Player Dossier

2007-2008

NC State

Matt Kushner

TE • 6'4" • 262 lbs • Bethlehem, PA, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Matt Kushner reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

22%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

22

Developing production for a tight end

lowelite

Reliability

19

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

28

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · NC State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
NC State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Clemson
2★

Recruit Profile

Class 2005 · Rating 0.7222

Bethlehem Catholic · Bethlehem, PA

Committed To
NC State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2005

Matt Kushner, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · NC State. Matt Kushner reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
69
Receptions
11
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Matt Kushner quick answers

Latest team and position
NC State · TE
Career Receiving Yards
69
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 6 games
Best season
2007 Regular Season · NC State
Top game
Clemson
Recruit profile
2-star · Bethlehem Catholic · NC State
High school pipeline
Bethlehem Catholic · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 89 · Class 2008
2008 Receiving yards rank
2 receiving yards · TE 190th (top 99%) · ACC 112th (top 100%) · National 1,163rd (top 99%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2007 Regular SeasonNC State51067161.1
2008 Regular SeasonNC State112033.1

Related Context

Matt Kushner played TE for NC State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Matt Kushner recorded 69 receiving yards and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2007 with NC State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2007 Regular Season

NC State paired 67 primary output with 46.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2007 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 46.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2008 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Clemson

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2007 Regular Season · NC State

Games

5

Receiving Yards / G

13.4

Efficiency

46.7

Usage

8

Consistency

71.1

Best Game by takeover score

Clemson

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Boston College: 8. Clemson: 20. East Carolina: 13. North Carolina: 20. Wake Forest: 6

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Boston College: 1 by 53.3. Clemson: 2 by 66.7. East Carolina: 3 by 28.9. North Carolina: 3 by 44.4. Wake Forest: 1 by 40

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins16.5 · Games = 2 · +5.2 vs Losses
Losses11.3 · Games = 3 · -5.2 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

5 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Clemson

Best efficiency game

66.7 vs Clemson

Result
Sat 11/17@ Wake ForestL 18-38166616
Sat 11/10vs North CarolinaW 31-273206.76.7008
Sat 10/20@ East CarolinaW 34-203134.34.3006
Sat 9/22vs ClemsonL 20-422201010011
Sat 9/8@ Boston CollegeL 17-37188808

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    NC State

    2007-2008

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20072008
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2007 Regular SeasonNC State6746.78
2008 Regular SeasonNC State213.34.8-65

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Clemson

Week 4 · L 20-42 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

20

Receiving Yards

67.2 takeover

20 receiving yards with a 66.7 efficiency score.

#2

vs North Carolina

Week 11 · W 31-27 · Conference game

20

Receiving Yards

60.9 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

20 receiving yards with a 44.4 efficiency score.

#3

vs William & Mary

Week 2 · W 34-24

2

Receiving Yards

43.1 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

2 receiving yards with a 13.3 efficiency score.

#4

@ East Carolina

Week 8 · W 34-20

13

Receiving Yards

42.7 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

13 receiving yards with a 28.9 efficiency score.

#5

@ Boston College

Week 2 · L 17-37 · Conference game

8

Receiving Yards

34.9 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

8 receiving yards with a 53.3 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2007 Regular Season · NC State

67 primary output · 46.7 efficiency · 8 usage

61.1

#2

2008 Regular Season · NC State

33.1

2 primary · 13.3 efficiency · 4.8 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games