#41

Isaac Slade-Matautia

Senior linebacker for SMU. 2022: 62 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.

LB · SMU · Sr. · #41

6′1″ · 236 lb · Honolulu, HI

CFB Index 67 · #139 of 548 LBsHigh confidenceSMU 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

OLB recruit

No. 313 nationally · Signed with Oregon

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for SMU. 2022: 62 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Oregon in 2017.
Transferred from Oregon to SMU in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at SMU, 220 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2017

Signed with Oregon4-star out of Kaiser

202110 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#313 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

3 coaches

2018–2020

Sonny Dykes

SMU

2021

Jim Leavitt

SMU

era →

2022

Rhett Lashlee

SMU

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Sonny Dykes, Jim Leavitt, and Rhett Lashlee. Multi-era developmental context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Oregon9-4HC: Mario Cristobal · Run-leaning

2019Oregon12-2HC: Mario Cristobal · Balanced

2020Oregon4-3HC: Mario Cristobal · Run-leaning

2021SMU8-4HC: Jim Leavitt · Balanced

2022SMU7-6HC: Rhett Lashlee · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

67Quality starter #139 of 548?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (88th percentile). Strength: sacks (86th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#329 / 2755 · 88th pct

Sacks#341 / 2755 · 86th pct

3.0

QB hurries#329 / 2755 · 85th pct

Solo tackles#483 / 2755 · 82nd pct

Passes defended#744 / 2755 · 66th pct

Tackles for loss#868 / 2755 · 66th pct

3.5

Interceptions#321 / 811 · 30th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.8	0.2	0.2	0.3
Road5g	7.8	0.4	0.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	6.2	0.1	0.1	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	5.2	0.5	0.4	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rhett Lashlee

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

67 · #139 of 548 LBs

Former four-star. Now #139 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	SMU	62	31	3.5	3.0	2	1	--
2021	SMU	31	13	2.5	1.0	2	2	--
2020	Oregon	45	23	3.5	1.0	5	--	--
2019	Oregon	62	36	6.5	1.5	10	--	--
2018	Oregon	20	13	2.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		220	116	18.0	6.5	20	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2022

W 45–16

vs Lamar

1 QB HUR · 1 SOLO · 3 TOT

Dominant 29-point win at home against Lamar.

With T. Mordecai — 212 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 63.1 · R. Bujcevski — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 48-10@ North Texas	8	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 45-16vs Lamar	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 27-34@ Maryland	11	5	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 11 tackles
Wk 4	L 34-42vs TCU	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	W 40-34vs Navy	6	2	0.5	0.5	1	0
Wk 8	L 27-29vs Cincinnati	5	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	W 45-34@ Tulsa	3	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 77-63vs Houston	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 41-23@ South Florida	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 24-59@ Tulane	11	8	1.0	0.5	—	0
Wk 13	W 34-31vs Memphis	3	3	1.0	1.0	—	0
Total		62	31	3.5	3.0	1	2

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology