USC kicker Matt Boermeester suspended due to conduct issue

USC kicker Matt Boermeester has been suspended from the football team as the university investigates a code of conduct issue.

Boermeester, a rising redshirt senior, kicked a 46-yard field goal with no time left in the Rose Bowl to beat Penn State, 52-49, on Jan. 2. The San Diego native transferred to USC in 2014 following one year at Saddleback Junior College in Mission Viejo, Calif.

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Boermeester connected on 18 of 25 field goals and 53 of 54 extra point attempts in 2016, his first year as a starter.

The Trojans athletic department said in a statement that Boermeester is being investigated for a school code of conduct issue and that “student disciplinary records and proceedings regarding any matter of student conduct are confidential and protected by law.”

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