Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2024UCLA
Moliki Matavao
TE • 6'6" • 263 lbs • Henderson, NV, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Moliki Matavao reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
46
Developing production for a tight end
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Reliability
43
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
65
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · UCLA
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Oregon • UCLA
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State
Player Story
Moliki Matavao built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a tight end from Henderson, NV wearing No. 88, spending time with Oregon and UCLA. The clearest part of Moliki Matavao's career was his receiving...
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- Committed To
- Oregon
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2025
- Selection
- Round 7 · Pick 32
- Overall
- No. 248
- NFL Team
- New Orleans Saints
Moliki Matavao, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · UCLA. Moliki Matavao reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 998
- Receptions
- 74
- Touchdowns
- 7
Quick Answers
Moliki Matavao quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UCLA · TE
- Career Receiving Yards
- 998
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 37 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · UCLA
- Top game
- Fresno State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Liberty · Oregon
- High school pipeline
- Liberty · 26 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- NFL Draft
- 2025 · Round 7 · Pick 32 · New Orleans Saints
- Latest roster
- No. 88 · Senior
- 2024 Receiving yards rank
- 506 receiving yards · TE 22nd (top 5%) · Big Ten 32nd (top 12%) · National 224th (top 11%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Postseason | Oregon | 9 | - | 0 | 0 | 37.7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Oregon | 9 | 9 | 75 | 1 | 37.7 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Oregon | 7 | 10 | 134 | 2 | 45.9 |
| 2023 Postseason | UCLA | 10 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 58.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UCLA | 10 | 12 | 266 | 2 | 58.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UCLA | 11 | 41 | 506 | 2 | 69.2 |
Related Context
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
Moliki Matavao played TE for Oregon and UCLA. Across 4 tracked seasons, Moliki Matavao recorded 3 rushing yards, 998 receiving yards, and 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with UCLA.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
UCLA paired 506 primary output with 75.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
target-driven usage with 75.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Oregon, UCLA.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State
Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2024 Regular Season · UCLA
Games
11
Receiving Yards / G
46
Efficiency
75.5
Usage
16.6
Consistency
46.1
Best Game by takeover score
Fresno State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Hawai'i: 42. Indiana: 32. LSU: 11. Oregon: 21. Penn State: 18. Minnesota: 23. Rutgers: 104. Nebraska: 52. Washington: 68. USC: 15. Fresno State: 120
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. Hawai'i: 3 by 93.3. Indiana: 3 by 71.1. LSU: 1 by 73.3. Oregon: 1 by 100. Penn State: 3 by 40. Minnesota: 3 by 51.1. Rutgers: 6 by 100. Nebraska: 4 by 86.7. Washington: 7 by 64.8. USC: 2 by 50. Fresno State: 8 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins79.5 · Games = 4 · +52.6 vs Losses
Losses26.9 · Games = 7 · -52.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Fresno State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Fresno State
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | vs Fresno State100 receiving yards · High volume | W 20-13 | — | 8 | 120 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 35 |
| Sun 11/24 | vs USC | L 13-19 | — | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 7.50 | 1 | 10 |
| Sat 11/16 | @ Washington | L 19-31 | — | 7 | 68 | 9.7 | 9.70 | 1 | 27 |
| Sat 11/2 | @ Nebraska | W 27-20 | — | 4 | 52 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 22 |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Rutgers100 receiving yards | W 35-32 | — | 6 | 104 | 17.3 | 17.30 | 0 | 25 |
| Sun 10/13 | vs Minnesota | L 17-21 | — | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 7.70 | 0 | 9 |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Penn State | L 11-27 | — | 3 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| Sun 9/29 | vs Oregon | L 13-34 | — | 1 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| Sat 9/21 | @ LSU | L 17-34 | — | 1 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Sat 9/14 | vs Indiana | L 13-42 | — | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 10.70 | 0 | 15 |
| Sat 8/31 | @ Hawai'i | W 16-13 | — | 3 | 42 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
Player Story
Moliki Matavao story
Moliki Matavao built his college career from 2021 through 2024 as a tight end from Henderson, NV wearing No. 88, spending time with Oregon and UCLA. The clearest part of Moliki Matavao's career was his receiving role: 74 catches, 998 receiving yards, 6 touchdowns, and 3 rushing yards across 37 career games in the available record. His career also includes 3 rushing yards and 4 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Moliki Matavao's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Oregon
2021-2022
Opening stop
- 2
UCLA
2023-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Postseason | Oregon | 75 | 55 | 6.2 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Oregon | 75 | 55 | 6.2 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Oregon | 134 | 79.1 | 5.9 | 59 |
| 2023 Postseason | UCLA | 283 | 91.7 | 7.6 | 149 |
| 2023 Regular Season | UCLA | 283 | 91.7 | 7.6 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | UCLA | 506 | 75.5 | 16.6 | 223 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Fresno State
Week 14 · W 20-13
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
120
Receiving Yards
100 takeover
120 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
@ Rutgers
Week 8 · W 35-32 · Conference game
104
Receiving Yards
83.1 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
104 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
vs Washington State
Week 6 · W 25-17 · Conference game
76
Receiving Yards
81.8 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
76 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#4
@ California
Week 9 · W 42-24 · Conference game
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Receiving Yards
79 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
45 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#5
@ Nebraska
Week 10 · W 27-20 · Conference game
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Receiving Yards
69.4 takeover
Win with an explosive receiving profile.
52 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · UCLA
506 primary output · 75.5 efficiency · 16.6 usage
69.2
#2
2023 Postseason · UCLA
58.4
283 primary · 91.7 efficiency · 7.6 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · UCLA
58.4
283 primary · 91.7 efficiency · 7.6 usage
Milestones
2
100+ receiving yards
1
8+ catch outings
0
2+ TD games
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