Player Dossier

2011-2015

Penn State

Matt Zanellato

WR • 6'3" • Burke, VA, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Matt Zanellato reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

15

Developing production for a receiver

lowelite

Reliability

12

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

22

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Penn State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Penn State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Syracuse
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2011 · Rating 0.8406

Lake Braddock · Burke, VA

Committed To
Penn State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2011

Matt Zanellato, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Penn State. Matt Zanellato reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
72
Receptions
6

Quick Answers

Matt Zanellato quick answers

Latest team and position
Penn State · WR
Career Receiving Yards
72
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 5 games
Best season
2013 Regular Season · Penn State
Top game
Syracuse
Recruit profile
3-star · Lake Braddock · Penn State
High school pipeline
Lake Braddock · 5 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 80 · Class 2015

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2011 Regular SeasonPenn State0-00-
2012 Regular SeasonPenn State2219052.2
2013 Regular SeasonPenn State3453076.5
2014 Regular SeasonPenn State0-00-
2015 Regular SeasonPenn State0-00-

Related Context

Matt Zanellato played WR for Penn State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Matt Zanellato recorded 72 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2013 with Penn State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season

Penn State paired 53 primary output with 90 efficiency.

Supporting note

2013 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 90 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2015 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Syracuse

Win 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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2013 Regular Season · Penn State

Games

3

Receiving Yards / G

17.7

Efficiency

90

Usage

6.6

Consistency

94

Best Game by takeover score

Syracuse

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Game-by-Game Trend

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123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Syracuse: 21. Eastern Michigan: 17. Minnesota: 15

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. Syracuse: 2 by 70. Eastern Michigan: 1 by 100. Minnesota: 1 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins19 · Games = 2 · +4 vs Losses
Losses15 · Games = 1 · -4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Syracuse

Best efficiency game

100 vs Minnesota

Result
Sat 11/9@ MinnesotaL 10-241151515015
Sat 9/7vs Eastern MichiganW 45-71171717017
Sat 8/31vs SyracuseW 23-1722110.510.50018

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Penn State

    2011-2015

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20112012201320142015
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2011 Regular SeasonPenn State0
2012 Regular SeasonPenn State1963.34.519
2013 Regular SeasonPenn State53906.634
2014 Regular SeasonPenn State0-53
2015 Regular SeasonPenn State00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Syracuse

Week 1 · W 23-17

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

21

Receiving Yards

66.3 takeover

21 receiving yards with a 70 efficiency score.

#2

@ Minnesota

Week 11 · L 10-24 · Conference game

15

Receiving Yards

65 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

15 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Eastern Michigan

Week 2 · W 45-7

17

Receiving Yards

64.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

17 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

vs Indiana

Week 12 · W 45-22 · Conference game

11

Receiving Yards

62.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

11 receiving yards with a 73.3 efficiency score.

#5

@ Purdue

Week 10 · W 34-9 · Conference game

8

Receiving Yards

47 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

8 receiving yards with a 53.3 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2013 Regular Season · Penn State

53 primary output · 90 efficiency · 6.6 usage

76.5

#2

2012 Regular Season · Penn State

52.2

19 primary · 63.3 efficiency · 4.5 usage

#3

2011 Regular Season · Penn State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games