Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2016Arizona
Jake Matthews
LB • 6'3" • Tucson, AZ, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jake Matthews shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
33
Developing production for a linebacker
lowelite
Reliability
35
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
45
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Arizona
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Arizona
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Stanford
Player Story
Jake Matthews built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a linebacker from Tucson, AZ wearing No. 47, spending time with Arizona. The clearest part of Jake Matthews' career was his defensive production: 31...
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- Committed To
- Arizona
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Jake Matthews, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Arizona. Jake Matthews shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 31
- TFL
- 0.5
- Sacks
- 0.5
Quick Answers
Jake Matthews quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Arizona · LB
- Career Tackles
- 31
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 8 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Arizona
- Top game
- Stanford
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Ironwood Ridge · Arizona
- High school pipeline
- Ironwood Ridge · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 47 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 31 tackles · LB 412th (top 40%) · Pac-12 128th (top 24%) · National 1,380th (top 25%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Arizona | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Arizona | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Arizona | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Arizona | 8 | 31 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 37.4 |
Related Context
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Jake Matthews played LB for Arizona. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jake Matthews recorded 31 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Arizona.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Arizona paired 1 primary output with 17.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 17.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Stanford
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Arizona
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.1
Efficiency
17.4
Usage
3.4
Consistency
4.2
Best Game by takeover score
Stanford
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. BYU: 0. Grambling: 0. Hawai'i: 0. UCLA: 0. USC: 0. Stanford: 1. Washington State: 0. Arizona State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. BYU: 1 by 4.2. Grambling: 2 by 8.3. Hawai'i: 3 by 12.5. UCLA: 6 by 25. USC: 2 by 8.3. Stanford: 5 by 30.8. Washington State: 5 by 20.8. Arizona State: 7 by 29.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 3 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 5 · +0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Stanford
Best efficiency game
30.8 vs Stanford
Player Story
Jake Matthews story
Jake Matthews built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a linebacker from Tucson, AZ wearing No. 47, spending time with Arizona. The clearest part of Jake Matthews' career was his defensive production: 31 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, and 0.5 sacks across 8 career games in the available record. That gives Jake Matthews' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Arizona
2013-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Arizona | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Arizona | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Arizona | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Arizona | 1 | 17.4 | 3.4 | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Stanford
Week 9 · L 10-34 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
67.2 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.
#2
@ UCLA
Week 5 · L 24-45 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
23.1 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 23.1 takeover score.
#3
vs Arizona State
Week 13 · W 56-35 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
20 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 20 takeover score.
#4
@ Washington State
Week 10 · L 7-69 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
15 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 15 takeover score.
#5
vs Hawai'i
Week 3 · W 47-28
0
Havoc Plays
10.8 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Arizona
1 primary output · 17.4 efficiency · 3.4 usage
37.4
#2
2013 Regular Season · Arizona
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Arizona
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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