Mat Boesen: DE · TCU · #9.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Mat Boesen
Wins the corner before the tackle can set. Two seasons in the TCU defensive front to date. First career honor, 2017: All-America (Sports Illustrated). One game to point at: 7 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Jackson State — Week 1, 2017.
Play style
Bends the edge and wins with first-step quickness. Lighter frame, relentless motor.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
63 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 15 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 63-0vs Jackson State | 7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 28-7@ Arkansas | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 56-36vs SMU | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 44-31@ No. 6 Oklahoma State | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-24vs No. 23 West Virginia | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 26-6@ Kansas State | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 43-0vs Kansas | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 7-14@ No. 25 Iowa State | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-7vs Texas | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 27-3@ Texas Tech | 5 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-22vs Baylor | 10 | 8 | 5.5 | 5.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 14 | L 17-41vs No. 2 Oklahoma | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 39-37vs No. 15 Stanford | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 63 | 40 | 15.0 | 11.5 | — | 0 |
Week 13 · 2017
W 45-22
vs Baylor
5.5 sacks · 5.5 tackles for loss · 10 tackles
Dominant 23-point win at home against Baylor.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
18%12 sacksTFL rate
24%15 TFLHurry rate
13%8 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
59%12 of 20 pressures63 tackles · 15 for loss · 11.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Gary Patterson — 17-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.6 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.7 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Gary Patterson
Pass share
45.6%
430 pass / 513 run
Plays / game
67.4
14 games
Team sack rate
3.5%
454 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
63 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at TCU, 18 sacks — the college career is complete.
