Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 14 | L 14-45vs Bowling Green | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | Season-high 3 yds |
| Total | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
#18
Matt Ogunniyi
Junior tight end for Massachusetts. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
6′5″ · 235 lb · Springdale, MD · Charles Herbert Flowers
Returning to Massachusetts for 2026
The numbers
3
receiving yards · 2025
1 catches · 3 per catch
1 game into 2025 so far -- Best game: 1 rec, 3 yds, vs Bowling Green
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 tight end for Massachusetts. 2025: 1 game with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Rutgers in 2024.
- Transferred from Rutgers to Massachusetts in 2025.
Matt Ogunniyi
Rutgers to Massachusetts — the move that set up everything since. The receipt: 3 rec yds, 1 receptions against Bowling Green — Week 14, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- portal record
- game log
His career
2024
- Signed with Rutgers3-star out of C.H. Flowers
2025
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Massachusetts
NFL
NFL Draft
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2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Massachusetts0-12HC: Joe Harasymiak · Balanced
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: rec yards (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 REC/g, 3.0 YDS/g, 3.0 YPR, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Harasymiak
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Massachusetts | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | -- |
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Massachusetts
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Tight end · Massachusetts
Returning around him
- -57% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- Transfer portal: +2 net (21 in / 19 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Massachusetts · Last season: 0-12 · Talent rank #128 · 2026 recruiting class #116
Background
2025 • Redshirt Freshman Played in five games on the season Had one reception for three yards vs. Bowling Green (11/25) Before Massachusetts • Joins UMass after one season at Rutgers • Appeared in one game, making his collegiate debut in a win at Maryland (11/16) • Played receiver and tight end a...
The tight end room · Massachusetts
- #11Max Dowling199 receiving yards · 2025
- #83Reece Adkins133 receiving yards · 2025
- #86Jax Markovich38 receiving yards · 2025
- #87Owen Anderson31 receiving yards · 2025
- #18Matt Ogunniyi3 receiving yards · 2025
3 more on the roster · Massachusetts team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology