Player Dossier

2017-2021

Hawai'i

DJuan Matthews

DL • 5'11" • 275 lbs • Houston, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

DJuan Matthews shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

54%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

71

High-end production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

56

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

78

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Hawai'i

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Hawai'i
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State

Player Story

DJuan Matthews built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Houston, TX wearing No. 92, spending time with Hawai'i. The clearest part of DJuan Matthews' career was his defensive...

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DJuan Matthews, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Hawai'i. DJuan Matthews shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 30.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
97
TFL
10
Sacks
1.5
QB hurries
11
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

DJuan Matthews quick answers

Latest team and position
Hawai'i · DL
Career Tackles
97
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 32 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Hawai'i
Top game
New Mexico State
Latest roster
No. 92 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
53 tackles · DL 20th (top 3%) · Mountain West 49th (top 10%) · National 548th (top 10%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonHawai'i00-0--0-
2018 Regular SeasonHawai'i00-0--0-
2019 PostseasonHawai'i1120.50--09.9
2019 Regular SeasonHawai'i11150.50--09.9
2020 PostseasonHawai'i9510-1046.5
2020 Regular SeasonHawai'i9222.504-046.5
2021 Regular SeasonHawai'i12535.51.57-062.2

Related Context

DJuan Matthews played DL for Hawai'i. Across 5 tracked seasons, DJuan Matthews recorded 97 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Hawai'i.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Hawai'i paired 14 primary output with 30.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 30.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2021 Regular Season · Hawai'i

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.2

Efficiency

30.1

Usage

8.5

Consistency

48

Best Game by takeover score

New Mexico State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Portland State: 3. UCLA: 0. Oregon State: 1. San José State: 1. New Mexico State: 4. Fresno State: 0. Nevada: 1. New Mexico State: 2. Utah State: 1.5. San Diego State: 0.5. UNLV: 0. Wyoming: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Portland State: 5 by 50.8. UCLA: 4 by 16.7. Oregon State: 5 by 30.8. San José State: 6 by 35. New Mexico State: 6 by 65. Fresno State: 4 by 16.7. Nevada: 5 by 30.8. New Mexico State: 1 by 24.2. Utah State: 5 by 35.8. San Diego State: 2 by 13.3. UNLV: 7 by 29.2. Wyoming: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.8 · Games = 5 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 7 · -1.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

New Mexico State

Best efficiency game

65 vs New Mexico State

Result
Sat 11/27@ WyomingW 38-1432000
Sat 11/13@ UNLVL 13-2774000
Sun 11/7vs San Diego StateL 10-17210.5000
Sat 10/30@ Utah StateL 31-51510.5000
Sun 10/24vs New Mexico StateSplash gameW 48-3410000
Sun 10/17@ NevadaL 17-3453100
Sun 10/3vs Fresno StateW 27-2443000
Sun 9/26@ New Mexico StateSplash gameW 41-21641.500.500
Sun 9/19vs San José StateL 13-1765000
Sun 9/12@ Oregon StateL 27-4552000
Sun 9/5vs Portland StateSplash gameW 49-3554210
Sat 8/28@ UCLAL 10-4441000

Player Story

DJuan Matthews story

DJuan Matthews built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Houston, TX wearing No. 92, spending time with Hawai'i. The clearest part of DJuan Matthews' career was his defensive production: 97 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 32 career games in the available record. That gives DJuan Matthews' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Hawai'i

    2017-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820192019202020202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonHawai'i0
2018 Regular SeasonHawai'i00
2019 PostseasonHawai'i17.42.31
2019 Regular SeasonHawai'i17.42.30
2020 PostseasonHawai'i8.521.96.27.5
2020 Regular SeasonHawai'i8.521.96.20
2021 Regular SeasonHawai'i1430.18.55.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ New Mexico State

Week 4 · W 41-21

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

88.3 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.

#2

vs UNLV

Week 15 · W 38-21 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

79.4 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.4 takeover score.

#3

vs Portland State

Week 1 · W 49-35

3

Havoc Plays

75.3 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.

#4

vs New Mexico State

Week 8 · W 48-34

2

Havoc Plays

58.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.1 takeover score.

#5

@ San José State

Week 14 · L 24-35 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

56.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Hawai'i

14 primary output · 30.1 efficiency · 8.5 usage

62.2

#2

2020 Postseason · Hawai'i

46.5

8.5 primary · 21.9 efficiency · 6.2 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Hawai'i

46.5

8.5 primary · 21.9 efficiency · 6.2 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games