Player Dossier

2023-2025

Vanderbilt

Jordan Matthews

CB • 6'2" • 182 lbs • Baton Rouge, LA, USA

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Jordan Matthews shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

36%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

47

Developing production for a corner

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

39

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Tennessee

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Tennessee • Vanderbilt
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Iowa

Player Story

Jordan Matthews built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a cornerback from Baton Rouge, LA wearing No. 6, spending time with Tennessee and Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Jordan Matthews' career was his...

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Jordan Matthews, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Tennessee. Jordan Matthews shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
23
TFL
1
Passes defended
5

Quick Answers

Jordan Matthews quick answers

Latest team and position
Vanderbilt · CB
Career Tackles
23
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 13 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Tennessee
Top game
Iowa
High school pipeline
Parkview · 27 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 6 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
19 tackles · CB 194th (top 41%) · SEC 255th (top 34%) · National 2,134th (top 35%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonTennessee11-0--036.4
2024 Regular SeasonTennessee23-0-2031.8
2025 PostseasonVanderbilt10110--035.5
2025 Regular SeasonVanderbilt1018-0-3035.5

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025Tennessee to VanderbiltP4 to P482.1Dec 19, 2024

Jordan Matthews played CB for Tennessee and Vanderbilt. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jordan Matthews recorded 23 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Vanderbilt.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Tennessee paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 11.9 efficiency.

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Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to 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 Tennessee, Vanderbilt.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Iowa

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

Analysis workspace

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2025 Postseason · Vanderbilt

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

11.9

Usage

2

Consistency

13.3

Best Game by takeover score

Iowa

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Iowa: 1. South Carolina: 0. Georgia State: 0. Utah State: 1. Alabama: 0. LSU: 1. Texas: 0. Auburn: 0. Kentucky: 1. Tennessee: 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. Iowa: 1 by 14.2. South Carolina: 1 by 4.2. Georgia State: 4 by 16.7. Utah State: 1 by 14.2. Alabama: 3 by 12.5. LSU: 2 by 18.3. Texas: 1 by 4.2. Auburn: 4 by 16.7. Kentucky: 1 by 14.2. Tennessee: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.4 · Games = 7 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Iowa

Best efficiency game

18.3 vs LSU

Result
Wed 12/31vs IowaL 27-3411100
Sat 11/29@ TennesseeW 45-2411000
Sat 11/22vs KentuckyW 45-1711001
Sat 11/8vs AuburnW 45-3844000
Sat 11/1@ TexasL 31-3411000
Sat 10/18vs LSUW 31-2421001
Sat 10/4@ AlabamaL 14-3033000
Sat 9/27vs Utah StateW 55-3511001
Sat 9/20vs Georgia StateW 70-2144000
Sat 9/13@ South CarolinaW 31-710000

Player Story

Jordan Matthews story

Jordan Matthews built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a cornerback from Baton Rouge, LA wearing No. 6, spending time with Tennessee and Vanderbilt. The clearest part of Jordan Matthews' career was his defensive production: 23 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, and 5 passes defended across 13 career games in the available record. That gives Jordan Matthews' 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. 1

    Tennessee

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Vanderbilt

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonTennessee04.20.6
2024 Regular SeasonTennessee216.31.32
2025 PostseasonVanderbilt411.922
2025 Regular SeasonVanderbilt411.920

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 12 Iowa

Week 1 · L 27-34 · Postseason · Ranked opponent

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

54.2 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.2 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 32 LSU

Week 8 · W 31-24 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

45.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.8 takeover score.

#3

vs Chattanooga

Week 1 · W 69-3

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Havoc Plays

43.6 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 43.6 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 79 Utah State

Week 5 · W 55-35

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Havoc Plays

40.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.6 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 66 Kentucky

Week 13 · W 45-17 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

40.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Tennessee

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage

36.4

#2

2025 Postseason · Vanderbilt

35.5

4 primary · 11.9 efficiency · 2 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Vanderbilt

35.5

4 primary · 11.9 efficiency · 2 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games