Player Dossier

2012-2018

BYU

Matt Hadley

RB • 6'0" • 215 lbs • Connell, WA, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Matt Hadley leans balanced backfield option traits and 56.3 efficiency.

Usage / Role

29%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

49

Developing production for a back

lowelite

Reliability

41

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

64

Useful peak profile

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · BYU

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
7
Program Path
BYU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

Player Story

Matt Hadley built his college career from 2012 through 2018 as a running back from Connell, WA wearing No. 2, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Matt Hadley's career was his backfield work: 377 rushing...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2012 · Rating 0.8317

Connell · Connell, WA

Committed To
BYU
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

Matt Hadley, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · BYU. Matt Hadley leans balanced backfield option traits and 56.3 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
479
Rushing yards
377
Receiving yards
102
Touchdowns
6

Quick Answers

Matt Hadley quick answers

Latest team and position
BYU · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
479
Tracked sample
7 unique seasons · 7 entries · 24 games
Best season
2018 Regular Season · BYU
Top game
Hawai'i
Recruit profile
3-star · Connell · BYU
High school pipeline
Connell · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Senior
2018 Scrimmage yards rank
479 scrimmage yards · RB 218th (top 32%) · FBS Independents 26th (top 22%) · National 516th (top 19%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonBYU00000-
2013 Regular SeasonBYU00000-
2014 Regular SeasonBYU00000-
2015 Regular SeasonBYU00000-
2016 Regular SeasonBYU9000050
2017 Regular SeasonBYU5000050
2018 Regular SeasonBYU10479377102663.6

Related Context

Matt Hadley played RB for BYU. Across 7 tracked seasons, Matt Hadley recorded 377 rushing yards, 102 receiving yards, and 54 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with BYU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season

BYU paired 479 primary output with 56.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 56.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

Win with 96 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 90th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Explorer

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2018 Regular Season · BYU

Games

10

Scrimmage Yards / G

47.9

Efficiency

56.3

Usage

13.4

Consistency

59.8

Best Game by takeover score

Hawai'i

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. California: -2. McNeese: 23. Washington: 0. Utah State: 0. Hawai'i: 96. Northern Illinois: 43. Boise State: 98. Massachusetts: 86. New Mexico State: 60. Utah: 75

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. California: 1 by 0. McNeese: 3 by 79.9. Hawai'i: 10 by 90. Northern Illinois: 10 by 44.3. Boise State: 12 by 56.2. Massachusetts: 13 by 66.8. New Mexico State: 8 by 80.4. Utah: 23 by 32.6

Split Comparison

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

Wins66.3 · Games = 4 · +30.6 vs Losses
Losses35.7 · Games = 6 · -30.6 vs Wins

Game Log

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

10 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Hawai'i

Best efficiency game

90 vs Hawai'i

Result
Sun 11/25@ Utah2+ TDL 27-352164322113.3
Sun 11/18vs New Mexico State2+ TDW 45-107557.902157.5
Sat 11/10@ MassachusettsW 35-1611696.3012176.6
Sun 11/4@ Boise StateL 16-2111393.5001598.2
Sat 10/27vs Northern IllinoisL 6-79384.200154.3
Sun 10/14vs Hawai'iW 49-2399110.101159.6
Sat 10/6vs Utah StateL 20-45
Sun 9/30@ WashingtonL 7-35
Sat 9/22vs McNeeseW 30-33237.7007.7
Sun 9/9vs CaliforniaL 18-211-2-20-2

Player Story

Matt Hadley story

Matt Hadley built his college career from 2012 through 2018 as a running back from Connell, WA wearing No. 2, spending time with BYU. The clearest part of Matt Hadley's career was his backfield work: 377 rushing yards, 72 carries, 6 rushing touchdowns, and 102 receiving yards across 24 career games in the available record. His career also includes 102 receiving yards, 54 tackles, and 280 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Matt Hadley's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    BYU

    2012-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2012201320142015201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonBYU0
2013 Regular SeasonBYU00
2014 Regular SeasonBYU00
2015 Regular SeasonBYU00
2016 Regular SeasonBYU000
2017 Regular SeasonBYU000
2018 Regular SeasonBYU47956.313.4479

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Hawai'i

Week 7 · W 49-23

Win with 96 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

96

Scrimmage Yards

77.5 takeover

96 scrimmage yards and 15.6 usage.

#2

@ Massachusetts

Week 11 · W 35-16 · Conference game

86

Scrimmage Yards

75.3 takeover

Win with 86 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

86 scrimmage yards and 25 usage.

#3

@ Boise State

Week 10 · L 16-21

98

Scrimmage Yards

72.4 takeover

Loss with 98 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

98 scrimmage yards and 21.4 usage.

#4

@ Utah

Week 13 · L 27-35

75

Scrimmage Yards

69 takeover

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

75 scrimmage yards and 34.3 usage.

#5

vs New Mexico State

Week 12 · W 45-10 · Conference game

60

Scrimmage Yards

59.3 takeover

Win with 60 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

60 scrimmage yards and 12.7 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2018 Regular Season · BYU

479 primary output · 56.3 efficiency · 13.4 usage

63.6

#2

2016 Regular Season · BYU

50

0 primary · efficiency · 0 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · BYU

50

0 primary · efficiency · 0 usage

Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

0

150+ scrimmage yards

2

2+ TD games