Senior linebacker for South Florida. 2023: 22 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.
6′3″ · 225 lb · San Diego, CA
Recruiting
OLB recruit
No. 799 nationally · Signed with Utah
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for South Florida. 2023: 22 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.
Andrew Mata'afa
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Two head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 10 tackles, 0.5 sacks against Navy — Week 5, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at South Florida, 41 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Charlie Strong, Jeff Scott, and Alex Golesh. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (18th 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
2023 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 4.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brian Hartline
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | South Florida | 22 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Utah | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Utah | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Utah | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Utah | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 41 | 22 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023
W 38–24
vs Florida A&M
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-41@ Western Kentucky | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-24vs Florida A&M | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 44-30@ Navy | 10 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 35-56@ UAB | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-56vs Florida Atlantic | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 45-0@ Syracuse | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Jared Casey’s 2022 season.
Matches Jared on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to J'Coryan Anderson's graduate season at Marshall (2024).
Matches J'Coryan on
Player DNA