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
34
Developing production for a receiver
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
33
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Rice
2525
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.
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%)
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.
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