Collin Matteson is a safety who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Army.
Matteson plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Third year in the same secondary at Army. The first career honor came in 2025: AAC Defensive Player of the Week. On tape: 11 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Navy, Week 16, 2025.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
79 tackles. 7 passes defended. 1 interception. 1.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-30vs Tarleton State | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 24-21@ Kansas State | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Wk 4 | L 38-45vs North Texas | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-13@ UAB | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-7vs Charlotte | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-24@ Tulane | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 20-17@ Air Force | 11 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 14-13vs Temple | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 25-26vs Tulsa | 11 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-24@ UTSA | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 4 | |
| Wk 16 | L 16-17vs No. 22 Navy | 11 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 41-16vs UConn | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 79 | 51 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 |
Week 2 · 2025
W 24-21
at Kansas State
1 interception · 5 tackles · 3 pass breakups
A close one, won by 3 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
9%7 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
79tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%2 TFL79 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 7 pass breakups · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Jeff Monken — 25-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 6.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 6.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 7.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Monken
Pass share
14.5%
125 pass / 740 run
Plays / game
66.5
13 games
Team sack rate
3.1%
129 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2025
79 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #80 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #3 of 38 American Athletic Ss
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 49% of returning players who ranked #1–3 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 43–54%).
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Jeff Monken.
