Senior defensive back on Hawai'i's 2026 roster.
6′2″ · 190 lb · Honolulu, HI
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
How he projects
Erases the deep middle of the field.
Grades highest in speed and zone coverage.
The full scouting readRecruiting
S recruit
No. 2536 nationally · Signed with Hawai'i
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Hawai'i's 2026 roster.
Matagi Thompson
Erases the deep middle of the field. He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has five seasons of production at Hawai'i behind him. The receipt: 8 tackles against Stanford — Week 1, 2026.
15 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Timmy Chang.
Season context · Team result + system
5 seasons under Timmy Chang — 23-31 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (100th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (20th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| Road1g | 8.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Timmy Chang
Pass share
63.7%
142 pass / 81 run
Plays / game
74.3
3 games
Team sack rate
5.2%
155 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-heavy.
Player standing · 2026
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Recognition
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Mountain West
Based on 2025: #29 of 42 Mountain West DBs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 29–19
4 TOT · 1 PD
With M. Alejado — 346 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · -4 rush yds (3 car) · G. Heil — 45 AVG · 5 IN 20 · 63 LONG
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-37@ Stanford | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 1 | L 6-21vs UNLV | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 29-19vs New Mexico State | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 15 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 4 |
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Hawai'i
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Hawai'i
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Hawai'i · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #115 · 2026 recruiting class #124
Player DNA
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Isaiah Oliver’s 2017 season.
Matches Isaiah on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Fred Davis II's graduate season at Northwestern (2025).
Matches Fred on
Player DNA
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