Player Dossier

2016-2019

Boise State

Matt Locher

DT • 6'2" • 270 lbs • Los Alamitos, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Matt Locher shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

26

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

36

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Boise State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Boise State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Colorado State

Player Story

Matt Locher built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive tackle from Los Alamitos, CA wearing No. 54, spending time with Boise State. The clearest part of Matt Locher's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.8222

Los Alamitos · Los Alamitos, CA

Committed To
Boise State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Matt Locher, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Boise State. Matt Locher shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
29
TFL
6.5
Sacks
2.5
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Matt Locher quick answers

Latest team and position
Boise State · DT
Career Tackles
29
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 22 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Boise State
Top game
Colorado State
Recruit profile
3-star · Los Alamitos · Boise State
High school pipeline
Los Alamitos · 38 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 54 · Senior
2019 Tackles rank
4 tackles · DT 181st (top 77%) · Mountain West 323rd (top 60%) · National 3,615th (top 61%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonBoise State00-0--0-
2017 Regular SeasonBoise State711311-052.8
2018 Regular SeasonBoise State9142.51--030.8
2019 Regular SeasonBoise State6410.5-1026.2

Related Context

Matt Locher played DT for Boise State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Matt Locher recorded 29 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Boise State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Boise State paired 5 primary output with 13.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2019 Regular Season · Boise State

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

7

Usage

1.3

Consistency

36.7

Best Game by takeover score

New Mexico

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Portland State: 0. UNLV: 0.5. Hawai'i: 1. San José State: 0. Wyoming: 0. New Mexico: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Portland State: 1 by 4.2. UNLV: 1 by 9.2. Hawai'i: 0 by 10. Wyoming: 1 by 4.2. New Mexico: 1 by 14.2

Split Comparison

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

First Half0.5 · Games = 3 · +0.2 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.2 vs First Half

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

New Mexico

Best efficiency game

14.2 vs New Mexico

Result
Sun 11/17vs New MexicoW 42-9100.500.500
Sun 11/10vs WyomingW 20-1711000
Sun 11/3@ San José StateW 52-42
Sun 10/13vs Hawai'iW 59-3700001
Sun 10/6@ UNLVW 38-13100.5000
Sun 9/15vs Portland StateW 45-1011000

Player Story

Matt Locher story

Matt Locher built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive tackle from Los Alamitos, CA wearing No. 54, spending time with Boise State. The clearest part of Matt Locher's career was his defensive production: 29 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 22 career games in the available record. His career also includes 17 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Matt Locher's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Boise State

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2016201720182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonBoise State0
2017 Regular SeasonBoise State513.75.35
2018 Regular SeasonBoise State3.510.43.8-1.5
2019 Regular SeasonBoise State2.571.3-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Colorado State

Week 11 · W 59-52 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#2

vs San Diego State

Week 6 · L 13-19 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

68.9 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.

#3

vs UConn

Week 2 · W 62-7

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Havoc Plays

57.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.

#4

vs New Mexico

Week 12 · W 42-9 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

49.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.7 takeover score.

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vs Virginia

Week 4 · L 23-42

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Havoc Plays

46.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Boise State

5 primary output · 13.7 efficiency · 5.3 usage

52.8

#2

2018 Regular Season · Boise State

30.8

3.5 primary · 10.4 efficiency · 3.8 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Boise State

26.2

2.5 primary · 7 efficiency · 1.3 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games