Sam Taglia

2024 Season (Freshman): Appeared in six games… Went 7-for-8 on extra point attempts and 0-1 on field goal attempts… Kicked off 15 times, covering 890 yards… Had three touchbacks… Missed a 46-yard field goal attempt vs. Hanover (9/14)… Went 3-for-3 on extra points vs. Upper Iowa (8/31). 2023 Season: Did not appear in any games. High School: Two-year starter for head coach Dave Inserra at Maine South High School... Part of a 9-3 team in 2022 that went undefeated in conference action (5-0) and reached the 8A Quarterfinals... Went 5-for-8 on field goals that year and 30-for-34 on PAT's... His longest made field goal that season covered 37 yards and he was also credited with 35 touchbacks on kick-offs... The year before, Maine South went 12-2 overall with a 5-0 conference record and reached the 8A Finals... He went 7-for-11 on field goals in 2021 and 41-for-45 on points after... His career-long field goal split the uprights that season from 44-yards out. Personal: Son of Carmen and Andi Taglia... Has one sibling named Grace... Entrepreneurship & Innovation major. Why Taglia Chose Butler "Butler has it all. The academics, the campus, and a team on the rise all led me here."