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UCLA Athletics - 2023 UCLA Football student athlete portraits, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
July 18th and 19th, 2023
Copyright Don Liebig/ASUCLA
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Jersey Number 39

Blake Glessner

  • Position:
    Kicker
  • Height:
    6-3
  • Weight:
    195
  • Class:
    Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown:
    Woodinville, Wash.
  • High School:
    Woodinville HS / Montana State
Career Highlights
• CSC Academic All-District Team member (2023-24)
• Big Ten Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll member (2024)
• 6-time member of UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (last Fall 2024)

Career Summary
Has played in 44 games across four seasons at UCLA (2023 and 2024) and Montana State (2021 and 2022) ... has converted 46 of 63 field-goal tries (.730) during collegiate career ... made career-long 54-yard field goal in 2021 ... has also handled kickoff and punt duties.

2024
Played in two games … was responsible for one squib kickoff at Washington (Nov. 15) … made his lone extra-point try and missed 52-yard field-goal attempt in season opener at Hawai’i (Aug. 31); also had two kickoffs for 113 yards (56.5 yards per kick) and one touchback … named to Big Ten Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2024.

2023
Appeared in all 13 games as kickoff specialist and place kicker ... registered 22 touchbacks on 22 of 54 kickoffs ... credited with three tackles ... booted his first field goal for Bruins at Arizona (29 yards) ... added 35-yard field goal in win at USC ... named to CSC Academic All-District Football team ... enrolled at UCLA in January 2023 ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Winter 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Winter 2024 and Spring 2024.

Montana State (2021, 2022)
Left Montana State ranking tied for third on the career field goals list with 44 ... his 251 career points rated third in Bobcat history, second-most among kickers. 

2022 (Montana State)
Converted 24 of his 30 field goals to set Montana State’s season field goal record for most in a season ... his 143 points was also a single-season mark... converted 71 of his 73 PATs... kicked off 106 times with 67 touchbacks, the most in the FCS ... made multiple field goals in nine games with a season-best of four in a FCS playoff game vs. Weber State ... had season-long 51-yard field goal at Northern Colorado.

2021 (Montana State)
Landed the starting job in August and posted the most productive season by a freshman kicker in Bobcat history... converted 20 field goals, tied for second in school history in a season ... his 108 points rated as the seventh-most in a season in MSU history... 48-for-51 on PATs... of his 86 kickoffs, 52 were either touchbacks (35) or pinned the opponent inside the 25 (17) ... had season-high four field goals against Northern Colorado ... booted a season-long 54-yard field goal against Idaho State ... team advanced to the FCS Championship Game.

High School
Two-time AP All-State kicker... first team all-conference as a kicker and defensive back... rated four-star prospect and Fourth Team All-America kicker by Sailer Kicking in 2018, when he was 15-18 field goals and 49-49 on extra points... played for coach Wayne Maxwell at Woodinville.

Personal 
Son of Danielle and Dirk Glessner ... sociology major.
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