Last confirmed: TCU, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′4″ · 240 lb · Torrance, CA · Long Beach City College
Mat Boesen: DE · TCU · #9.
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Mat Boesen
Wins the corner before the tackle can set. He has spent two seasons in the TCU defensive front. One game to point at: 7 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Jackson State — Week 1, 2017.
Play style
Bends the edge and wins with first-step quickness. Lighter frame, relentless motor.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
63 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 15 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 63-0vs Jackson State | 7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 28-7@ Arkansas | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 56-36vs SMU | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 44-31@ No. 6 Oklahoma State | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-24vs No. 23 West Virginia | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 26-6@ Kansas State | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 43-0vs Kansas | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 7-14@ No. 25 Iowa State | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-7vs Texas | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 27-3@ Texas Tech | 5 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-22vs Baylor | 10 | 8 | 5.5 | 5.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 14 | L 17-41@ No. 2 Oklahoma | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 39-37vs No. 15 Stanford | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 63 | 40 | 15.0 | 11.5 | — | 0 |
Week 13 · 2017
W 45-22
vs Baylor
5.5 sacks · 5.5 tackles for loss · 10 tackles
Dominant 23-point win at home against Baylor.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
18%12 sacksTFL rate
24%15 TFLHurry rate
13%8 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
59%12 of 20 pressures63 tackles · 15 for loss · 11.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Gary Patterson — 17-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.7 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Gary Patterson
Pass share
45.6%
430 pass / 513 run
Plays / game
67.4
14 games
Team sack rate
3.5%
454 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
63 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at TCU, 18 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
