Player Dossier

2023-2025

UCLA

Mikey Matthews

WR • 5'9" • 180 lbs • Irvine, CA, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Mikey Matthews reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

18%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

35

Developing production for a receiver

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Reliability

37

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

49

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UCLA

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Utah • California • UCLA
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Baylor

Player Story

Mikey Matthews built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Irvine, CA wearing No. 7, spending time with California, UCLA, and Utah. The clearest part of Mikey Matthews' career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.9095

Mission Viejo · Mission Viejo, CA

Committed To
Utah
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Mikey Matthews, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UCLA. Mikey Matthews reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
901
Receptions
96
Touchdowns
3

Quick Answers

Mikey Matthews quick answers

Latest team and position
UCLA · WR
Career Receiving Yards
901
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 36 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · UCLA
Top game
Baylor
Recruit profile
4-star · Mission Viejo · Utah
High school pipeline
Mission Viejo · 62 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 7 · Junior
2025 Receiving yards rank
348 receiving yards · WR 322nd (top 30%) · Big Ten 55th (top 20%) · National 389th (top 18%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonUtah1229261062.4
2024 PostseasonCalifornia13213053.2
2024 Regular SeasonCalifornia1332279153.2
2025 Regular SeasonUCLA1133348272.7

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025California to UCLAP4 to P480.5Dec 28, 2024
2024Utah to CaliforniaP4 to P485.6Dec 6, 2023

Mikey Matthews played WR for Utah, California, and UCLA. Across 3 tracked seasons, Mikey Matthews recorded 34 rushing yards, 901 receiving yards, and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UCLA.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

UCLA paired 348 primary output with 68.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 68.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

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

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Utah, California, UCLA.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico

Loss 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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2025 Regular Season · UCLA

Games

11

Receiving Yards / G

31.6

Efficiency

68.8

Usage

15.4

Consistency

70.6

Best Game by takeover score

New Mexico

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Utah: 22. UNLV: 34. New Mexico: 67. Penn State: 5. Michigan State: 46. Maryland: 31. Indiana: 18. Nebraska: 31. Ohio State: 18. Washington: 38. USC: 38

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. Utah: 2 by 73.3. UNLV: 5 by 45.3. New Mexico: 3 by 100. Penn State: 1 by 33.3. Michigan State: 2 by 100. Maryland: 3 by 68.9. Indiana: 1 by 100. Nebraska: 2 by 100. Ohio State: 4 by 30. Washington: 6 by 42.2. USC: 4 by 63.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins27.3 · Games = 3 · -5.9 vs Losses
Losses33.3 · Games = 8 · +5.9 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

New Mexico

Best efficiency game

100 vs Nebraska

Result
Sun 11/30@ USCL 10-294389.59.50021
Sun 11/23vs WashingtonL 14-486385.66.30137
Sun 11/16@ Ohio StateL 10-484184.54.5008
Sun 11/9vs NebraskaL 21-2823115.515.50024
Sat 10/25@ IndianaL 6-561181818018
Sat 10/18vs MarylandW 20-1733110.310.30114
Sat 10/11@ Michigan StateW 38-132462323037
Sat 10/4vs Penn StateW 42-37155505
Sat 9/13vs New MexicoL 10-3536722.322.30032
Sun 9/7@ UNLVL 23-305346.86.80015
Sun 8/31vs UtahL 10-432221111018

Player Story

Mikey Matthews story

Mikey Matthews built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a wide receiver from Irvine, CA wearing No. 7, spending time with California, UCLA, and Utah. The clearest part of Mikey Matthews' career was his receiving role: 96 catches, 901 receiving yards, 3 touchdowns, and 34 rushing yards across 36 career games in the available record. His career also includes 34 rushing yards, 1 tackle, and 526 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Mikey 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

    Utah

    2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    California

    2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    UCLA

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonUtah26158.520.3
2024 PostseasonCalifornia29251.110.831
2024 Regular SeasonCalifornia29251.110.80
2025 Regular SeasonUCLA34868.815.456

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Baylor

Week 2 · W 20-13

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

48

Receiving Yards

90.2 takeover

48 receiving yards with a 80 efficiency score.

#2

vs California

Week 7 · W 34-14 · Conference game

53

Receiving Yards

83.5 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

53 receiving yards with a 50.5 efficiency score.

#3

vs No. 73 New Mexico

Week 3 · L 10-35

67

Receiving Yards

81.8 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

67 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Wake Forest

Week 11 · W 46-36 · Conference game

83

Receiving Yards

78.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

83 receiving yards with a 69.2 efficiency score.

#5

vs Weber State

Week 3 · W 31-7

38

Receiving Yards

74.3 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

38 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · UCLA

348 primary output · 68.8 efficiency · 15.4 usage

72.7

#2

2023 Regular Season · Utah

62.4

261 primary · 58.5 efficiency · 20.3 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · California

53.2

292 primary · 51.1 efficiency · 10.8 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

1

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games