Player Dossier

2022-2025

UConn

Matt Hoffman

DL • 6'5" • 250 lbs • Cheltenham, PA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Matt Hoffman shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

35%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

35

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

34

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · UConn

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
UConn
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Buffalo

Player Story

Matt Hoffman built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Cheltenham, PA wearing No. 94, spending time with UConn. The clearest part of Matt Hoffman's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8367

Cheltenham · Wyncote, PA

Committed To
UConn
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Matt Hoffman, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · UConn. Matt Hoffman shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
29
TFL
3.5
Sacks
1
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Matt Hoffman quick answers

Latest team and position
UConn · DL
Career Tackles
29
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 14 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · UConn
Top game
Buffalo
Recruit profile
3-star · Cheltenham · UConn
High school pipeline
Cheltenham · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 94 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
22 tackles · DL 318th (top 30%) · FBS Independents 29th (top 32%) · National 1,922nd (top 31%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonUConn00-0--0-
2023 Regular SeasonUConn11-0--037.2
2024 PostseasonUConn3111--024.9
2024 Regular SeasonUConn35-0--024.9
2025 PostseasonUConn105-0--038
2025 Regular SeasonUConn10172.5011038

Related Context

Matt Hoffman played DL for UConn. Across 4 tracked seasons, Matt Hoffman recorded 29 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UConn.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

UConn paired 4.5 primary output with 13.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 13.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Buffalo

Win with 2.5 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 · UConn

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

13.7

Usage

3.4

Consistency

10

Best Game by takeover score

Buffalo

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Army: 0. Central Connecticut: 1. Delaware: 0. Ball State: 0. Buffalo: 2.5. Florida International: 1. Boston College: 0. Rice: 0. UAB: 0. Air Force: 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. Army: 5 by 20.8. Central Connecticut: 0 by 10. Delaware: 1 by 4.2. Ball State: 1 by 4.2. Buffalo: 4 by 41.7. Florida International: 0 by 10. Boston College: 1 by 4.2. Rice: 2 by 8.3. UAB: 2 by 8.3. Air Force: 6 by 25

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.6 · Games = 7 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -0.6 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

Buffalo

Best efficiency game

41.7 vs Buffalo

Result
Sat 12/27@ ArmyL 16-4154000
Sat 11/15vs Air ForceW 26-1663000
Sat 11/1vs UABW 38-1921000
Sat 10/25@ RiceL 34-3720000
Sat 10/18@ Boston CollegeW 38-2311000
Sat 10/4vs Florida InternationalW 51-1000001
Sat 9/27@ BuffaloSplash gameW 20-17422.5000
Sat 9/20vs Ball StateW 31-2511000
Sat 9/13@ DelawareL 41-4411000
Sat 8/30vs Central ConnecticutW 59-1300000

Player Story

Matt Hoffman story

Matt Hoffman built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Cheltenham, PA wearing No. 94, spending time with UConn. The clearest part of Matt Hoffman's career was his defensive production: 29 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 pass defended across 14 career games in the available record. That gives Matt Hoffman's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    UConn

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202220232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonUConn0
2023 Regular SeasonUConn04.20.90
2024 PostseasonUConn2153.52
2024 Regular SeasonUConn2153.50
2025 PostseasonUConn4.513.73.42.5
2025 Regular SeasonUConn4.513.73.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 95 Buffalo

Week 5 · W 20-17

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Havoc Plays

80.6 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 80.6 takeover score.

#2

@ North Carolina

Week 1 · W 27-14 · Postseason

2

Havoc Plays

61.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 61.4 takeover score.

#3

vs Central Connecticut

Week 1 · W 59-13

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Havoc Plays

27.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 27.2 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 80 Air Force

Week 12 · W 26-16

0

Havoc Plays

17.8 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 17.8 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 74 Army

Week 1 · L 16-41 · Postseason

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Havoc Plays

17.5 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 17.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · UConn

4.5 primary output · 13.7 efficiency · 3.4 usage

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#2

2025 Regular Season · UConn

38

4.5 primary · 13.7 efficiency · 3.4 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · UConn

37.2

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games