At Midwestern State
Individual Honors
All-Lone Star Conference (1): 2024 (2nd)
LSC Special Teams Player of the Week (1): 9/23/24
D2Football.com Player of the Week: (9/24)
Associated Press DII All-American Kicker: 2024 (2nd)
Don Hansen Football Gazette All-American Kicker 2024 (2nd)
NCAA DII Conference Commissioners Association All South Central Region Kicker 2024 (2nd)
Academic Awards
LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll (2): 2024 (F), 2025 (S)
Graduate (2025)
Played in four games during the 2025 season… Perfect on field goals in the Aug 30 game against Missouri Southern State, converting 2 of 2 attempts with a long of 30 yards… Recorded three touchbacks on five kickoffs in the same game… Attempted and missed one field goal in the Sep 6 game against Western Colorado, where his punt long was 66 yards… Punted five times for 206 yards with a long of 52 yards in the Sep 27 game against UT Permian Basin… Achieved a rushing attempt for six yards in the same game… Completed 4 of 6 extra point attempts throughout the season… Played a key role on special teams with 13 punts totaling 554 yards and an average punt distance of 42.6 yards
Senior (2024)
appeared in 11 games … made 17-of-23 field goals during the season ... set the program record with 17 made field goals... kicked a season-long 50-yard field goal in a 21-16 loss to Western Oregon (11/2) … made a school-record five field goals in a 36-15 win over Eastern New Mexico (9/21) …. made a solo tackle against Western Oregon … was 0-for-2 on pass attempts … was selected to All-Lone Star Conference second team ... NCAA Division II statistical champion for field goals made per game ... led the program in scoring with 73 points
At Air Force Academy
Junior (2020)
appeared in five games… averaged 39.6 yards per punt… had two punts more than 50 yards, including a 58-yarder… pinned the opponent inside the 20 four times… induced a fair catch six times… one touchback… made four tackles
Redshirt Sophomore (2019)
delivered his first collegiate punt, a 38-yarder in the season opener against Colgate
Sophomore (2018)
did not see action
Freshman (2017)
did not see action
At Wakeland High (Frisco)
played two years under head coach Marty Secord… earned team's special teams player of the year award twice … two-time all-district selection… named second-team All-State… led all 5A schools in Texas in punts downed inside the 20… invited to play in the 2016 and 2017 Down Under Bowl… earned Teen Leadership Award… member of National Honor Society… goalkeeper for soccer team
Personal
son of Don Carlson… has brother — Samuel — and sister — Maile… married his wife Lily Carlson in December of 2024... went to FC Dallas Youth Academy and had tryouts with Dallas Sidekicks and LA Galaxy II as a goalkeeper… enjoys cooking… favorite athletes are JK Scott and Charlie Scott…
