#45

Jesse Matthews

Senior wide receiver for San Diego State. 2022: 45 catches, 508 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · San Diego State · Sr. · #45

6′0″ · 190 lb · San Diego, CA

CFB Index 50 · #208 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceSan Diego State 2022 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for San Diego State. 2022: 45 catches, 508 receiving yards, 3 TD.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at San Diego State, 2,124 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

202213 games

All-Mountain Westhonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

—

No recruit profile

CFB

College

San Diego State

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

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ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST

All-Mountain West mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

2 coaches

2019

Rocky Long

San Diego State

2020–2022

Brady Hoke

San Diego State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Rocky Long → Brady Hoke. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

50Rotational starter #208 of 488?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

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 this season. 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	4.2	48.8	10.6	0.2
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

2026 season

Head Coach

Sean Lewis

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

All-Conference

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

50 · #208 of 488 WRs

Career stats

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

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	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2022

W 38–7

vs Idaho State

3 rec · 24 yds

Dominant 31-point win at home against Idaho State.

With J. Browning — 26 rush yds (1 car) · J. Byrd — 58 rush yds (4 car) · 1 TD

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 6 · Hawai'i · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +3.26Jalen Mayden pass complete to Jesse Matthews for 25 yds to the Hawa 45 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · UNLV · 2&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.11Jalen Mayden pass complete to Jesse Matthews for 28 yds for a TD, (Jack Browning KICK)
Week 10 · UNLV · 2&12 · Q1 · EPA +3.11Jalen Mayden pass complete to Jesse Matthews for 24 yds to the UNLV 48 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · San José State · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +3.11Jalen Mayden pass complete to Jesse Matthews for 20 yds for a TD, (Jack Browning KICK)
Week 1 · Middle Tennessee · 3&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.93Jalen Mayden pass complete to Jesse Matthews for 14 yds to the SDSt 49 for a 1ST down
Week 8 · Nevada · 3&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.61Jalen Mayden pass complete to Jesse Matthews for 15 yds Jesse Matthews fumbled, recovered by SDSt Naki Mateialona
Week 11 · San José State · 4&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.52Jalen Mayden pass complete to Jesse Matthews for 13 yds to the SJSt 24 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · San José State · 3&13 · Q3 · EPA +2.41Jalen Mayden pass complete to Jesse Matthews for 17 yds to the SJSt 2 for a 1ST down
Week 9 · Fresno State · 2&4 · Q3 · EPA +2.36Jalen Mayden pass complete to Jesse Matthews for 7 yds for a TD, (Jarrett Reeser KICK)
Week 1 · Middle Tennessee · 2&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.08Jalen Mayden pass complete to Jesse Matthews for 16 yds to the MTnSt 35 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 20-38vs Arizona	2	18	9.0	0	15	Season-high 99 yds
Wk 2	W 38-7vs Idaho State	3	24	8.0	0	13
Wk 3	L 7-35@ 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	11.6	3	31

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Jesse Matthews

202213 games

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

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