Usage / Role
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Rotational offensive role
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Player Dossier
2025-2025Rice
Payton Matthews
WR • 5'11" • 180 lbs • San Antonio, TX, USA
Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher
Payton Matthews reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Impact Production
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Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
33
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Rice
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 1
- Program Path
- Rice
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas State
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- Committed To
- Rice
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Payton Matthews, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Rice. Payton Matthews reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Receiving yards
- 93
- Receptions
- 4
Quick Answers
Payton Matthews quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Rice · WR
- Career Receiving Yards
- 93
- Tracked sample
- 1 unique seasons · 2 entries · 4 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Rice
- Top game
- Texas State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Harlan · Rice
- High school pipeline
- Harlan · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 23 · Freshman
- 2025 Receiving yards rank
- 93 receiving yards · WR 646th (top 59%) · American Athletic 103rd (top 45%) · National 1,033rd (top 47%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Rec | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Postseason | Rice | 4 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 63.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Rice | 4 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 63.2 |
Related Context
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Payton Matthews played WR for Rice. Across 1 tracked season, Payton Matthews recorded 93 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Rice.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Rice paired 93 primary output with 88.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
target-driven usage with 88.4 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: Texas State
Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Rice
Games
4
Receiving Yards / G
23.3
Efficiency
88.4
Usage
8.3
Consistency
36.8
Best Game by takeover score
Texas State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Texas State: 54. Florida Atlantic: 10. UTSA: 13. North Texas: 16
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas State: 1 by 100. Florida Atlantic: 1 by 66.7. UTSA: 1 by 86.7. North Texas: 1 by 100
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half32 · Games = 2 · +17.5 vs Second Half
Second Half14.5 · Games = 2 · -17.5 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
4 games
Featured metric
Receiving Yards
Top game by takeover score
Texas State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Texas State
Career Arc
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Rice
2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Postseason | Rice | 93 | 88.4 | 8.3 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Rice | 93 | 88.4 | 8.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 65 Texas State
Week 1 · L 10-41 · Postseason
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
54
Receiving Yards
75.2 takeover
54 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#2
vs No. 22 North Texas
Week 13 · L 24-56 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
16
Receiving Yards
51.1 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
16 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.
#3
@ No. 62 UTSA
Week 7 · L 13-61 · Conference game
13
Receiving Yards
48 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
13 receiving yards with a 86.7 efficiency score.
#4
vs No. 98 Florida Atlantic
Week 6 · L 21-27 · Conference game
10
Receiving Yards
37.6 takeover
Loss with an explosive receiving profile.
10 receiving yards with a 66.7 efficiency score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Rice
93 primary output · 88.4 efficiency · 8.3 usage
63.2
#2
2025 Regular Season · Rice
63.2
93 primary · 88.4 efficiency · 8.3 usage
Milestones
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100+ receiving yards
0
8+ catch outings
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2+ TD games
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