Georgia Southern University Athletics

2023 - All-Sun Belt Conference First Team (Pro Football Focus) 
2023 - All-Sun Belt Conference Fourth Team (Phil Steele) 
2023 - All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team (College Football Network) 
2022-23 - Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll 

2023-24: Was the placekicker for all13 games … Was on the field for 138 special teams snaps … A first-team All-Sun Belt selection by Pro Football Focus … A second-team All-Sun Belt selection as both a kicker and kickoff specialist by College Football Network … Named fourth-team all-conference by Phil Steele … Set the school record with 23 field goals, coming on 28 attempts … Had a long of 48 yards … Was a perfect 45 for 45 on PATs … Had 61 kickoffs with 43 touchbacks … Made all four PATs and both field goals, including a 48-yarder, in the opener against The Citadel … Was successful on all five PATs and both field goals in the win over UAB … Also had seven touchbacks on kickoffs … Made both PATs and had two touchbacks at Wisconsin … Went 8-for-8 in the win at Ball State, making four field goals (41, 26, 37, 35) and all four PATs … The 16 points were the third-most by an Eagle kicker in program history … Also had five touchbacks … Made a 45-yard field goal and had three touchbacks in the win over Coastal Carolina … Connected on a pair of field goals and a PAT at James Madison … Made five PATs and a 27-yard field goal in the win over ULM … Named the Sun Belt Conference Special Teams Player of the Week after a big game in the win over Georgia State … Made three field goals and all five PATs for 14 points in the win … Kicked three extra points and a field goal at Texas State … Made four field goals and three PATs at Marshall … Kicked two PATs and a field goal against Old Dominion … Made two field goals and all three PATs at App State … Connected on three PATs against Ohio in the Myrtle Beach Bowl … Made the Honor Roll in the fall … Made the President’s List in the spring for making a perfect 4.00 GPA.

2022-23: Started all 13 games as the kickoff specialist … Kicked off 78 times for a 61.6-yard average … Had 26 touchbacks … Kicked off a career-high 10 times in the opener against Morgan State … Had three touchbacks on eight kickoffs in the win at Nebraska … Kicked off four times at UAB … Also had a 52-yard field goal bounce off the left upright … Kicked off seven times with three touchbacks against Ball State … Had seven kickoffs with four touchbacks against Coastal Carolina … Kicked off seven times with three touchbacks at Georgia State … Had four kickoffs in the win at Old Dominion … Kicked off seven times and had a 52-yard field goal attempt against South Alabama … Had a tackle on kickoff coverage … Kicked off three times at Louisiana … Had three kickoffs against Marshall … Had four touchbacks on seven kickoffs in the overtime win over App State … Kicked off five times in the Camellia Bowl against Buffalo … Made the Honor Roll in the fall and spring.

2021-22: Did not play for the Gophers due to injury … Entered the NCAA Transfer Portal in December and enrolled at Georgia Southern in the summer.

2020-21: Played in three games at UM and was able to redshirt … Made six PATs … Kicked off seven times at Maryland … Made five of six PATs at Illinois … Kicked one PAT against Iowa … A member of the Academic All-Big Ten team.

2019-20: Played in 11 games at Minnesota … Finished second on the team in scoring with 71 points (8 FG, 47 PAT) … Connected on 8-of-11 field goals and ended the year with four straight makes … Made his Minnesota and collegiate debut against South Dakota State and converted 3-of-4 PATs … Made five PATs and his first collegiate field goal - a 37-yard strike in double overtime that proved to be the game-winning points - at Fresno State … Totaled eight points (5 PATs, 1 FG) at Purdue, which included a 32-yard field goal … Made two field goals and four PATs against Illinois … Made four PATs against Nebraska and six at Rutgers … Made a 32-yard field goal and five PATs against Maryland … Missed the Penn State and Iowa games with an injury … Made five PATs and a 37-yard field goal at Northwestern … Kicked a 38-yard field goal against Wisconsin and connected on two PATs … Kicked four extra points and made a career-long 40-yard field goal in an Outback Bowl win against Auburn.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Coach Chad Phillips at Starr’s Mill High … Named first-team all-state … A Blue-Grey All American … Made 119-of-123 PATs in 28 career games and was a perfect 45-of-45 as a senior … Made 21 career field goals, which included a career long of 50 yards … Attended the 2018 Kohl’s Kicking National Invitational Scholarship Camp … Received five stars from Kohl’s Kicking Camp and was rated as the No. 7 kicker in the nation by 247Sports composite rankings.

PERSONAL: Born Michael Lantz on October 14 in Fayetteville, GA … Son of Jody and Jeff Lantz.

MAJOR: Interdisciplinary Studies