Sophomore linebacker for Florida International. 2021: 8 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.
6′2″ · 200 lb · Largo, FL
Recruiting
OLB recruit
No. 879 nationally · Signed with Largo
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 linebacker for Florida International. 2021: 8 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.
AJ Mathis
This is his second year in the same linebacker corps at Florida International. The receipt: 3 tackles, 1 TFL against Long Island University — Week 1, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Florida International, 9 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Butch Davis — 1-16 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Willie Simmons
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Florida International | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Florida International | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 9 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021
W 48–10
3 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 TFL
Dominant 38-point win at home against Long Island University.
With M. Bortenschlager — 266 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 95.1 · 12 rush yds (3 car) · D. Price — 165 rush yds (5 car) · 3 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-10vs Long Island University | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 17-23vs Texas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-47vs Old Dominion | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-50@ Middle Tennessee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-49vs North Texas | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |