Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023South 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.
Impact Production
13
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
12
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
25
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · South Florida
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Utah • South Florida
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Navy
Player Story
Andrew Mata'afa built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from San Diego, CA wearing No. 55, spending time with South Florida and Utah. The clearest part of Andrew Mata'afa's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Utah
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Andrew Mata'afa, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · South Florida. Andrew Mata'afa shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 41
- TFL
- 1
- Sacks
- 0.5
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Andrew Mata'afa quick answers
- Latest team and position
- South Florida · LB
- Career Tackles
- 41
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · South Florida
- Top game
- Navy
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Mt. Carmel · Utah
- High school pipeline
- Mt. Carmel · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 55 · Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 22 tackles · LB 525th (top 43%) · American Athletic 190th (top 31%) · National 1,803rd (top 31%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Utah | 5 | 5 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 30.4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Utah | 3 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Utah | 4 | 5 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 30.9 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Utah | 4 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 20.4 |
| 2023 Postseason | South Florida | 6 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | South Florida | 6 | 21 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 38.7 |
Related Context
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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: 2023 Postseason
South Florida paired 1 primary output with 17 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 6.2 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: Oregon State
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · Utah
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
6.2
Usage
1
Consistency
6.7
Best Game by takeover score
Oregon State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Idaho State: 0. Oregon State: 1. California: 0. UCLA: 0. Arizona: 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. Idaho State: 1 by 4.2. Oregon State: 1 by 14.2. California: 1 by 4.2. UCLA: 1 by 4.2. Arizona: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 2 · -0.3 vs First Half
Game Log
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5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Oregon State
Best efficiency game
14.2 vs Oregon State
Player Story
Andrew Mata'afa story
Andrew Mata'afa built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from San Diego, CA wearing No. 55, spending time with South Florida and Utah. The clearest part of Andrew Mata'afa's career was his defensive production: 41 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 22 career games in the available record. That gives Andrew Mata'afa's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Utah
2019-2022
Opening stop
- 2
South Florida
2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201920202021202220232023
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Utah | 1 | 6.2 | 1 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Utah | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | -1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Utah | 1 | 7.7 | 0.9 | 1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Utah | 0.5 | 7.5 | 1.9 | -0.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | South Florida | 1 | 17 | 3.9 | 0.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | South Florida | 1 | 17 | 3.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Navy
Week 5 · W 44-30 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
83.9 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 83.9 takeover score.
#2
@ Oregon State
Week 7 · W 52-7 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
40.6 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.6 takeover score.
#3
@ USC
Week 6 · W 42-26 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
36.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
#4
@ Arizona State
Week 4 · W 34-13 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
27 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 27 takeover score.
#5
vs Southern Utah
Week 2 · W 73-7
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Havoc Plays
13.1 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 13.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · South Florida
1 primary output · 17 efficiency · 3.9 usage
38.7
#2
2023 Regular Season · South Florida
38.7
1 primary · 17 efficiency · 3.9 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Utah
37.3
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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