Efficiency & Role
EPA = expected points added per play. Compared with every FBS WR/TE who qualifies
Advanced
Computed from every play, garbage time excluded. FBS rank among players with enough volume
| Receiving | Value | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Targets | 5 | — |
| Target share | 22.7% | — |
| Catch rate | 80.0% | — |
| Success rate per target | 40.0% | — |
| Yards per target | 17.6 | — |
| Explosive catches | 40.0% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 40.0% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 2 | — |
| Red-zone targets | 0 | — |
Charting
Where Matthews's plays went: throw and catch spots, air yards and yards after the catch, read from the play-by-play
Where he's targeted5 targets charted
2025 charting · UCLA
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (5 of Matthews’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted26 targets charted
Career
4 seasons at 3 schools since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | Tgt share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  UCLA#16 · 6-0 | 2 | 11% | 4 | 88 | 0 | 22.7% |
| 2025 | UCLA#89 · 3-9 | 11 | 63% | 33 | 348 | 2 | 16.2% |
| 2024 |  California#67 · 6-7 | 13 | 52% | 32 | 272 | 1 | 10.9% |
| 2023 |  Utah#37 · 8-5 | 12 | 54% | 29 | 261 | 0 | 11.1% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Mikey Matthews's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Mikey Matthews's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Receiving | Returns | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long | KR | KR yds | PR | PR yds | TD |
| 1 | @California | W 45–24 | 7.6 | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 0 | 43 | · | · | 1 | 12 | · |
| 2 |  San Diego State | W 28–10 | — | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 3 | 41 | · |
| 3 |  Purdue | W 52–38 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 4 | @ Maryland | W 54–3 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 6 | @ Oregon | W 17–15 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 7 |  Wisconsin | W 17–7 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||||
| 2026 · 2 games | 7.6 | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 0 | 43 | · | · | 4 | 53 | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 4 | 1117th / 1995 |
| Yards | 88 | 733rd / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 22 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 43 | — |
| Punt returns | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Returns | 4 | — |
| Yards | 53 | — |
| Average | 13.3 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 22 | — |
Snaps by Game
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Start | Team plays | Est. snaps | Plays involved | Special teams | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · California | — | 53 | ~43 (28–52) | 5 | 1 | 81% |
| Wk 2 · San Diego State | ✓ WR | 67 | · | · | 3 | — |
| Season | 1 GS | 404 | 43 (28–52) | 5 | 4 | 11% |
Position Room
14 WRs on the UCLA roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Semaj Morgan | WR | SR | 24 | 313 | 2 | 20% | +0.61 |
| 2 | Brian Rowe Jr. | WR | SO | 14 | 209 | 0 | 16% | +0.27 |
| 11 | Landon Ellis | WR | SR | 7 | 125 | 1 | 11% | +0.40 |
| 1 | Aidan Mizell | WR | SR | 6 | 158 | 1 | 10% | +0.82 |
| 86 | Jalen Saint Paul | WR | JR | 6 | 56 | 0 | — | — |
| 7 | Mikey Matthews | WR | SR | 4 | 88 | 0 | 21% | +1.10 |
| Leland Smith | WR | 4 | 79 | 0 | 6% | +1.69 | ||
| 12 | Jace Brown | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | Marcus Harris | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Shane Rosenthal | WR | SO | — | — | — | 4% | -0.76 |
| 23 | Jackson Meehan | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | Major Pride | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | Markus Kier | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 81 | Kenneth Moore III | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes 4+ plays per team game. UCLA depth chart →