Matt Bushman

#89 · TE · Sr. · BYU6′5″ · 240 lb · Tucson, AZ · Sabino

Matt Bushman: TE · BYU · #89.

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Matt Bushman

TE · BYU · Sr · #89

Shows up in the passing game from any alignment. Three seasons in the BYU receiving corps to date. A game that shows it: 101 receiving yards and 5 receptions against Boise State — Week 8, 2019.

Style of play

Play style

No single go-to route — the receiving numbers show up inline and split out alike.

Fans

No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.

BYU in the news

BYU athletic director leaving in Jan ‘27Oct 31
Big 12 addresses UCF fan chants at BYUFox News Oct 29
Big 12 penalizes discriminatory chantsKUTV Oct 29
BYU releases depth chart for Arizona State gameSports Ksl Oct 27

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Career stats

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Season	Team
2019	BYU	47	688	14.6	4	44
2018	BYU	29	511	17.6	2	39
2017	BYU	49	520	10.6	3	37
Career		125	1,719	13.8	9	44

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

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Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 12-30vs No. 14 Utah	6	62	10.3	0	26
Wk 2	W 29-26@ Tennessee	2	40	20.0	0	27
Wk 3	W 30-27vs No. 24 USC	1	17	17.0	0	17
Wk 4	L 19-45vs No. 22 Washington	6	89	14.8	1	28
Wk 5	L 21-28@ Toledo	3	45	15.0	0	23
Wk 7	L 23-27@ South Florida	5	44	8.8	0	26
Wk 8	W 28-25vs No. 14 Boise State	5	101	20.2	2	39	Season-high 101 yds
Wk 11	W 31-24vs Liberty	4	86	21.5	1	44
Wk 12	W 42-10vs Idaho State	1	18	18.0	0	18
Wk 13	W 56-24@ Massachusetts	2	36	18.0	0	20
Wk 14	L 3-13@ San Diego State	6	59	9.8	0	22
Bowl	L 34-38vs Hawai'i	6	91	15.2	0	31
Total		47	688	14.6	4	44

Signature game

Week 8 · 2019

W 28-25

vs Boise State

5 rec · 101 yds · 2 TD

A close one, won by 3 at home.

With B. Romney — 221 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 54.6 · J. Oldroyd — 36.2 yards per punt · 5 punts · 52 long

Signature plays

The plays that mattered most

Week 8 · Boise State · 4th and 1 · Q3 · EPA +3.79Romney to Bushman: a 27-yard touchdown pass.
Week 8 · Boise State · 2nd and 8 · Q3 · EPA +3.71Romney to Bushman: a 39-yard touchdown pass.
Week 7 · South Florida · 3rd and 9 · Q4 · EPA +3.58Baylor Romney pass complete to Matt Bushman for 26 yds to the SFla 32 for a
Week 11 · Liberty · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +3.41Micah Simon pass complete to Matt Bushman for 44 yds for a TD (Jake Oldroyd KICK)
Week 1 · Utah · 3rd and 7 · Q1 · EPA +3.39Zach Wilson pass complete to Matt Bushman for 26 yds to the Utah 46 for a
Week 4 · Washington · 3rd and 8 · Q1 · EPA +2.88Zach Wilson pass complete to Matt Bushman for 23 yds to the Wash 25 for a

4 more plays

Week 11 · Liberty · 3rd and 17 · Q3 · EPA +2.47Baylor Romney pass complete to Matt Bushman for 21 yds to the BYU 39 for a
Week 4 · Washington · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +2.46Zach Wilson pass complete to Matt Bushman for 28 yds to the Wash 47 for a
Week 4 · Washington · 1st and 7 · Q3 · EPA +2.20Wilson to Bushman: a 7-yard touchdown pass.
Week 5 · Toledo · 1st and 10 · Q2 · EPA +1.92Zach Wilson pass complete to Matt Bushman for 23 yds to the BYU 43 for a

Teams and coaches

3 seasons under Kalani Sitake — 18-21 over that span.

2017BYU4-9HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced

2018BYU7-6HC: Kalani Sitake · Run-leaning

2019BYU7-6HC: Kalani Sitake · Balanced

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Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles · 2019 season

10 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: explosive rate (92nd percentile). Strength: rec yards (96th percentile). Concern: td rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Explosive rate#61 / 728 · 92nd pct

21.3%

Yards / catch#230 / 728 · 68th pct

14.0

Catch rate#273 / 728 · 63rd pct

72.1%

EPA / target#305 / 728 · 58th pct

0.58

TD rate#600 / 728 · 18th pct

1.6%

Box-score rates (5)

Rec yards#6 / 128 · 96th pct

688

Receptions#11 / 128 · 91st pct

Yards / catch#24 / 128 · 81st pct

14.6

Rec TDs#29 / 128 · 72nd pct

Long catch#51 / 128 · 60th pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

53rd → 58th percentile

Explosive rate

88th → 92nd percentile

Catch rate

56th → 63rd percentile

TD rate

24th → 18th percentile

Yards / catch

92nd → 68th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps in 2019. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits

Home and road splits, scheme and staff

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	3.8	62.2	17.0	0.7
Road5g	3.6	44.8	14.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.1	55.4	14.4	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	3.6	60.0	17.5	0.6

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2019 season

Head Coach

Kalani Sitake

Pass share

50.8%

466 pass / 452 run

Plays / game

70.6

13 games

Team sack rate

5.5%

506 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Impact starter

47 catches in 12 games, more catches a game than most FBS tight ends who play every week.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Matt Bushman

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Signature game

Signature plays

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Splits

Awards

Impact starter

Four seasons at BYU

2014