Player Dossier

2014-2015

Georgia Southern

Matt Dobson

S • 6'2" • Monticello, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Matt Dobson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Usage / Role

93%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

80

High-end production for a safety

lowelite

Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

62

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Georgia Southern
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Texas State

Player Story

Matt Dobson built his college career from 2014 through 2015 as a safety from Monticello, FL wearing No. 7, spending time with Georgia Southern. The clearest part of Matt Dobson's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2012 · Rating 0.8328

North Florida Christian · Tallahassee, FL

Committed To
Georgia Southern
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

Matt Dobson, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2014 Regular Season · Georgia Southern. Matt Dobson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Matt Dobson quick answers

Latest team and position
Georgia Southern · S
Career Tackles
0
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 5 games
Best season
2014 Regular Season · Georgia Southern
Top game
Texas State
Recruit profile
3-star · North Florida Christian · Georgia Southern
High school pipeline
North Florida Christian · 32 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 7 · Class 2015

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern30-0--273.3
2015 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern20-0--062.2

Related Context

Matt Dobson played S for Georgia Southern. Across 2 tracked seasons, Matt Dobson recorded 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Georgia Southern.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season

Georgia Southern paired 3 primary output with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

2015 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2015 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Georgia State

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2015 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

20

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. UL Monroe: 1. Georgia State: 1

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Wins1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Georgia State

Best efficiency game

20 vs Georgia State

Result
Sat 12/5vs Georgia StateL 7-341
Sat 10/3@ UL MonroeW 51-311

Player Story

Matt Dobson story

Matt Dobson built his college career from 2014 through 2015 as a safety from Monticello, FL wearing No. 7, spending time with Georgia Southern. The clearest part of Matt Dobson's career was his defensive production: 5 interceptions across 5 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2014 with Georgia Southern. 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 Matt Dobson's production has multiple signals. With 5 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Georgia Southern.

The arc is straightforward: Matt Dobson 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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    Georgia Southern

    2014-2015

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20142015
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern320
2015 Regular SeasonGeorgia Southern220-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Texas State

Week 11 · W 28-25 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

vs Idaho

Week 7 · W 47-24 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#3

@ New Mexico State

Week 6 · W 36-28 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#4

vs Georgia State

Week 14 · L 7-34 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#5

@ UL Monroe

Week 5 · W 51-31 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2014 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

3 primary output · 20 efficiency · usage

73.3

#2

2015 Regular Season · Georgia Southern

62.2

2 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games