​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.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementBy 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.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementReflecting 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 ki