Player Dossier

2018-2023

South Florida

Matthew Hill

S • 6'1" • 192 lbs • Lawrenceville, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Matthew Hill shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a safety

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · South Florida

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Auburn • South Florida
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: NC State

Player Story

Matthew Hill built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a safety from Lawrenceville, GA wearing No. 1, spending time with Auburn and South Florida. The clearest part of Matthew Hill's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.9562

Brookwood · Snellville, GA

Committed To
Auburn
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Matthew Hill, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · South Florida. Matthew Hill shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
94
TFL
2
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Matthew Hill quick answers

Latest team and position
South Florida · S
Career Tackles
94
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 36 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · South Florida
Top game
NC State
Recruit profile
4-star · Brookwood · Auburn
High school pipeline
Brookwood · 29 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 1 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
11 tackles · S 316th (top 60%) · American Athletic 289th (top 46%) · National 2,734th (top 46%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 PostseasonAuburn20-0--033.3
2018 Regular SeasonAuburn20-0--033.3
2019 Regular SeasonAuburn72-0--034.4
2020 PostseasonAuburn11-0--036.4
2021 Regular SeasonSouth Florida1050-0-2043.7
2022 Regular SeasonSouth Florida930101-045.7
2023 PostseasonSouth Florida71-0--015.9
2023 Regular SeasonSouth Florida71010--015.9

Related Context

Matthew Hill played S for Auburn and South Florida. Across 6 tracked seasons, Matthew Hill recorded 30 rushing yards, 46 receiving yards, and 94 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Auburn.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

South Florida paired 3 primary output with 17.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 8 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 Auburn, South Florida.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida Atlantic

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

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2023 Postseason · South Florida

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

8

Usage

2.1

Consistency

4.8

Best Game by takeover score

Florida Atlantic

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Syracuse: 0. Western Kentucky: 0. UAB: 0. Florida Atlantic: 1. Memphis: 0. Temple: 0. Charlotte: 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: 2 by 8.3. UAB: 4 by 16.7. Florida Atlantic: 1 by 14.2. Charlotte: 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 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Florida Atlantic

Best efficiency game

16.7 vs UAB

Result
Fri 12/22@ SyracuseW 45-010000
Sun 11/26vs CharlotteW 48-1431000
Sat 11/11vs TempleW 27-23
Sat 11/4@ MemphisL 50-59
Sat 10/14vs Florida AtlanticL 14-5611100
Sat 10/7@ UABL 35-5641000
Sat 9/2@ Western KentuckyL 24-4122000

Player Story

Matthew Hill story

Matthew Hill built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a safety from Lawrenceville, GA wearing No. 1, spending time with Auburn and South Florida. The clearest part of Matthew Hill's career was his defensive production: 94 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, and 2 passes defended across 36 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with South Florida. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Matthew Hill's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 30 rushing yards, 46 receiving yards, and 273 return yards, 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 Auburn and South Florida.

The arc is straightforward: Matthew Hill 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.

  1. 1

    Auburn

    2018-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    South Florida

    2021-2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20182018201920202021202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 PostseasonAuburn000
2018 Regular SeasonAuburn0000
2019 Regular SeasonAuburn01.20.20
2020 PostseasonAuburn04.20.60
2021 Regular SeasonSouth Florida323.84.93
2022 Regular SeasonSouth Florida317.26.60
2023 PostseasonSouth Florida182.1-2
2023 Regular SeasonSouth Florida182.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ NC State

Week 1 · L 0-45

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

79.7 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 79.7 takeover score.

#2

@ Temple

Week 10 · L 28-54 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

76.9 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 76.9 takeover score.

#3

@ SMU

Week 5 · L 17-41 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

71.9 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 71.9 takeover score.

#4

vs Tulane

Week 7 · L 31-45 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60.8 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Cincinnati

Week 6 · L 24-28 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · South Florida

3 primary output · 17.2 efficiency · 6.6 usage

45.7

#2

2021 Regular Season · South Florida

43.7

3 primary · 23.8 efficiency · 4.9 usage

#3

2020 Postseason · Auburn

36.4

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

0

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games