Jackie Matthews

Senior safety for Mississippi State. 2022: 2 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 43 tackles.

S · Mississippi State · Sr. · #8

6′0″ · 190 lb · Birmingham, AL

CFB Index 55 · #205 of 493 safetiesMedium confidenceMississippi State 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 107 nationally · Joined West Virginia

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for Mississippi State. 2022: 2 interceptions, 4 pass breakups, 43 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to West Virginia in 2020.
Transferred from West Virginia to Mississippi State in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Mississippi State, 90 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2020

Signed with West Virginia3-star out of Mississippi Gulf Coast C.C.

202211 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#107 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2022

1 coach

2020–2022

Mike Leach

Mississippi State

Played his entire career under Mike Leach.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020West Virginia6-4HC: Neal Brown · Balanced, fast tempo

2021West Virginia6-7HC: Neal Brown · Balanced

2022Mississippi State9-4HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

55Quality starter #205 of 493?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (85th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#354 / 2755 · 85th pct

Solo tackles#697 / 2755 · 74th pct

Interceptions#124 / 811 · 73rd pct

Tackles#742 / 2755 · 73rd pct

Tackles for loss#1332 / 2755 · 47th pct

2.0

QB hurries#1444 / 2755 · 24th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

0.0

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
Home7g	3.0	0.1	0.0	0.3
Road4g	5.5	0.2	0.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.0	0.1	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	3.8	0.2	0.0	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Lebby

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

55 · #205 of 493 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #205 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Mississippi State	43	26	2.0	0.0	4	2	--
2021	West Virginia	44	35	6.5	1.0	2	1	--
2020	West Virginia	3	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		90	64	8.5	1.0	6	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2022

W 24–22

at Ole Miss

4 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.

With G. Georgopoulos — 49 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 56 LONG · W. Rogers — 239 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 27.8 · -37 rush yds (8 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 49-23vs Memphis	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 39-17@ Arizona	5	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 16-31@ LSU	6	5	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 45-14vs Bowling Green	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 42-24vs Texas A&M	6	4	1.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 40-17vs Arkansas	2	0	0.0	1	0
Wk 7	L 17-27@ Kentucky	7	4	0.0	—	1	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 10	W 39-33vs Auburn	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 19-45vs Georgia	6	3	0.0	—	2
Wk 12	W 56-7vs East Tennessee State	2	0	0.0	1	0
Wk 13	W 24-22@ Ole Miss	4	4	1.0	—	0
Total		43	26	2.0	2	4

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