Matthew Seliga

Senior safety on Navy's 2026 roster.

S · Navy · Sr. · #5

5′11″ · 190 lb · Cincinnati, OH

How he projects

Grades highest in speed and play recognition.

The full scouting read

The story

Senior safety on Navy's 2026 roster.

The record fills in as he plays.

The full story, with sources

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Matthew Seliga

S · Navy · Sr · #5

Third year in the Navy secondary, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 1 tackles against Florida Atlantic, Week 2, 2026.

1 TACKLES · 0 SACKS

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

season totals
seasons on the roster
game log

Career stats

Season	Team
2026	Navy	1	--	--	--	--
2025	Navy	3	--	--	--	--
2024	Navy	12	7	--	--	--
Career		16	7	--	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 1 game

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	L 30-38@ Florida Atlantic	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 1 tackles

2026 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Brian Newberry — 22-6 over that span.

2024Navy10-3HC: Brian Newberry · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2025Navy11-2HC: Brian Newberry · Run-heavy

2026Navy1-1HC: Brian Newberry · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles (0th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#283 / 939 · 35th pct

Sacks#285 / 939 · 35th pct

0.0

Passes defended#411 / 939 · 28th pct

Tackles for loss#633 / 939 · 16th pct

0.0

Solo tackles#937 / 939 · 0th pct

Tackles#940 / 939 · 0th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits

Per-game splits

Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Newberry

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

Awards

Player standing · 2026

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

The secondary · Navy

#16Giuseppe SessiS · Sr.81 tackles · 2025
#6Phillip HamiltonCB · Jr.49 tackles · 2025
#3Ira OnihaCB · Sr.24 tackles · 2025
#28Bryce AllenCB · Sr.13 tackles · 2025
#5Matthew SeligaS · Sr.3 tackles · 2025

20 more on the roster · Navy team page

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