#87

Mathew Sexton

Senior wide receiver for Eastern Michigan. 2019: 34 catches, 508 receiving yards, 4 TD.

WR · Eastern Michigan · Sr. · #87

5′11″ · 175 lb · Clinton, MI

Eastern Michigan 2019 alumnus

The story

4 wide receiver for Eastern Michigan. 2019: 34 catches, 508 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Eastern Michigan in 2016.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

APB recruit

No. 2567 nationally · Signed with Eastern Michigan

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Eastern Michigan, 1,335 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20165 games

Signed with Eastern Michigan2-star out of Clinton

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2567 national

CFB

College

Eastern Michigan

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Chris Creighton

Eastern Michigan

Played his entire career under Chris Creighton.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Chris Creighton — 25-26 over that span.

2016Eastern Michigan7-6HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Eastern Michigan5-7HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced

2018Eastern Michigan7-6HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning

2019Eastern Michigan6-7HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long catch (94th percentile). Strength: fumbles lost (82nd percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Long catch#30 / 556 · 94th pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 82nd pct

Yards / catch#167 / 556 · 70th pct

14.9

Rec TDs#164 / 556 · 66th pct

Rec yards#208 / 556 · 63rd pct

508

Receptions#233 / 556 · 57th pct

Rush yards#153 / 283 · 46th pct

Rush TDs#60 / 283 · 40th pct

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	2.5	46.0	22.0	0.5
Road7g	3.4	46.3	17.9	0.3

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.3	44.8	22.3	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	47.8	15.9	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Chris Creighton

Pass share

58.2%

107 pass / 77 run

Plays / game

61.3

3 games

Team sack rate

5.1%

117 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Eastern Michigan	34	508	14.9	4	--
2018	Eastern Michigan	37	419	11.3	3	--
2017	Eastern Michigan	26	357	13.7	2	--
2016	Eastern Michigan	3	51	17.0	0	--
Career		100	1,335	13.3	9	--

Season	Team
2019	Eastern Michigan	5	14	--	50	1
2018	Eastern Michigan	--	--	--	--	--
2017	Eastern Michigan	--	--	312	27	--
2016	Eastern Michigan	1	9	41	--	--
Career		6	23	353	77	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2019

W 34–29

vs Central Connecticut

4 rush yds (2 car)

Edged out Central Connecticut at home in a shootout.

With M. Glass III — 279 yds · 4 TD · 2 INT · QBR 64.5 · 16 rush yds (10 car) · J. Julien — 36 AVG · 47 LONG · 4 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 30-23@ Coastal Carolina	4	48	12.0	0	20
Wk 2	L 17-38@ Kentucky	7	54	7.7	0	22
Wk 3	W 34-31@ Illinois	1	54	54.0	1	54
Wk 4	W 34-29vs Central Connecticut	2	16	8.0	0	13
Wk 6	L 16-42@ Central Michigan	5	56	11.2	1	27
Wk 7	L 23-29vs Ball State	1	41	41.0	0	41
Wk 8	W 34-27vs Western Michigan	4	40	10.0	1	34
Wk 9	L 34-37@ Toledo	2	29	14.5	0	24
Wk 10	L 14-43vs Buffalo	3	87	29.0	1	80	Season-high 87 yds
Wk 12	W 42-14@ Akron	4	76	19.0	0	41
Wk 13	W 45-17@ Northern Illinois	1	7	7.0	0	7
Total		34	508	19.4	4	80

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