CFB Zeitgeist Score
36
Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by rec yards at the 42nd percentile.
Mikey Matthews
Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.
348 REC YDS · 33 REC · 2 REC TD
2026 Outlook
Returning to UCLA for 2026
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Wide receiver · UCLA
Returning around him
- 22% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
- Transfer portal: +12 net (41 in / 29 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
UCLA · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #26 · 2026 recruiting class #46
WR · UCLA · BIG TEN
Mikey Matthews
- 3
- #7
- 5-9 | 180 lb
- Irvine, CA
Heisman Heat
#738
<1% win probability
Fan Belief
Awaiting
Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.
Respect Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
Reality Gap
Awaiting
Coming online with player-level FI.
ACCOLADE PROBABILITY
Heisman
<1%
TOP WR AWARD
Biletnikoff
—
CONSENSUS
All-American
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Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR07 · Impact starter
Impact starter. Producing measurable value above replacement.
Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Development Trajectory · receiving yards
2023–2025+33%
Up 33% from first season to most-recent.
Career Arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
3 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Identity & Role
The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.
Recruiting Pedigree
How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.
| Class | Profile | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4-star | 0.9095 | No. 275 recruit | HighSchool | Utah |
Transfer Arc
Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.
| Season | Move | Context |
|---|---|---|
| No transfer portal moves on file for this player. | ||
Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final
Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.
HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16Heisman Futures
Not yet listed on major futures markets.
No achievements unlocked yet this season.
Selector Grid · 2025
AP—
FWAA—
AFCA—
WCFF—
SN—
SI—
Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.
NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft
Market value, pedigree & pro outcome
Recruit stars
★★★★☆
to Utah
Composite
0.9095
#275 national
Today’s Hot-Take
The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.
Anti-Take
PENDINGThe contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.
The Room on Mikey Matthews
Fan sentiment ·
Belief Meter
50
Mixed Sentiment
Top Take
“”
Trajectory
Per-cohort trajectory lands when historical bucket data is aggregated.
Cohort divergence map
- Own fans · n=2
Rival Radar
How rival fanbases talk about Mikey Matthews
No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.
Signature Story
Awaiting candidate metric
He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.
Signature Moment
No signature moment on the ledger yet.
Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.
Season Pace · Projection
Where the receiving totals stand
Through 11g
348Rec yards
33Receptions
2Rec TDs
Per game
31.6Rec yards
3Receptions
0Rec TDs
Projected (13g)
411.3Rec yards
39Receptions
2Rec TDs
To hit 700-yard receiver (currently 348): needs 176/game over remaining 2.
To hit 1,000-yard receiver (currently 348): needs 326/game over remaining 2.
To hit 60-catch season (currently 33): needs 13.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 80-catch season (currently 33): needs 23.5/game over remaining 2.
To hit 8 receiving TDs (currently 2): needs 3/game over remaining 2.
To hit 10 receiving TDs (currently 2): needs 4/game over remaining 2.
What made this player interesting
The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.
Mikey Matthews's story is about how role and output meet each other. For UCLA, the card already shows enough current-season production to explain why he is on the serious-player board, and the next layer is determining whether the profile is just very good or actually distinctive.
2025 Season · Final
Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.
Last season
WR season snapshot
2025 season snapshot | final
2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Player identity What kind of player is this?
30-second read
What kind of player is this?
Receiving weapon against FBS receiving peers.
2025 Season · Final
2025 season snapshot | final
Receiving
REC
33 78th
YDS
348 71st
YPR
10.5 37th
TD
2 75th
Rushing
CAR
1 35th
YDS
1 20th
YPC
1.0 22nd
TD
0 81st
Returns
KR YDS
28 32nd
KR AVG
14.0 22nd
PR YDS
47 52nd
PR AVG
5.2 28th
Game Log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-43vs Utah | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 2 | L 23-30@ UNLV | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 0 | 15 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-35vs New Mexico | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 0 | 32 | Season-high 67 yds |
| Wk 6 | W 42-37vs Penn State | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-13@ Michigan State | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 0 | 37 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-17vs Maryland | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 1 | 14 | |
| Wk 9 | L 6-56@ Indiana | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-28vs Nebraska | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 24 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-48@ Ohio State | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | 8 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-48vs Washington | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 1 | 37 | |
| Wk 14 | L 10-29@ USC | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | 21 | |
| Total | 33 | 348 | 12.0 | 2 | 37 |
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score
Traditional history
Traditional Stats
Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.
Season context · Team result + system
2023Utah8-5HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-heavy
2024California6-7HC: Justin Wilcox · Balanced
2025UCLA3-9HC: Deshaun Foster · Balanced, slow tempo
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UCLA | 33 | 348 | 10.5 | 2 | -- |
| 2024 | California | 34 | 292 | 8.6 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Utah | 29 | 261 | 9.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 96 | 901 | 9.4 | 3 | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UCLA | 1 | 1 | 28 | 47 | -- |
| 2024 | California | 7 | 29 | -- | 67 | -- |
| 2023 | Utah | 1 | 4 | 309 | 75 | -- |
| Career | 3 loaded seasons | 9 | 34 | 337 | 189 | -- |
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context
Advanced metrics second
Advanced Metrics
Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.
The player's share of a team's passing-game involvement. It is the fastest way to see whether the receiver is a true focal point or more of a complementary piece.
A blended workload view that accounts for catches, designed touches, and any return-game involvement that shapes the overall profile.
Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.
The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.
Open full stat explorer
| Group | Metric | Value | Rank | Pct | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Receiving | Receptions | 33 | #247/1110 | 78th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving yards | 348 | #322/1107 | 71st pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving TD | 2 | #281/1111 | 75th pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Yards / catch | 10.5 | #700/1106 | 37th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return yards | 28 | #164/238 | 32nd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return yards | 47 | #109/224 | 52nd pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Pass share | 15.4% | #224/1137 | 80th pct | Air-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Carries | 1 | #264/407 | 35th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing LONG | 1 | #334/346 | 4th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rushing yards | 1 | #317/397 | 20th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Yards / carry | 1.0 | #309/393 | 22nd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Rushing | Rush TD | 0 | #81/411 | 81st pct | Scoringvs FBS WR |
| Receiving | Receiving LONG | 37 | #499/1105 | 55th pct | Metricvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick return avg | 14.0 | #184/236 | 22nd pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt returns | 9 | #80/237 | 67th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Returns | Punt return avg | 5.2 | #161/222 | 28th pct | Efficiencyvs FBS WR |
| Returns | Kick returns | 2 | #132/243 | 46th pct | Volumevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 3rd-down usage | 10.2% | #212/1137 | 81st pct | Money-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Passing-down usage | 9.4% | #278/1137 | 76th pct | Known-passing sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 2nd-down usage | 8.5% | #202/1137 | 82nd pct | Middle-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Role share | 8.0% | #214/1137 | 81st pct | Share of team offensevs FBS WR |
| Usage | Standard-down usage | 7.4% | #187/1137 | 84th pct | Base-situation sharevs FBS WR |
| Usage | 1st-down usage | 7.1% | #229/1137 | 80th pct | Early-down loadvs FBS WR |
| Usage | Rush share | 0.3% | #332/1137 | 71st pct | Ground-game usagevs FBS WR |
| Ball Security | Fumbles lost | 1 | #131/302 | 57th pct | Turnoversvs FBS WR |
Player Standing
Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION
On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex
AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16
Why he’s here
Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.
What moves him up
What moves him down
Accolade streams
Status—Awaiting tracker
Heisman model tracks the top FBS contenders weekly; this player hasn't entered the watch list yet.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.8 | 32.3 | 11.7 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 3.2 | 30.8 | 12.4 | 0.0 |
Win vs Loss
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins3g | 2.0 | 27.3 | 12.8 | 0.3 |
| Losses8g | 3.4 | 33.2 | 11.7 | 0.1 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.6 | 34.8 | 13.6 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.3 | 29.0 | 10.7 | 0.3 |
Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.
Savant · Box-rate percentiles
Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort
36Mid-pack
Concern: rush yards (20th).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Advanced Savant · WR · 2024
Percentile Card
Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.
P4G5All FBS
Advanced Savant
Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.
Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.
Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match
Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile
Mikey MatthewsUCLAMichael Jackson IIIPurdue· 78% simAsaad WaseemFlorida Atlantic· 75% simChauncy CobbArkansas State· 72% sim
Receptions
Rec yards
Rec TDs
Rush TDs
Fumbles lost
Long catch
Yards / catch
Rush yards
Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.
Player DNA
The Possession Receiver
Reliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive.
WR
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Yusuf Ali’s 2020 season.
Yusuf Ali
86%match
#2
Renard Bell
83%
#3
Mookie Cooper
83%
#4
Chandler Speights
78%
#5
Jaylon Robinson
82%
Matches Yusuf on
Weight
Yards / reception
TD rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Drae McCray's junior season at Texas Tech (2023).
Drae McCray
79%match
#2
Mario Williams
All-AAC
79%
#3
Semaj Morgan
78%
#4
Grayson Tempest
78%
#5
DeAngelo Irvin Jr.
77%
Matches Drae on
EPA / play (adj)
Weight
Reception volume
Differs from Drae on
Class year (lower)
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Deshaun Foster
Pass share
48.9%
358 pass / 374 run
Plays / game
61.0
12 games
OL sack rate (allowed)
9.3%
280 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
2 coaches2023
Chip Kelly
UCLA
2024era →
Deshaun Foster
UCLA
2025
Deshaun Foster
UCLA
Coaching transition mid-career: Chip Kelly → Deshaun Foster. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster
Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.
HometownIrvine, CA
Height5'9"
Weight180 lb
Class3
PositionWR
Jersey7
No fields populated yet.
No fields populated yet.
Current teamUCLA
ConferenceBig Ten
Joined2025
Career arc3 season(s)
Trophy Case · Detail
Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.
No formal honors on the ledger yet
All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.
Honors Timeline
Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.
| Season | Honor | Scope | Team / Selector | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned. | ||||
Heisman By Year
Modeled rank and official finish by season.
| Season | Team | Role | Latest Model | Forecast | Win | Finalist | Official Finish | Points | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | California | WR3 | #738 | #832 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W16 snapshot | ACC |
| 2023 | Utah | WR3 | #1513 | #1480 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -- | -- | W19 snapshot | Pac-12 |
Roster Timeline
Team, conference, and class by season.
| Season | Team | Conference | Pos | Class | Bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | UCLA | Big Ten | WR | 3 | No. 7 | 5-9 | 180 lb | Irvine, CA |
| 2024 | California | ACC | WR | 3 | No. 7 | 5-9 | 180 lb | Irvine, CA |
| 2023 | Utah | Pac-12 | WR | 3 | No. 7 | 5-9 | 180 lb | Irvine, CA |