Player Career

Matt Gay Career Story

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

Player Story

Matt Gay story

Matt Gay built his college career from 2015 through 2018 as a placekicker from Orem, UT wearing No. 97, spending time with Utah. The clearest part of Matt Gay's career was his special-teams scoring: 253 kicking points, 55 made field goals on 64 attempts, and 85 extra points across 27 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with Utah. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. His career also includes 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 27 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Utah.

The arc is straightforward: Matt Gay 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.

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    Utah

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201520162017201720182018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonUtah0
2016 Regular SeasonUtah00
2017 PostseasonUtah00
2017 Regular SeasonUtah00
2018 PostseasonUtah00
2018 Regular SeasonUtah00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ West Virginia

Week 1 · W 30-14 · Postseason

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

0 primary-metric impact.

#2

vs Colorado

Week 13 · W 34-13 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

@ Washington

Week 12 · L 30-33 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

vs Washington State

Week 11 · L 25-33 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

vs UCLA

Week 10 · W 48-17 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Postseason · Utah

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2017 Regular Season · Utah

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2018 Postseason · Utah

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

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Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games