Player Career

Matt Bushman Career Story

Career story, signature performances, transfer context, and season arc are grouped for biography-style searches.

Player Story

Matt Bushman story

Matt Bushman built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a tight end from Tucson, AZ wearing No. 89, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Matt Bushman's career was his receiving role: 125 catches, 1,719 receiving yards, and 9 touchdowns across 36 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with BYU. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 4 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 36 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across BYU.

The arc is straightforward: Matt Bushman moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    BYU

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201720182018201920192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonBYU52066.120.8
2018 PostseasonBYU51193.313.9-9
2018 Regular SeasonBYU51193.313.90
2019 PostseasonBYU6889117.5177
2019 Regular SeasonBYU6889117.50
2020 Regular SeasonBYU0-688

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Utah

Week 13 · L 27-35

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

92

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

92 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Boise State

Week 8 · W 28-25

101

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

101 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Hawai'i

Week 1 · L 34-38 · Postseason

91

Receiving Yards

91.1 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

91 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Fresno State

Week 10 · L 13-20

97

Receiving Yards

90.6 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

97 receiving yards with a 71.9 efficiency score.

#5

vs Washington

Week 4 · L 19-45

89

Receiving Yards

88 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

89 receiving yards with a 98.9 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Postseason · BYU

688 primary output · 91 efficiency · 17.5 usage

78.4

#2

2019 Regular Season · BYU

78.4

688 primary · 91 efficiency · 17.5 usage

#3

2018 Postseason · BYU

71.2

511 primary · 93.3 efficiency · 13.9 usage

Milestones

1

100+ receiving yards

1

8+ catch outings

1

2+ TD games