Player Dossier

2018-2022

Western Kentucky

Matthew Flint

LB • 6'0" • 240 lbs • Huntsville, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Matthew Flint shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 2.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

1%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

7

Developing production for a linebacker

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Western Kentucky

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
North Carolina • Western Kentucky
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Western Carolina
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8742

Madison County · Gurley, AL

Committed To
North Carolina
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Matthew Flint, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Western Kentucky. Matthew Flint shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 2.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
20
TFL
0.5

Quick Answers

Matthew Flint quick answers

Latest team and position
Western Kentucky · LB
Career Tackles
20
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 14 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Western Kentucky
Top game
Western Carolina
Recruit profile
3-star · Madison County · North Carolina
High school pipeline
Norland · 45 FBS recruits · 6 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 8 · Junior
2022 Tackles rank
2 tackles · LB 1,063rd (top 86%) · Conference USA 373rd (top 75%) · National 4,368th (top 75%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina230.50--030.9
2019 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina11-0--036.4
2021 PostseasonWestern Kentucky82-0--038.9
2021 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky812-0--038.9
2022 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky32-0--035.5

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2021North Carolina to Western KentuckyP4 to G5/FCS17.1Nov 9, 2020

Matthew Flint played LB for North Carolina and Western Kentucky. Across 4 tracked seasons, Matthew Flint recorded 20 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Western Kentucky.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Western Kentucky paired 0 primary output with 7.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 2.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2022 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 North Carolina, Western Kentucky.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida International

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

2.8

Usage

0.4

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Florida International

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Hawai'i: 0. Austin Peay: 0. Florida International: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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First Half0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Florida International

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs Florida International

Result
Sat 9/24vs Florida InternationalW 73-010000
Sun 9/4@ Hawai'iW 49-17
Sat 8/27vs Austin PeayW 38-2711000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    North Carolina

    2018-2019

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Western Kentucky

    2021-2022

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20182019202120212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina0.58.81.8
2019 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina04.20.6-0.5
2021 PostseasonWestern Kentucky07.31.10
2021 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky07.31.10
2022 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky02.80.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Western Carolina

Week 12 · W 49-26

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5

Havoc Plays

28.9 takeover

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 28.9 takeover score.

#2

@ Rice

Week 11 · W 42-21 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

10 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10 takeover score.

#3

@ Marshall

Week 13 · W 53-21 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

8.9 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.9 takeover score.

#4

@ App State

Week 1 · W 59-38 · Postseason

0

Havoc Plays

6.1 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.1 takeover score.

#5

@ UTSA

Week 14 · L 41-49 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

5.8 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 5.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Western Kentucky

0 primary output · 7.3 efficiency · 1.1 usage

38.9

#2

2021 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

38.9

0 primary · 7.3 efficiency · 1.1 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · North Carolina

36.4

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games