2017 Football Roster
Roster
Michael Cintron
- Position:
- P
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 222
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Piscataway, N.J.
- High School:
- St. Joseph's (Metuchen)
2017 (Redshirt Junior): Appeared in 11 games as holder ... honored prior to Senior Day contest versus No. 16 Michigan State (11/25).
2016 (Redshirt Sophomore): Started all 12 games at punter ... led the nation and set a school and Big Ten record with 95 punt attempts ... averaged 37.9 yards per punt with seven kicks over 50 yards and two of 61 yards ... pinned 20 inside the 20-yard line ... forced 27 fair catches ... launched a 57-yard punt on six attempts at Maryland (11/26) ... matched season-high with a 61-yard punt on 11 kicks against No. 9 Penn State (11/19) ... had a 50-yard attempt and knocked three inside the 20-yard line at Michigan State (11/12) ... recorded nine punts versus Indiana (11/5) ... had a 50-yard punt on five attempts at Minnesota (10/22) ... recorded a long of 45 yards on four tries versus Illinois (10/15) ... attempt 16 punts for 603 yards against No. 4 Michigan (10/8) with a season-long of 61 ... punted 10 times at No. 2 Ohio State (10/1) with a long of 47 yards ... knocked 3-of-6 tries inside the 20 with a 40.5 average against Iowa (9/24) ... had seven attempts versus New Mexico (9/17), pinning one down at the one-yard line ... booted two punts on four attempts inside the 20 versus Howard (9/10), having a long of 53 yards ... started the season opener at No. 14 Washington (9/3) and had eight punts with a long of 53 yards, also downing three inside the 20.
2015 (Redshirt Freshman): Made collegiate debut at Wisconsin (10/31) and averaged 51 yards on three punts ... boomed a 57-yard punt on first career attempt.
2014 (Freshman): Did not see game action ... redshirted.
Prior to Rutgers: Played under head coach Casey Ransone at St. Joseph's (Metuchen) ... helped his team to a division championship with an undefeated regular season record in his senior year ... played for multiple varsity teams at his high school, including basketball for three years, volleyball for three years and soccer for a year ... earned high honor roll all four years at St. Joseph's and was awarded the Municipal Credit Union Scholarship.
Personal: Son of Luciano and Jeanine Cintron ... has a sister, Lauren, and a brother, Marc Cintron ... relative of Marc Cintron, a Providence College and Puerto Rican National Team Soccer Player ... a human resource management major.
