Jesse Matthews

#45 · WR · Sr. · San Diego State6′0″ · 190 lb · San Diego, CA

Jesse Matthews: WR · San Diego State · #45.

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Jesse Matthews

WR · San Diego State · Sr · #45

Moves the chains on third down. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at San Diego State. The first one came in 2022: All-Mountain West. One game to point at: 99 receiving yards and 7 receptions against Middle Tennessee — Bowl, 2022.

Style of play

Play style

Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

San Diego State in the news

Nevada snaps 16-game losing streakNevada Sports Net Oct 20

Where to follow

Career stats

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Season	Team
2022	San Diego State	45	508	11.3	3	31
2021	San Diego State	58	657	11.3	9	32
2020	San Diego State	24	326	13.6	1	51
2019	San Diego State	48	633	13.2	2	74
Career		175	2,124	12.1	15	74

Season	Team
2022	San Diego State	1	1	11
2021	San Diego State	3	5	--
2020	San Diego State	1	−1	113
2019	San Diego State	1	7	78
Career		6	12	202

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Wk 1	L 20-38vs Arizona	2	18	9.0	0	15
Wk 2	W 38-7vs Idaho State	3	24	8.0	0	13
Wk 3	L 7-35@ No. 14 Utah	1	15	15.0	0	15
Wk 4	W 17-14vs Toledo	3	11	3.7	0	7
Wk 5	L 13-35@ Boise State	1	26	26.0	0	26
Wk 6	W 16-14vs Hawai'i	6	68	11.3	0	25
Wk 8	W 23-7@ Nevada	3	27	9.0	0	15
Wk 9	L 28-32@ Fresno State	4	37	9.3	1	12
Wk 10	W 14-10vs UNLV	5	84	16.8	1	28
Wk 11	W 43-27vs San José State	4	57	14.3	1	20
Wk 12	W 34-10@ New Mexico	2	13	6.5	0	9
Wk 13	L 3-13vs Air Force	4	29	7.3	0	13
Bowl	L 23-25vs Middle Tennessee	7	99	14.1	0	31
Total		45	508	11.3	3	31

Signature game

Week 11 · 2022

W 43-27

vs San José State

4 rec · 57 yds · 1 TD

With J. Mayden — 268 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 83.1 · 61 rush yds (13 car) · J. Byrd — 2 rec · 22 yds · 1 rush yds (3 car)

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 6 · Hawai'i · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +3.26Jalen Mayden pass complete to Jesse Matthews for 25 yds to the Hawa 45 for a
Week 10 · UNLV · 2nd and 8 · Q2 · EPA +3.11Jalen Mayden pass complete to Jesse Matthews for 28 yds for a TD, (Jack Browning KICK)
Week 10 · UNLV · 2nd and 12 · Q1 · EPA +3.11Jalen Mayden pass complete to Jesse Matthews for 24 yds to the UNLV 48 for a
Week 11 · San José State · 3rd and 5 · Q3 · EPA +3.11Jalen Mayden pass complete to Jesse Matthews for 20 yds for a TD, (Jack Browning KICK)
Week 1 · Middle Tennessee · 3rd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.93Jalen Mayden pass complete to Jesse Matthews for 14 yds to the SDSt 49 for a
Week 8 · Nevada · 3rd and 4 · Q4 · EPA +2.61Jalen Mayden pass complete to Jesse Matthews for 15 yds Jesse Matthews fumbled, recovered by SDSt Naki Mateialona

4 more plays

Week 11 · San José State · 4th and 5 · Q1 · EPA +2.52Jalen Mayden pass complete to Jesse Matthews for 13 yds to the SJSt 24 for a
Week 11 · San José State · 3rd and 13 · Q3 · EPA +2.41Jalen Mayden pass complete to Jesse Matthews for 17 yds to the SJSt 2 for a
Week 9 · Fresno State · 2nd and 4 · Q3 · EPA +2.36Jalen Mayden pass complete to Jesse Matthews for 7 yds for a TD, (Jarrett Reeser KICK)
Week 1 · Middle Tennessee · 2nd and 10 · Q3 · EPA +2.08Jalen Mayden pass complete to Jesse Matthews for 16 yds to the MTnSt 35 for a

Teams and coaches

2019San Diego State10-3HC: Rocky Long · Run-leaning

2020San Diego State4-4HC: Brady Hoke · Run-heavy

2021San Diego State12-2HC: Brady Hoke · Run-heavy

2022San Diego State7-6HC: Brady Hoke · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Our ratings

CFB Zeitgeist Score 50 (#208 of 488). Show the ratings

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2022 season

50Rotational starter #208 of 488 · 2022?

13 metrics · season cumulative

2022 score: the 2026 sample is not big enough yet. The rows below are 2026 so far. Concern: long catch (15th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#317 / 636 · 50th pct

78.6%

EPA / target#331 / 636 · 48th pct

0.67

TD rate#358 / 636 · 44th pct

5.4%

Explosive rate#401 / 636 · 37th pct

10.7%

Yards / catch#421 / 636 · 34th pct

11.0

Box-score rates (8)

Receptions#155 / 550 · 71st pct

Rec yards#206 / 550 · 63rd pct

508

Rec TDs#216 / 550 · 54th pct

Rush TDs#48 / 275 · 41st pct

Fumbles lost#71 / 223 · 41st pct

Yards / catch#392 / 550 · 28th pct

11.3

Rush yards#215 / 275 · 21st pct

Long catch#466 / 550 · 15th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

60th → 48th percentile

Explosive rate

54th → 37th percentile

Catch rate

91st → 50th percentile

TD rate

87th → 44th percentile

Yards / catch

33rd → 34th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2022. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.9	41.6	10.1	0.3
Road5g	2.2	23.6	13.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.3	37.3	12.4	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.7	41.2	10.5	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2022 season

Head Coach

Brady Hoke

Pass share

42.5%

341 pass / 462 run

Plays / game

61.8

13 games

Team sack rate

5.9%

370 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score

50 · #208 of 488 WRs · 2022

Jesse Matthews

Similar players

Style of play

Fans

San Diego State in the news

Where to follow

Career stats

Game log

Signature game

Signature plays

Teams and coaches

Our ratings

Splits

Awards

All-Conference

Four seasons at San Diego State

2022 13 games