Nature Coast alum Matt Breida headed to Georgia Southern Hall of Fame
Nature Coast’s Matt Breida is headed to Georgia Southern’s Hall of Fame, a hometown win for Hernando County. His rise began with 3,012 yards at Nature Coast Technical.
Matt Breida’s path from Spring Hill to Statesboro has reached another milestone, and it starts right back in Hernando County. The former Nature Coast Technical High School standout is headed to the Georgia Southern Athletics Hall of Fame, giving Brooksville and Spring Hill another reminder that elite football talent can grow close to home.
Georgia Southern announced Breida as part of its 2026 Hall of Fame class on May 29. He was one of seven individuals and one group selected for induction, and the class will lift Hall of Fame membership to 184. The public banquet is set for Friday, Sept. 25 at 6:30 p.m. at the Jack and Ruth Ann Hill Convocation Center, with tickets priced at $125.
Breida’s high-school résumé was built in Hernando County, where he rushed for 3,012 yards and 37 touchdowns over his final two seasons with the Sharks before graduating in 2013 and earning a scholarship to Georgia Southern. That production turned a local high-school career into an opportunity at one of college football’s most productive rushing programs.
He made the most of it almost immediately. As a sophomore in 2014, Breida led the Sun Belt Conference with 1,485 rushing yards and averaged 8.68 yards per carry, which ranked first in the nation. He scored 18 touchdowns that season and was a semifinalist for the Doak Walker Award. Georgia Southern’s Hall of Fame bio credits him with 1,485 yards and 17 touchdowns on 171 carries that year, including a career-best 210-yard performance against Navy on Nov. 15, 2014.
Breida followed that with another huge season in 2015, rushing for 1,608 yards and 17 touchdowns while again leading the country in yards per carry at 7.9. Georgia Southern says he was a two-time first-team All-Sun Belt selection and finished his career with 3,754 rushing yards, the sixth-most in program history. He also helped lead the Eagles through their transition into the FBS era, including a 9-3 season in 2014, an undefeated 8-0 run in Sun Belt play and a conference title in the program’s first year in the league.
After going undrafted in 2017, Breida still carved out a seven-season NFL career with the San Francisco 49ers, Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills and New York Giants. For Hernando County, the Hall of Fame call is proof that a player from Nature Coast Technical can leave a lasting mark far beyond Spring Hill.
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