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Player Dossier
2018-2021San Diego State
Matt Araiza
PK • 6'2" • 205 lbs • San Diego, CA, USA
Impact contributor
Matt Araiza shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.
Impact Production
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Production sample still building
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
89
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · San Diego State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- San Diego State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Stanford
Player Story
Matt Araiza built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a placekicker from San Diego, CA wearing No. 2, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of Matt Araiza's career was his special-teams...
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- Committed To
- San Diego State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2022
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 1
- Overall
- No. 180
- NFL Team
- Buffalo Bills
Matt Araiza, PK. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · San Diego State. Matt Araiza shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.
Quick Answers
Matt Araiza quick answers
- Latest team and position
- San Diego State · PK
- Career Touchdowns
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · San Diego State
- Top game
- Stanford
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Rancho Bernardo · San Diego State
- High school pipeline
- Rancho Bernardo · 7 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2022 · Round 6 · Pick 1 · Buffalo Bills
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Sophomore
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | TD | Primary | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | San Diego State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2019 Postseason | San Diego State | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2019 Regular Season | San Diego State | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2020 Regular Season | San Diego State | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2021 Postseason | San Diego State | 14 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2021 Regular Season | San Diego State | 14 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Related Context
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Matt Araiza played PK for San Diego State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Matt Araiza recorded 6 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with San Diego State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
San Diego State paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with — efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UTSA
Win with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Postseason · San Diego State
Games
14
Primary Metric / G
0
Efficiency
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Usage
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Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
UTSA
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UTSA: 0. New Mexico State: 0. Arizona: 0. Utah: 0. Towson: 0. New Mexico: 0. San José State: 0. Air Force: 0. Fresno State: 0. Hawai'i: 0. Nevada: 0. UNLV: 0. Boise State: 0. Utah State: 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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Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 12 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
14 games
Featured metric
Touchdowns
Top game by takeover score
UTSA
Best efficiency game
— vs UTSA
| Result | ||||||||||||||
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| Wed 12/22 | vs UTSA | W 38-24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 12/4 | vs Utah State | L 13-46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fri 11/26 | vs Boise State | W 27-16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/20 | @ UNLV | W 28-20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 11/14 | vs Nevada | W 23-21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 11/7 | @ Hawai'i | W 17-10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 10/31 | vs Fresno State | L 20-30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/23 | @ Air Force | W 20-14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/16 | @ San José State | W 19-13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 10/10 | vs New Mexico | W 31-7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/25 | vs Towson | W 48-21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/18 | vs Utah | W 33-31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 9/12 | @ Arizona | W 38-14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 9/5 | vs New Mexico State | W 28-10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
Matt Araiza story
Matt Araiza built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a placekicker from San Diego, CA wearing No. 2, spending time with San Diego State. The clearest part of Matt Araiza's career was his special-teams scoring: 246 kicking points, 50 made field goals on 68 attempts, and 96 extra points across 36 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with San Diego State. 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 6 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 San Diego State.
The arc is straightforward: Matt Araiza 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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San Diego State
2018-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
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| 2018 Regular Season | San Diego State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2019 Postseason | San Diego State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | San Diego State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | San Diego State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2021 Postseason | San Diego State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | San Diego State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Stanford
Week 1 · L 10-31
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
0 primary-metric impact.
#2
vs Central Michigan
Week 1 · W 48-11 · Postseason
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#3
vs BYU
Week 14 · W 13-3
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#4
@ Hawai'i
Week 13 · L 11-14 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#5
vs Fresno State
Week 12 · W 17-7 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · San Diego State
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
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#2
2019 Postseason · San Diego State
100
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · San Diego State
100
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
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10+ tackle games
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