Blake Mazza (born December 8, 1998) is an

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. He previously played for the SMU,

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, and the

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High school career

Mazza attended

Plano Senior High School Plano Senior High School (commonly Plano, Plano Senior High, or PSHS) is a public high school, public secondary school in Plano, Texas, serving students in grades eleventh grade, 11–twelfth grade, 12. The school is part of the Plano Independ ...

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. Coming out of high school, he was rated as a five-star recruit and the 12th best placekicker for the class of 2017 by Chris Sailer Kicking.

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College career

Arkansas

2017

Mazza received a scholarship offer from

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, but committed to the

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, appearing as a

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for the 2017 team; he did not receive any playing time during the season.

SMU

2021

On January 20, 2021, Mazza announced he would be transferring from Washington State in order to play closer to home. Six days later, it was announced that Mazza would be transferring to

Southern Methodist University Southern Methodist University (SMU) is a Private university, private research university in Dallas, Texas, United States, with a satellite campus in Taos County, New Mexico. SMU was founded on April 17, 1911, by the Methodist Episcopal Church, ...

(SMU).

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1998 births Living people Players of American football from Plano, Texas American football placekickers Arkansas Razorbacks football players Washington State Cougars football players SMU Mustangs football players {{collegefootball-player-stub