2021 • REDSHIRT JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned the Quarterback Club Award at the team's awards banquet.
Season: Appeared in all 13 games as the primary holder on field goal attempts.
2020 • REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON
Appeared in five games on special teams holding field goal attempts for Jordan Stout.
2019 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Redshirt season.
2018 • TRUE FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Appeared in 12 games...One of 16 true freshmen to make their collegiate debut...One of 40 players to make their first Penn State appearance...One of 20 players to make their first career start.
Appalachian State (9/1): Made college debut...Averaged 60.2 yards on six kickoffs, including two touchbacks. at Pittsburgh (9/8): Averaged 51.0 yards per kickoff on eight kicks, including two touchbacks. Kent State (9/15): Averaged 61.8 yards on 10 kickoffs, including six touchbacks. at Illinois (9/21): Averaged 60.6 yards on 10 kickoffs with five touchbacks. Ohio State (9/29): Averaged 65.0 yards on six kickoffs, recording touchbacks on all of them. Michigan State (10/13): Averaged 64.8 yards on four kickoffs, including three touchbacks. at Indiana (10/20): Averaged 57.9 yards on seven kickoffs, including four touchbacks. Iowa (10/27): Averaged 61.3 yards on nine kickoffs, including five touchbacks...Made first career tackle on a kick return in the second quarter. Wisconsin (11/10): Averaged 55.7 yards on six kickoffs. at Rutgers (11/17): Averaged 56.8 yards on four kickoffs...Made one tackle on a kickoff. Maryland (11/24): Averaged 56.2 yards per kickoff on four kickoffs. vs. Kentucky (1/1): Averaged 62.6 yards per kickoff on five kickoffs, including two touchbacks.
HIGH SCHOOL
Three-time letterman for head coach Joe Casamento at St. John's College High School...Helped the Cadets claim the WCAC title as a senior, the school’s first football championship in more than 30 years...Made 11-of-14 field goal attempts and all 44 extra points as a senior...Averaged 42.0 yards per punt in 2017...Earned Washington Post All-Met first team honors as a junior and senior...Was a three-time first-team all-conference selection...Won the Fall 2016 Kornblue Kicking and Snapping Challenge...Was the No. 3 kicker in the country according to Kornblue Kicking.
PERSONAL
Full name is Maurice Rafael Checa...Son of Maria-Victoria and Rafael Checa...Has one sister, Victoria...Hobbies include doing anything outside and playing ping pong...Majoring in hospitality management...Would like to pursue a career in hotel management.