Senior defensive end on Georgia State's 2025 roster.
6′4″ · 290 lb · Columbus, GA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
How he plays
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack.
QB hurries: 72nd percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
sacks · 2025
2 TFL · 18 tackles · 2 hurries
Best game: 1 TFL, 4 tackles, vs Memphis
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive end on Georgia State's 2025 roster.
Ian Mathews
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Auburn to Missouri — the move that set up everything since. The receipt: 4 tackles against South Alabama — Week 9, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Dell McGee, all pass-leaning offenses — 4-20 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (12th 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
2025 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dell McGee
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgia State | 18 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Georgia State | 26 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 44 | 20 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025
W 37–21
vs Murray State
3 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 TFL
With R. Chandley — 41 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 56 LONG · T. Hurst — 10 rec · 172 yds · 2 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-63@ Ole Miss | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 16-38vs Memphis | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 37-21vs Murray State | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-70@ Vanderbilt | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-14vs James Madison | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 31-38vs South Alabama | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Georgia State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive end · Georgia State
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Georgia State · Last season: 1-11 · Talent rank #106 · 2026 recruiting class #84
Player DNA
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jalonnie Williams’s 2024 season.
Matches Jalonnie on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Mike Jarvis's sophomore season at Liberty (2025).
Matches Mike on
Player DNA