2025 Football Roster

5 Matt Soderdahl

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Position DB
  • Ht./Wt. 5-10 / 180
  • Hometown Bargersville, Ind.
  • Highschool Center Grove
  • Major Business Analytics (M.S.)

Biography

2025: Team captain … Selected as team’s Defensive Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year … Started all 11 games at corner … Led Mines with 10 pass break-ups … Produced 36 total tackles including 2.0 for loss … Had multi-PBU games versus Chadron State, Black Hills State, and CSU Pueblo … Made a season-high eight tackles to go with three pass break-ups against CSUP … Had five-tackle games against Western Colorado and New Mexico Highlands … Recovered a fumble against Black Hills State.

2024 (at Hillsdale): Second-Team All-GMAC at defensive back ... Played in all 11 games ... Compiled 36 total tackles with 4.5 for loss ... Led Hillsdale with eight pass break-ups and 11 total passes defended ... Had three interceptions including his first career pick-six against Kentucky Wesleyan ... Made two picks vs. Lake Erie.

2023 (at Hillsdale): Team's top cover corner finishing third in total tackles with 48 while also leading the secondary in pass breakups with four ... Named the program's outstanding defensive back for the 2023 season ... Earned team Defensive Player of the Week honors at Tiffin on Oct. 7, finishing with a career-high 12 tackles, two pass breakups, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery ... Had nine total tackles and an interception to earn team Defensive Player of the Week honors against Findlay on Sept. 23.

2022 (at Hillsdale): Appeared in all 11 games ... Led Hillsdale in pass breakups with 8 ... Finished ninth on the team in tackles with 36 ... Had a career-high seven tackles in Hillsdale's 36-20 win over unbeaten and nationally-ranked Ashland (Oct. 29), then matched that number the next week against Michigan Tech ... Forced a fumble against Walsh ... Earned Hillsdale's Every Player Every Play award for his performance against Findlay.

2021 (at Hillsdale): Redshirted ... Named Defensive Scout Team Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 30.

HIGH SCHOOL: Two-year starter at Center Grove HS (Ind.) ... Member of team that made back to back IHSAA 6A state finals in 2019 and 2020 and won the 2020 state championship ... Finished with five tackles, one for loss and an interception in the Trojans' 38-14 victory over Westfield in the state title game to cap a 14-0 season ... Closed out his career with 103 tackles, 22 pass breakups and three interceptions, earning All-Johnson County honors and All-Metropolitan Conference honors in both 2019 and 2020 ... Honor roll student.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Redshirt Senior

    DB
    5'10" 180 lbs
  • 5
    C

    2025Redshirt Senior

    DB
    5'10" 180 lbs
    5
    C