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 | 6 | — |
| Target share | 14.3% | — |
| Catch rate | 33.3% | — |
| Success rate per target | 33.3% | — |
| Yards per target | 5.8 | — |
| Explosive catches | 16.7% | — |
| Deep-target rate | 33.3% | — |
| 3rd-down targets | 1 | — |
| 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 targeted7 targets charted
2025 charting · Rice
2025 season. ESPN's play-by-play only has throw and catch spots for part of 2025 (4 of Matthews’s games here), so treat the maps as a sample.
Where he's targeted7 targets charted
Career
2 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Rice#119 · 1-6 | 5 | 16% |
| 2025 | Rice#126 · 5-8 | 4 | 18% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Payton Matthews's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Payton 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 | Defense | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Rec | Yds | Y/R | TD | Long | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Hur | PD | INT | TD |
| 1 |  Houston Christian | W 31–3 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 2 | @ Notre Dame | L 0–52 | 3.9 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 3 |  Western Michigan | L 21–28 | 5.5 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 25 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 4 | @ Fresno State | L 24–38 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 5 |  UTSA | L 14–16 | — | no stats recorded | ||||||||||||
| 6 | @ East Carolina | L 12–28 | — | · | · | · | · | · | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 7 |  Tulsa | L 17–38 | 4.5 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2026 · 4 games | 4.6 | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Receiving | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Receptions | 3 | 1249th / 1995 |
| Yards | 41 | 1129th / 1981 |
| Yards / catch | 13.7 | — |
| Touchdowns | 0 | — |
| Long | 25 | — |
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 1 | 4244th / 5408 |
| Solo | 1 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 0 | — |
| Sacks | 0 | — |
| QB hurries | 0 | — |
| Passes defended | 0 | — |
| Defensive TD | 0 | — |
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 | Plays made | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 · Houston Christian | — | 80 | ~16 (5–22) | 1 | · | 20% |
| Wk 2 · Notre Dame | ✓ WR | 46 | ~17 (5–23) | 2 | · | 37% |
| Wk 3 · Western Michigan | ✓ WR | 63 | ~18 (6–25) | 2 | · | 29% |
| Wk 6 · East Carolina | — | 65 | · | · | 1 | — |
| Wk 7 · Tulsa | — | 62 | ~19 (6–26) | 2 | · | 31% |
| Season | 2 GS | 439 | 70 (40–92) | 7 | 1 | 16% |
Position Room
18 WRs on the Rice roster, ordered by rec
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Rec | Yds | TD | Tgt share | EPA/play |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Jordan Clark | WR | FR | 18 | 223 | 0 | 27% | +0.15 |
| 7 | Barry Jackson Jr. | WR | JR | 7 | 102 | 1 | 17% | +0.22 |
| 6 | Ben Grice | WR | SO | 6 | 64 | 0 | 13% | +0.36 |
| 81 | Braylen Walker | WR | SR | 5 | 40 | 0 | 14% | -0.47 |
| 0 | Payton Matthews | WR | SO | 3 | 41 | 0 | 14% | -0.01 |
| 5 | Davis Lane | WR | SR | 2 | 11 | 0 | 15% | +0.44 |
| 13 | Max Mosey | WR | SR | 2 | 45 | 1 | 7% | +0.31 |
| 23 | Chris Bruce | WR | JR | 1 | 19 | 0 | 4% | +1.11 |
| 8 | Colin Leahey | WR | FR | — | — | — | 0% | +0.09 |
| 17 | Jake Renda | WR | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Owen Carter | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Sawyer Rice | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Michael Sifford | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Larry DeBose IV | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Jai Jacobs-Ford | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 83 | Jackson Ranucci | WR | SO | — | — | — | — | — |
| 88 | Keenan Arcega-Whiteside | WR | FR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 89 | Preston Jackson | 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. Rice depth chart →