Player Dossier

2019-2023

South Florida

Andrew Mata'afa

LB • 6'3" • 225 lbs • San Diego, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Andrew Mata'afa shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17 disruption score.

Usage Score

4.1

Efficiency

17

Consistency

5.6

Season Value

7.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season · Utah

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Utah • South Florida
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Navy

Scouting Read

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Andrew Mata'afa, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season · Utah. Andrew Mata'afa shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17 disruption score.

Andrew Mata'afa played LB for Utah and South Florida. Across 5 tracked seasons, Andrew Mata'afa recorded 41 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with South Florida.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Utah paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 17 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Utah, South Florida.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Navy

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

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2023 Postseason · South Florida

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

17

Usage

4.1

Consistency

5.6

Best Game by takeover score

Syracuse

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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. Syracuse: 0. Western Kentucky: 0. Unknown: 0. Navy: 1. UAB: 0. Florida Atlantic: 0

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. Syracuse: 1 by 4.2. Western Kentucky: 3 by 12.5. Unknown: 2 by 8.3. Navy: 10 by 51.7. UAB: 3 by 12.5. Florida Atlantic: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -0.5 vs Wins
First Half0 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.3 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

Navy

Best efficiency game

51.7 vs Navy

Result
Fri 12/22@ SyracuseW 45-010000
Sat 10/14vs Florida AtlanticL 14-5631000
Sat 10/7@ UABL 35-5632000
Sat 9/30@ Navy10+ tacklesW 44-301030.500.500
Sat 9/9vs Unknown21000
Sat 9/2@ Western KentuckyL 24-4133000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Utah

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    South Florida

    2023

    Final stop

Season Progression

201920202021202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonUtah16.21
2020 Regular SeasonUtah04.20.9-1
2021 Regular SeasonUtah17.70.91
2022 Regular SeasonUtah0.57.52-0.5
2023 PostseasonSouth Florida1174.10.5
2023 Regular SeasonSouth Florida1174.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Navy

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.8 takeover score.

#2

Oregon State

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 38.4 takeover score.

#3

USC

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

#4

Arizona State

0.5

Primary metric

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 20.7 takeover score.

#5

Unknown

0

Primary metric

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 5.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2020 Regular Season · Utah

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage

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#2

2023 Postseason · South Florida

7.8

1 primary · 17 efficiency · 4.1 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · South Florida

7.8

1 primary · 17 efficiency · 4.1 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8611

Mt. Carmel · San Diego, CA

Committed To
Utah
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Career Facts

2

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

41

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 22 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.