senior

    Punter
    6'0" 180 lbs
    38