Joseph Matthews

Wide receiver for New Mexico State. 2014: 37 catches, 386 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · New Mexico State · #5

6′2″ · Tucson, AZ

New Mexico State 2014 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 2233 nationally · Signed with New Mexico State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2014 wide receiver for New Mexico State. 2014: 37 catches, 386 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to New Mexico State in 2011.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at New Mexico State, 386 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

The week the volume broke through — stacked 1 td at Georgia State.Georgia State · W 34-312014

2011

Signed with New Mexico State2-star out of Rincon

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2233 national

CFB

College

New Mexico State

2014

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2014 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014New Mexico State2-10HC: Doug Martin · Balanced, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: long catch (8th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Rec TDs#145 / 556 · 68th pct

Receptions#199 / 556 · 64th pct

Rec yards#272 / 556 · 51st pct

386

Yards / catch#435 / 556 · 21st pct

10.4

Long catch#505 / 556 · 8th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2014 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	4.0	37.7	8.7	0.3
Road6g	2.2	26.7	12.6	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.4	38.6	12.1	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	2.6	23.2	8.6	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Sanchez

Pass share

52.3%

101 pass / 92 run

Plays / game

64.3

3 games

Team sack rate

3.7%

107 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2014

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2014	New Mexico State	37	386	10.4	4	--
Career		37	386	10.4	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2014

W 28–10

vs Cal Poly

2 rec · 19 yds

With S. Witkowski — 41 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 47 LONG · T. Rogers — 158 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 61.0 · -15 rush yds (3 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2014 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 28-10vs Cal Poly	2	19	9.5	0	14
Wk 2	W 34-31@ Georgia State	2	19	9.5	1	14
Wk 3	L 24-42@ UTEP	5	78	15.6	1	23
Wk 4	L 35-38vs New Mexico	8	79	9.9	1	21	Season-high 79 yds
Wk 5	L 7-63@ LSU	2	14	7.0	0	10
Wk 6	L 28-36vs Georgia Southern	4	37	9.3	0	13
Wk 7	L 24-41@ Troy	1	24	24.0	0	24
Wk 8	L 17-29@ Idaho	1	14	14.0	0	14
Wk 10	L 29-37vs Texas State	6	60	10.0	1	21
Wk 11	L 16-44vs Louisiana	3	26	8.7	0	15
Wk 13	L 17-30vs UL Monroe	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 14	L 35-68@ Arkansas State	2	11	5.5	0	10
Total		37	386	10.7	4	24

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