Player Dossier

2017-2020

BYU

Matt Bushman

TE • 6'5" • 240 lbs • Tucson, AZ, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

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

Usage / Role

31%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

44

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

40

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · BYU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
BYU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Utah

Player 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,...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.8547

Sabino · Tucson, AZ

Committed To
BYU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Matt Bushman, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · BYU. Matt Bushman reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,719
Receptions
125
Touchdowns
9

Quick Answers

Matt Bushman quick answers

Latest team and position
BYU · TE
Career Receiving Yards
1,719
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 36 games
Best season
2019 Postseason · BYU
Top game
Utah
Recruit profile
3-star · Sabino · BYU
High school pipeline
Sabino · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 89 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonBYU1349520368.8
2018 PostseasonBYU11452071.2
2018 Regular SeasonBYU1125459271.2
2019 PostseasonBYU12691078.4
2019 Regular SeasonBYU1241597478.4
2020 Regular SeasonBYU0-00-

Related Context

Matt Bushman played TE for BYU. Across 4 tracked seasons, Matt Bushman recorded 1,719 receiving yards, 4 tackles, and 9 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with BYU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason

BYU paired 688 primary output with 91 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 93.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2020 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Utah

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

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2018 Postseason · BYU

Games

11

Receiving Yards / G

46.5

Efficiency

93.3

Usage

13.9

Consistency

70.8

Best Game by takeover score

Utah

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Western Michigan: 52. Arizona: 24. California: 22. McNeese: 16. Washington: 47. Utah State: 78. Hawai'i: 20. Northern Illinois: 63. Boise State: 40. New Mexico State: 57. Utah: 92

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. Western Michigan: 4 by 86.7. Arizona: 1 by 100. California: 2 by 73.3. McNeese: 1 by 100. Washington: 2 by 100. Utah State: 4 by 100. Hawai'i: 2 by 66.7. Northern Illinois: 3 by 100. Boise State: 1 by 100. New Mexico State: 3 by 100. Utah: 6 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins33.8 · Games = 5 · -23.2 vs Losses
Losses57 · Games = 6 · +23.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Utah

Best efficiency game

100 vs Utah

Result
Fri 12/21vs Western MichiganW 49-184521313019
Sun 11/25@ UtahL 27-3569215.315.30126
Sun 11/18vs New Mexico StateW 45-103571919032
Sun 11/4@ Boise StateL 16-211404040037
Sat 10/27vs Northern IllinoisL 6-73632121028
Sun 10/14vs Hawai'iW 49-232201010015
Sat 10/6vs Utah StateL 20-4547819.519.50032
Sun 9/30@ WashingtonL 7-3524723.523.50039
Sat 9/22vs McNeeseW 30-31161616016
Sun 9/9vs CaliforniaL 18-212221111013
Sun 9/2@ ArizonaW 28-231242424124

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

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    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