2022 Football Roster
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Biscardi, Massimo

Jersey Number 29
Massimo Biscardi
- Position:
- K
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Downingtown, Pa.
- High School/Previous School:
- Downingtown West HS (Coastal Carolina)
Bio
Career Notes & Records
Graduated from Coastal Carolina with a bachelor’s degree in business management in December 2021 ... A three-time Lou Groza Award watch list member ... Also a two-time All-Sun Belt honoree (2018 and 2020) ... Finished his career as CCU's all-time career leader in made field goals with 46 ... Ranks second in CCU's career record books in career points with 299, second in field goal percentage at 80.7, second in PAT kicks made with 161, second in PAT attempts with 172, and third in field goal attempts with 57 ... He also is tied for the longest field goal in CCU history with a 53-yard field goal versus Eastern Michigan (Aug. 31, 2019).
2022 (Graduate Season)
Appeared in 11 games ... Finished with eight field goals on 11 attempts and made 25 of 27 extra-point attempts ... Memphis (9/3): Went a perfect seven-for-seven on PAT’s in his MSU debut ... Bowling Green (9/24): Kicked off seven times for an average of 64.6 yards including five touchbacks ... at Kentucky (10/15): Went two-for-two on PAT's and made his only field goal attempt from 48 yards ... Auburn (11/5): Was two-for-two on extra point attempts and made two field goals out of three tries ... Georgia (11/12): Went a perfect two-for-two on field goal attempts and made his only extra point attempt ... ETSU (11/19): Made all eight extra-point attempts ... at Ole Miss (11/24): Was three-for-three on PAT's and made his only field goal attempt from 34 yards out ... vs. Illinois (1/2): Made both field goal attempts and a PAT in State's win in the 2023 ReliaQuest Bowl.
2021 (Senior Season - Coastal Carolina)
Played in 10 games on the season, missing two games due to an injury ... Totaled 67 points on the season on seven made field goals and 46 PATs ... Was 7-for-8 on field goals on the season, including hitting a 50-yard field goal in the road game at Appalachian State (Oct. 20) ... His 87.5 field goal percentage on the season was a new CCU single-season record ... Became CCU's all-time career leader in field goals made with 43 for his career, surpassing Justin Durham's previous record of 42 made field goals (finished his career with 46) ... Made 46-of-48 extra-point attempts on the season ... Made good on three field goals of 40 yards or more on the year ... Was 2-for-2 on field goals versus the Mountaineers with a 46 and 50-yarder ... Was also 2-for-2 on field goals in the 2021 Tailgreeter Cure Bowl win over Northern Illinois (Dec. 17), making a 27-yarder and a 43-yarder in the win ... Also had seven kickoffs for a total of 395 yards and one touchback on the season ... Earned a spot on the 2021 Phil Steele Preseason SBC All-Conference second team ... Earned a spot on the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for the 2021 fall semester.
2020 (Junior Season - Coastal Carolina)
Earned a spot on the 2020 Phil Steele Sun Belt Conference All-Conference second team ... Named to the 2020 All-Sun Belt second team ... Tabbed the Sun Belt Conference Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 19) after making the game-winning field goal in the Chants' road win over No. 21 Louisiana (Oct. 14) ... Played in all 12 games, serving as the placekicker and kicking on kickoffs ... Second on the team in scoring with 81 points on the year ... Was 11-of-13 on field goal attempts for an 84.6 field-goal percentage which ranked third in the Sun Belt ... Made 48 PATs on the season, which ranked second in the Sun Belt on the year ... Scored multiple points in every game on the season for the Chanticleers ... Made four field goals of 40 yards or longer on the season ... Connected on a 51-yard field goal in the win over Appalachian State (Nov. 21) ... Kicked a 40-yard game-winning field goal at then-No. 21 Louisiana with four seconds left on the game clock to give the Chanticleers their first-ever win over an FBS top 25 nationally-ranked opponent ... Matched his career-high with three made field goals (26, 30, and 27 yards) in the home win over South Alabama (Nov. 7) ... Knocked through two field goals in the FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl versus No. 23 Liberty (Dec. 26) ... Was good on a 42-yard field goal versus Arkansas State (Oct. 3) and a 41-yard field goal versus No. 8 BYU (Dec. 5) ... Had 80 kickoffs for 4,382 yards on the season, an average of 54.8 yards per kickoff ... Totaled 17 touchbacks on kickoffs on the year ... Registered a solo tackle on a kickoff in the season-opening win at Kansas (Sept. 12).
2019 (Sophomore Season - Coastal Carolina)
Named to the 2019 Phil Steele SBC All-Conference third team ... Named the Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the Week (Sept. 2) following the season opener versus Eastern Michigan (Aug. 31) ... Played in all 12 games, serving as the placekicker and kicking on kickoffs ... Was second on the team in scoring with 79 points - 15 field goals and 34 extra-points made ... Was 15-for-20 on field goal attempts on the season ... Made a Coastal Carolina program record 53-yard field goal in the season opener versus Eastern Michigan (Aug. 31) ... Was 6-for-6 in field goal attempts from 40 yards or longer on the season ... Made good on three field goals against Eastern Michigan ... Made two field goals in five other games on the season ... Connected on seven-straight field goal attempts over a four-game span midway through the season ... Recorded 55 kickoffs for a total of 3,170 yards, an average of 57.6 yards per kickoff ... Totaled 15 touchbacks on the year ... Picked up two tackles on the season - one in the win over Troy (Nov. 2) and another in the loss at Arkansas State (Nov. 16) ... Named to the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for the 2020 spring semester.
2018 (Freshman Season - Coastal Carolina)
Named a Lou Groza Award semifinalist, an award annually given to college football's top placekicker ... Named All-Sun Belt third team ... Named the team’s Special Teams Player of the Year ... Was named the BAM Player of the Week for special teams in the season opener at South Carolina (Sept. 1) ... Played in all 12 games as the placekicker for the Chants ... Led the team in scoring with 72 points on the season, scoring at least one point in all 12 games on the year
Was 13-for-16 on field goals and 33-for-36 on extra points on the year ... His 81.3 field goal percentage was a new single-season record, eclipsing Ryan Granger’s previous mark of 81 percent set in 2016 ... Made a career-long 50-yard field goal in the win at Louisiana (Sept. 22) ... Made good on each of his first eight field goal attempts of his career, which is the longest consecutive streak of field goals made to start a career for a CCU placekicker in program history ... In the season opener at South Carolina, he became just the second freshman and first true freshman to make three field goals in a game matching Justin Durham who knocked three field goals through the uprights in 2007 versus Winston-Salem State ... He matched that feat with three made field goals, including a 23-yard game-winner with 2:54 to go in the game in the win at Georgia State (Oct. 27) ... Also made two field goals, including one from 40 yards out in the home game versus ULM (Oct. 13) ... Also handled kickoffs for most of the season, recording 45 kickoffs for an average of 55.6 yards per kickoff and totaling nine touchbacks ... A member of the 2018-19 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll ... Enrolled at Coastal in January 2018 and participated in spring practice.
High School
Earned a five-star ranking by ChrisSailerkicking.com ... During his prep career, was 98-of-110 in PATs, including a perfect 17-of-17 as a senior, and 13-of-20 in field goals ... Listed as one of the top five punters in Pennsylvania by PaPreps.com ... Named one of the top three kickers in the area by the Philadelphia Inquirer ... After his junior season, the Philadelphia Inquirer rated him the 40th-best prospect in Southeastern Pennsylvania ... Averaged 38.9 yards per punt as a senior ... 2017 Vegas XXIX Class of 2018 FG Last Man Standing Champion ... 2017 Vegas XXIX Punt Finalist ... 2017 TOP 12 Camp Invitee ... 2017 Vegas 30 Punt Finalist ... Named to the first-team All-Ches-Mont National Division Football Team as a senior ... Tabbed honorable mention All-Ches-Mont National Division Football Team his junior year ... Also named second-team All-Ches-Mont National Division Football Team as a sophomore.
Personal
Born Massimo Jacques Biscardi on June 6, 1999 ... Son of Fabrizio and Julie Biscardi ... Currently earning his master's in business administration ... Twitter handle is @Massimo_kicking.
Graduated from Coastal Carolina with a bachelor’s degree in business management in December 2021 ... A three-time Lou Groza Award watch list member ... Also a two-time All-Sun Belt honoree (2018 and 2020) ... Finished his career as CCU's all-time career leader in made field goals with 46 ... Ranks second in CCU's career record books in career points with 299, second in field goal percentage at 80.7, second in PAT kicks made with 161, second in PAT attempts with 172, and third in field goal attempts with 57 ... He also is tied for the longest field goal in CCU history with a 53-yard field goal versus Eastern Michigan (Aug. 31, 2019).
2022 (Graduate Season)
Appeared in 11 games ... Finished with eight field goals on 11 attempts and made 25 of 27 extra-point attempts ... Memphis (9/3): Went a perfect seven-for-seven on PAT’s in his MSU debut ... Bowling Green (9/24): Kicked off seven times for an average of 64.6 yards including five touchbacks ... at Kentucky (10/15): Went two-for-two on PAT's and made his only field goal attempt from 48 yards ... Auburn (11/5): Was two-for-two on extra point attempts and made two field goals out of three tries ... Georgia (11/12): Went a perfect two-for-two on field goal attempts and made his only extra point attempt ... ETSU (11/19): Made all eight extra-point attempts ... at Ole Miss (11/24): Was three-for-three on PAT's and made his only field goal attempt from 34 yards out ... vs. Illinois (1/2): Made both field goal attempts and a PAT in State's win in the 2023 ReliaQuest Bowl.
2021 (Senior Season - Coastal Carolina)
Played in 10 games on the season, missing two games due to an injury ... Totaled 67 points on the season on seven made field goals and 46 PATs ... Was 7-for-8 on field goals on the season, including hitting a 50-yard field goal in the road game at Appalachian State (Oct. 20) ... His 87.5 field goal percentage on the season was a new CCU single-season record ... Became CCU's all-time career leader in field goals made with 43 for his career, surpassing Justin Durham's previous record of 42 made field goals (finished his career with 46) ... Made 46-of-48 extra-point attempts on the season ... Made good on three field goals of 40 yards or more on the year ... Was 2-for-2 on field goals versus the Mountaineers with a 46 and 50-yarder ... Was also 2-for-2 on field goals in the 2021 Tailgreeter Cure Bowl win over Northern Illinois (Dec. 17), making a 27-yarder and a 43-yarder in the win ... Also had seven kickoffs for a total of 395 yards and one touchback on the season ... Earned a spot on the 2021 Phil Steele Preseason SBC All-Conference second team ... Earned a spot on the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for the 2021 fall semester.
2020 (Junior Season - Coastal Carolina)
Earned a spot on the 2020 Phil Steele Sun Belt Conference All-Conference second team ... Named to the 2020 All-Sun Belt second team ... Tabbed the Sun Belt Conference Special Teams Player of the Week (Oct. 19) after making the game-winning field goal in the Chants' road win over No. 21 Louisiana (Oct. 14) ... Played in all 12 games, serving as the placekicker and kicking on kickoffs ... Second on the team in scoring with 81 points on the year ... Was 11-of-13 on field goal attempts for an 84.6 field-goal percentage which ranked third in the Sun Belt ... Made 48 PATs on the season, which ranked second in the Sun Belt on the year ... Scored multiple points in every game on the season for the Chanticleers ... Made four field goals of 40 yards or longer on the season ... Connected on a 51-yard field goal in the win over Appalachian State (Nov. 21) ... Kicked a 40-yard game-winning field goal at then-No. 21 Louisiana with four seconds left on the game clock to give the Chanticleers their first-ever win over an FBS top 25 nationally-ranked opponent ... Matched his career-high with three made field goals (26, 30, and 27 yards) in the home win over South Alabama (Nov. 7) ... Knocked through two field goals in the FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl versus No. 23 Liberty (Dec. 26) ... Was good on a 42-yard field goal versus Arkansas State (Oct. 3) and a 41-yard field goal versus No. 8 BYU (Dec. 5) ... Had 80 kickoffs for 4,382 yards on the season, an average of 54.8 yards per kickoff ... Totaled 17 touchbacks on kickoffs on the year ... Registered a solo tackle on a kickoff in the season-opening win at Kansas (Sept. 12).
2019 (Sophomore Season - Coastal Carolina)
Named to the 2019 Phil Steele SBC All-Conference third team ... Named the Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the Week (Sept. 2) following the season opener versus Eastern Michigan (Aug. 31) ... Played in all 12 games, serving as the placekicker and kicking on kickoffs ... Was second on the team in scoring with 79 points - 15 field goals and 34 extra-points made ... Was 15-for-20 on field goal attempts on the season ... Made a Coastal Carolina program record 53-yard field goal in the season opener versus Eastern Michigan (Aug. 31) ... Was 6-for-6 in field goal attempts from 40 yards or longer on the season ... Made good on three field goals against Eastern Michigan ... Made two field goals in five other games on the season ... Connected on seven-straight field goal attempts over a four-game span midway through the season ... Recorded 55 kickoffs for a total of 3,170 yards, an average of 57.6 yards per kickoff ... Totaled 15 touchbacks on the year ... Picked up two tackles on the season - one in the win over Troy (Nov. 2) and another in the loss at Arkansas State (Nov. 16) ... Named to the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher) for the 2020 spring semester.
2018 (Freshman Season - Coastal Carolina)
Named a Lou Groza Award semifinalist, an award annually given to college football's top placekicker ... Named All-Sun Belt third team ... Named the team’s Special Teams Player of the Year ... Was named the BAM Player of the Week for special teams in the season opener at South Carolina (Sept. 1) ... Played in all 12 games as the placekicker for the Chants ... Led the team in scoring with 72 points on the season, scoring at least one point in all 12 games on the year
Was 13-for-16 on field goals and 33-for-36 on extra points on the year ... His 81.3 field goal percentage was a new single-season record, eclipsing Ryan Granger’s previous mark of 81 percent set in 2016 ... Made a career-long 50-yard field goal in the win at Louisiana (Sept. 22) ... Made good on each of his first eight field goal attempts of his career, which is the longest consecutive streak of field goals made to start a career for a CCU placekicker in program history ... In the season opener at South Carolina, he became just the second freshman and first true freshman to make three field goals in a game matching Justin Durham who knocked three field goals through the uprights in 2007 versus Winston-Salem State ... He matched that feat with three made field goals, including a 23-yard game-winner with 2:54 to go in the game in the win at Georgia State (Oct. 27) ... Also made two field goals, including one from 40 yards out in the home game versus ULM (Oct. 13) ... Also handled kickoffs for most of the season, recording 45 kickoffs for an average of 55.6 yards per kickoff and totaling nine touchbacks ... A member of the 2018-19 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll ... Enrolled at Coastal in January 2018 and participated in spring practice.
High School
Earned a five-star ranking by ChrisSailerkicking.com ... During his prep career, was 98-of-110 in PATs, including a perfect 17-of-17 as a senior, and 13-of-20 in field goals ... Listed as one of the top five punters in Pennsylvania by PaPreps.com ... Named one of the top three kickers in the area by the Philadelphia Inquirer ... After his junior season, the Philadelphia Inquirer rated him the 40th-best prospect in Southeastern Pennsylvania ... Averaged 38.9 yards per punt as a senior ... 2017 Vegas XXIX Class of 2018 FG Last Man Standing Champion ... 2017 Vegas XXIX Punt Finalist ... 2017 TOP 12 Camp Invitee ... 2017 Vegas 30 Punt Finalist ... Named to the first-team All-Ches-Mont National Division Football Team as a senior ... Tabbed honorable mention All-Ches-Mont National Division Football Team his junior year ... Also named second-team All-Ches-Mont National Division Football Team as a sophomore.
Personal
Born Massimo Jacques Biscardi on June 6, 1999 ... Son of Fabrizio and Julie Biscardi ... Currently earning his master's in business administration ... Twitter handle is @Massimo_kicking.
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