SUNY Cortland Athletics

2025: Played in all 11 games with 10 starts during the season for Cortland...Registered 51 tackles, 27 solo, 5.5 tackles for loss, one forced fumble, one interception, five quarterback hurries, two pass breakups, and one blocked kick for the year...Made a season-high nine tackles, 2.5 for loss, had two quarterback hurries, and blocked a PAT in a home win over Utica...Made seven tackles, 1.0 for loss, and intercepted a pass and returned it 12 yards, in a home win over Union...Finished with six tackles and one forced fumble in a home win over Alfred University...Tallied six tackles, five solo and 1.0 for loss, in a road win at Alfred State...Made four tackles in the first round of the NCAA Div. III playoffs at Springfield...Tallied three tackles, one quarterback hurry, and one pass breakup in a home win over Brockport...Finished with three solo tackles in a road win at St. John Fisher...Recorded four tackles, two solo and 1.0 loss, in a road win at Morrisville...Contributed one solo tackle, one quarterback hurry, and one pass breakup in a road win at Hartwick...Assisted on two tackles in the 66th Cortaca Jug Game at Ithaca...Was named the Empire 8 Special Teams Player of the Week on Oct. 6.

2024: Matt played in 11 games during the season for the Red Dragons...Recorded five tackles...Had one solo tackle in a win over Ithaca in the 65th Cortaca Jug Game...Made one tackle in a road win at Alfred...Recorded one tackle in a home victory over Morrisville...Chipped in one tackle in a road win over Hilbert...Provided one tackle in a home win over Lycoming...Appeared in a win over Endicott in the second round of the NCAA Div. III playoffs.

2023: Played in 14 games...Started the first seven games of the season...Recorded 20 tackles, one interception, two pass breakups and a fumble recovery...Recorded a season-high 11 tackles versus Susquehanna...Totaled four tackles against Delaware Valley...Recovered a fumble at St. John Fisher.

2022: Saw the field in eight games...Registered 10 tackles, five solo, one tackle for loss, two pass breakups and one blocked kick...Recorded four tackles and blocked a punt in a home win versus Hartwick...Made three tackles with a tackle for loss in a victory at Buffalo State.

High School: Graduated from Fredonia in 2022...Three-year starter in football...Earned all-state honors and played in sectional championship game his senior year...Competed in wrestling and earned a fifth-place finish at sectionals...Competed in track and field as a senior...Finished as sectional runner-up in the shot put.

Other: Parents are Joanne and Mark Lotter...Has one sibling, Lindsay...Uncle Pete Johnson is a Cortland graduate.