Brian Wingert

Panther Point: Will remain as UNI's primary kicking specialist ... UNI's all-time leading scorer ... surpassed Dedric Ward's 300-point total on Oct. 14 at Indiana State.

2005: Set the UNI single-season PAT record with 51 ... set the NCAA I-AA national championship game record with a 50-yard field goal in the first quarter ... led the Gateway Conference and ranked second on the team with 99 points ... scored at least three points in every game ... drilled 16 FGs and 51 PATs, which also led the Gateway ... ranked No. 25 in the nation in field goals per game (1.07) ... ranked No. 61 in the nation in scoring (6.60 points/game) ... provided the winning margin in the first three NCAA I-AA playoff games .. tallied 35 postseason points, including 8-for-8 in field goals ... was a perfect 14-for-14 in PATs in wins over Drake (9/1) and Minnesota-Duluth (9/1) ... made five PATs in wins over Western Illinois (10/1), Northern Arizona (11/19) and Eastern Washington (11/26) ... converted the game-winning 31-yard field goal with :51 left in a 41-38 win over Eastern Washington in the first round of the NCAA I-AA playoffs ... earned co-National Special Teams Player of the Week honors from Don Hansen's Football Gazette (11/28) ... kicked the game-winning field goal the next week at No. 1-ranked New Hampshire with a 22-yarder with 11:50 left in the fourth quarter of a 24-21 UNI win ... was named co-National Special Teams Player of the Week by Don Hansen's Football Gazette (12/5) ... drilled a 25-yard field goal in overtime to give UNI a 40-37 win at No. 4-ranked Texas State in the NCAA I-AA national semifinals ... was named National Special Teams Player of the Week (12/12) for the third straight week ... earned I-AA.org All Star honors (12/12) ... was a perfect 3-for-3 in field goal attempts (50, 26, 31) in the NCAA I-AA national championship game against Appalachian State (12/16) ... earned I-AA.org All-Star honors (12/19) ... ranked 7th amongst I-AA active career leaders in field goal attempts (56), tied for 5th in field goals made (43), tied for 19th in field goals made, ranked 2nd in field goals-percent made (.769) and tied for 14th in scoring (242) ... named preseason honorable mention all-Gateway Conference by I-AA.org

2004: Retained his starting role from 2003 ... connected on 14-of-18 field goals, going 1-1 from 1-19 yards, 5-5 from 20-29 yards, 5-5 from 30-39 yards, 3-4 from 40-49 yards and 0-3 from 50-99 yards ... long kick of 44 yards ... kicked the game-winning 31-yarder in UNI's 22-20 win at Youngstown State with no time left on the clock ... connected on 40-of-42 PATs and kicked off 39 times for 2,448 yards ... named the Gateway Special Teams Player of the Week, as well as Sports Network's Special Team's Player of the Week following the YSU game ... received honorable mention pre-season Gateway all-conference honors ... named third-team all-west region by Don Hansen's Football Gazette ... finished the season ranked No. 24 in scoring in I-AA ... finished fourth in the Gateway in scoring.

2003: Brought out of his redshirt year in the sixth game of the season due to injuries ... finished the season ranked No. 16 in the nation in field goals and No. 98 in scoring ... made his college debut against Indiana State with a PAT and three field goals ... at Missouri State, was four-of-four in field goals and made both PATs ... named the league's Special Teams Player of the Week two weeks in a row for his efforts against Indiana State and Missouri State, when he also was named Don Hansen's National Tri-Special Teams Player of the Week ... awarded UNI's special teams player of the game against Indiana State and Southwest Missouri State ... tied a school record for the highest percentage of field goals made in a season (.960) and for highest percentage of field goals made under 40 yards in a season (100) ... went two-for-two in field goals from 20-29 yards, five-of-five in field goals from 30-39 yards and six-of-eight for field goals between 40-49 yards ... long was 49 yards ... also completed 22-of-23 PATs, making 12 consecutive.

High School: Broke the high school's, UNI-Dome's and Mississippi Valley Conference record with a 50-yard field goal ... senior year, made 18-of-19 PATs, 55 percent of his field goals, including 100 percent of those over 45 yards ... made goals of 46, 47 and 50 yards in one game alone ... averaged 60.1 yards on kickoffs, scored 33 points and returners averaged just 7.4 yards ... first-team all-metro, honorable mention all-conference ... team was 6-3 his senior year, 8-1 his junior year and 9-0 his sophomore season ... captain of the special teams ... as a junior, first team all-conference, all-metro honorable mention ... three-year letterwinner in both football and soccer, two-year in basketball ... second-team all-conference and all-Metro in soccer his sophomore year ... two-year starter, captain his senior year and honorable mention all-Metro as a junior in basketball.

Personal: Born Sept. 12, 1984 ... son of Bruce and Joann Wingert ... majoring in business.

Wingert's Career Kicking Stats
Year	FGM	FGA	Pct.	LG
2003	13	15	.870	49
2004	14	18	.778	44
2005	16	23	.696	50
Totals	43	56	.768	50

PATs	Made	Att.	Pct.
2003	22	23	.960
2004	40	42	.952
2005	51	53	.962
Totals	113	118	.958