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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2011-2014Texas A&M
Howard Matthews
DB • 6'2" • League City, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Howard Matthews shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back
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Reliability
95
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
89
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Texas A&M
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Texas A&M
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UTEP
Player Story
Howard Matthews built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a defensive back from League City, TX wearing No. 31, spending time with Texas A&M. The clearest part of Howard Matthews' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Texas A&M
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2011
Howard Matthews, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Texas A&M. Howard Matthews shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Howard Matthews quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Texas A&M · DB
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 2 games
- Best season
- 2013 Regular Season · Texas A&M
- Top game
- UTEP
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Clear Springs · Texas A&M
- High school pipeline
- Clear Springs · 18 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 31 · Class 2014
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Texas A&M | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2012 Regular Season | Texas A&M | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | Texas A&M | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 67.4 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Texas A&M | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Howard Matthews played DB for Texas A&M. Across 4 tracked seasons, Howard Matthews recorded 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2013 with Texas A&M.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season
Texas A&M paired 3 primary output with 30 efficiency.
Supporting note
2013 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 30 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2014 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UTEP
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2013 Regular Season · Texas A&M
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
1.5
Efficiency
30
Usage
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Consistency
72.2
Best Game by takeover score
UTEP
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Vanderbilt: 1. UTEP: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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First Half1 · Games = 1 · -1 vs Second Half
Second Half2 · Games = 1 · +1 vs First Half
Game Log
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2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
UTEP
Best efficiency game
40 vs UTEP
Player Story
Howard Matthews story
Howard Matthews built his college career from 2011 through 2014 as a defensive back from League City, TX wearing No. 31, spending time with Texas A&M. The clearest part of Howard Matthews' career was his defensive production: 3 interceptions across 2 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2013 with Texas A&M. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Howard Matthews' production has multiple signals. With 2 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Texas A&M.
The arc is straightforward: Howard Matthews moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Texas A&M
2011-2014
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Regular Season | Texas A&M | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2012 Regular Season | Texas A&M | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Texas A&M | 3 | 30 | — | 3 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Texas A&M | 0 | — | — | -3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UTEP
Week 10 · W 57-7
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
70 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#2
vs Vanderbilt
Week 9 · W 56-24 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
35 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 35 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2013 Regular Season · Texas A&M
3 primary output · 30 efficiency · — usage
67.4
#2
2011 Regular Season · Texas A&M
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · Texas A&M
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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