Former tight end at BYU. 2024: 9 catches, 91 receiving yards, 3 TD.
6′3″ · 255 lb · Mesa, AZ
The story
Former tight end at BYU. 2024: 9 catches, 91 receiving yards, 3 TD.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearMata'ava Ta'ase
Is the first read once you cross the 20. Second year in the BYU receiving corps, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 42 rec yds, 2 receptions against SMU, Week 2, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at BYU, 95 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 16-9 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: receptions (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 2.0 | 16.5 | 11.8 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 1.2 | 14.5 | 9.2 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.3 | 24.3 | 17.3 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.7 | 6.0 | 2.9 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalani Sitake
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024
W 18–15
at SMU
2 rec · 42 yds · 1 TD
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.
With J. Retzlaff — 202 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 29.6 · 35 rush yds (10 car) · S. Vander Haar — 42 AVG · 46 LONG · 3 NO
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-13vs Southern Illinois | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 1 | 19 | |
| Wk 2 | W 18-15@ SMU | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 1 | 26 | Season-high 42 yds |
| Wk 9 | W 37-24@ UCF | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 13-17vs Kansas | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 13 | L 23-28@ Arizona State | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Bowl | W 36-14@ Colorado | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Total | 9 | 91 | 10.1 | 3 | 26 |
Play style
The first read called near the goal line — size and catch radius do the rest.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
The first read called near the goal line — size and catch radius do the rest.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Daniel Parker’s 2021 season.
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As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Joshua Simon's junior season at Western Kentucky (2022).
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Player DNA