Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Postseason
Michigan State paired 159 primary output with 74.2 efficiency.
Player Stats
Matt Dotson College Stats
Career production, season-by-season totals, and the selected-season workbench are grouped here for stat-first searches.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 436
- Receptions
- 41
- Touchdowns
- 2
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Michigan State | 2 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 40 |
| 2018 Postseason | Michigan State | 8 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 64.1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Michigan State | 8 | 12 | 132 | 1 | 64.1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Michigan State | 7 | 16 | 151 | 1 | 63.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Michigan State | 3 | 9 | 107 | 0 | 63.1 |
Player insights
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 75.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Penn State
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 66.7th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2020 Regular Season · Michigan State
Games
3
Receiving Yards / G
35.7
Efficiency
75.6
Usage
11.5
Consistency
71.2
Best Game by takeover score
Penn State
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Active game
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Rutgers: 50. Ohio State: 9. Penn State: 48
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. Rutgers: 5 by 66.7. Ohio State: 1 by 60. Penn State: 3 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half29.5 · Games = 2 · -18.5 vs Second Half
Second Half48 · Games = 1 · +18.5 vs First Half
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