Usage Score
4.8
Player Dossier
2019-2024New Mexico State
Matt Lawson
DL • 6'0" • 280 lbs • Ontario, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Matt Lawson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15 disruption score.
Efficiency
15
Consistency
13.9
Season Value
12.9
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Northwestern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Seasons Tracked
- 7
- Program Path
- Fresno State • Northwestern • New Mexico State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Florida International
Scouting Read
Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.
Matt Lawson, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Northwestern. Matt Lawson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15 disruption score.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Northwestern paired 1 primary output with 14.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 15 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Fresno State, Northwestern, New Mexico State.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Florida International
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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2024 Regular Season · New Mexico State
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
15
Usage
4.8
Consistency
13.9
Best Game by takeover score
UTEP
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0.5. Liberty: 0. Fresno State: 0. Sam Houston: 1. New Mexico: 0. Jacksonville State: 0. Louisiana Tech: 0. Florida International: 2. Western Kentucky: 1. Texas A&M: 1. Middle Tennessee: 0. UTEP: 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. Unknown: 1 by 9.2. Liberty: 3 by 12.5. Fresno State: 3 by 12.5. Sam Houston: 5 by 30.8. New Mexico: 2 by 8.3. Jacksonville State: 5 by 20.8. Louisiana Tech: 3 by 12.5. Florida International: 4 by 36.7. Western Kentucky: 0 by 10. Texas A&M: 1 by 14.2. Middle Tennessee: 1 by 4.2. UTEP: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0 · Games = 2 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 9 · +0.6 vs Wins
First Half0.3 · Games = 6 · -0.4 vs Second Half
Second Half0.7 · Games = 6 · +0.4 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Florida International
Best efficiency game
36.7 vs Florida International
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | vs UTEP | L 35-42 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | @ Middle Tennessee | W 36-21 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/17 | @ Texas A&M | L 3-38 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | vs Western Kentucky | L 28-41 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Tue 10/29 | @ Florida InternationalSplash game | L 13-34 | 4 | 3 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 10/16 | vs Louisiana Tech | W 33-30 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 10/9 | @ Jacksonville State | L 13-54 | 5 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/29 | vs New Mexico | L 40-50 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ Sam Houston | L 11-31 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/15 | @ Fresno State | L 0-48 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/8 | vs Liberty | L 24-30 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/1 | vs Unknown | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Fresno State
2019-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Northwestern
2023
Peak year stop
- 3
New Mexico State
2024
Final stop
Season Progression
2019202020212021202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Fresno State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Fresno State | 0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2021 Postseason | Fresno State | 0 | 5.6 | 1.2 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Fresno State | 0 | 5.6 | 1.2 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Fresno State | 2.5 | 12.5 | 3.2 | 2.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Northwestern | 1 | 14.2 | 25.6 | -1.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 5.5 | 15 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Florida International
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Primary metric
2 disruption/tackle impact with 53.5 takeover score.
#2
Rutgers
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.6 takeover score.
#3
Hawai'i
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.
#4
Sam Houston
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 28.2 takeover score.
#5
UNLV
0.5
Primary metric
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 26 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2023 Regular Season · Northwestern
1 primary output · 14.2 efficiency · 25.6 usage
35.8
#2
2021 Postseason · Fresno State
35.6
0 primary · 5.6 efficiency · 1.2 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Fresno State
35.6
0 primary · 5.6 efficiency · 1.2 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
3★
Class 2018 · Rating 0.8204
Colony · Ontario, CA
- Committed To
- Fresno State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Career Facts
3
Career teams
7
Seasons tracked
48
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 7 tracked seasons, 23 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.