Player Dossier

2022-2025

Georgia State

Ian Mathews

DE • 6'4" • 290 lbs • Columbus, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ian Mathews shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.5 disruption score.

Usage Score

3.9

Efficiency

17.5

Consistency

50

Season Value

20.6

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Georgia State

222425

Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
Missouri • Georgia State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas State

Scouting Read

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Ian Mathews, DE. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Georgia State. Ian Mathews shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.5 disruption score.

Ian Mathews played DE for Missouri and Georgia State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Ian Mathews recorded 44 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Georgia State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Georgia State paired 3 primary output with 17.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 17.5 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Missouri, Georgia State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Memphis

Loss with 1 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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2025 Regular Season · Georgia State

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

17.5

Usage

3.9

Consistency

50

Best Game by takeover score

South Alabama

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Ole Miss: 0. Memphis: 1. Unknown: 1. Vanderbilt: 1. James Madison: 0. South Alabama: 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. Ole Miss: 4 by 16.7. Memphis: 4 by 26.7. Unknown: 3 by 22.5. Vanderbilt: 0 by 10. James Madison: 3 by 12.5. South Alabama: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

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

Losses0.4 · Games = 5
First Half0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs First Half
All Games0.5 · Games = 6

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Memphis

Best efficiency game

26.7 vs Memphis

Result
Thu 10/23vs South AlabamaL 31-3840000
Sat 10/4vs James MadisonL 7-1430000
Sat 9/20@ VanderbiltL 21-7000001
Sat 9/13vs Unknown31100
Sat 9/6vs MemphisL 16-3843100
Sat 8/30@ Ole MissL 7-6342000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Missouri

    2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Georgia State

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

202220242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonMissouri0
2024 Regular SeasonGeorgia State212.91.92
2025 Regular SeasonGeorgia State317.53.91

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Texas State

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.3 takeover score.

#2

Memphis

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.2 takeover score.

#3

Unknown

1

Primary metric

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.4 takeover score.

#4

Vanderbilt

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 38.3 takeover score.

#5

Vanderbilt

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Regular Season · Georgia State

3 primary output · 17.5 efficiency · 3.9 usage

20.6

#2

2024 Regular Season · Georgia State

7.2

2 primary · 12.9 efficiency · 1.9 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Missouri

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2026 · Rating 0.8556

American Heritage · Fort Lauderdale, FL

Committed To
Toledo
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

Career Facts

2

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

44

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 16 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.