DES MOINES — In the Indoor Football League, the math of a touchdown is typically straightforward: six points for the score and one for the kick. But for Andrew Mevis, a touchdown often results in a nine-point swing.
On Saturday, Mevis put that unique arithmetic on display during a 65-21 victory against the Iowa Barnstormers.
By converting on deuces — an IFL rule where a kickoff sent through the uprights earns two points — Mevis added an extra layer of dominance to the Blizzard’s approach to game day.
He recorded three deuces in the win, as well as eight PATs and an 18-yard field goal. “It’s a lot of fun,” Mevis said. “Every touchdown we do that, we get nine [points total], so it’s pretty sweet.”
The victory pushed the Green Bay Blizzard to a 13-2 record, officially locking them in as the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference for the playoffs. It also solidified Mevis’s position as the league’s premier scoring threat; through 15 games, he leads the IFL with 153 total points, 92 successful PATs and 11 field goals. While Mevis is currently a focal point of the league’s top-seeded team, his path to the professional ranks began a decade ago on the high school fields of Indiana.
Long before the professional carpets of the IFL, Mevis was a standout at Warsaw Community High School. He first made a national name for himself as a 2016 Kohl’s Kicking All-American.
Mevis set a school record with a 40.2-yard punting average and won the Under Armour Skills Kicking Challenge, earning a spot in the 2017 Under Armour All-American Game where he successfully converted a 46-yard field goal.
Reflecting on his time under the Friday night lights, Mevis noted that he truly earned his stripes as a Tiger, instilling a persistent drive: “You’re always just trying to learn and get better each and every day”.
Mevis took that mindset to Fordham University, where he immediately shouldered the entire specialist workload as a freshman in 2017. His tenure in the Bronx was defined by historical volume and elite range. During his 2018 sophomore season, Mevis set single-season school records for both punts (81) and punting yards (3,344).
That same year, he showcased his leg strength by booming a 54-yard field goal against Holy Cross—falling just one yard shy of the Patriot League record. By his junior season in 2019, he was a First Team All-Patriot League selection, leading the conference in scoring and ranking 19th nationally in field goals per game.
Mevis joined Iowa State as a graduate transfer in 2021, delivering what is regarded as one of the finest seasons by a specialist in Cyclone history. He earned Third Team All-American honors and was a Lou Groza Award semifinalist after tying the school record for field goals in a season (20). Midway through the year, he became the first Cyclone since Tony Yelk in 2001 to handle all four kicking duties: field goals, PATs, punting and kickoffs.
Beyond the statistics—which included a 54-yard field goal at UNLV and an 87.0% field goal percentage—as well as a 29-yard run on a fake punt against Oklahoma to his name.
His favorite memory as a Cyclone is a victory over the Longhorns, the third win in a row for the Cyclones over the Austin based university.
“Shoot, I think beating Texas—that was so much fun my senior year,” Mevis said. “That night game in Ames was just awesome.”
Mevis’s professional journey has included stints with the Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL), St. Louis Battlehawks (UFL) and Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL).
Now in his third season with the Blizzard, the former 2025 All-IFL First Team selection is playing the best football of his career.
Mevis and the Blizzard are “finishing strong” as the playoffs approach.
With a league-leading scoring title within reach and the No. 1 seed secured, Mevis remains focused on the next rung of the ladder: “Just trying to keep, keep going and make an impact and try to keep playing professionally and move up.”
