#89

Matt Bushman

Senior tight end for BYU. 2019: 47 catches, 688 receiving yards, 4 TD.

TE · BYU · Sr. · #89

6′5″ · 240 lb · Tucson, AZ

BYU 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 764 nationally · Signed with BYU

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for BYU. 2019: 47 catches, 688 receiving yards, 4 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to BYU in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at BYU, 1,719 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2014

Signed with BYU3-star out of Sabino

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#764 national

CFB

College

BYU

2017–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2019

1 coach

2017–2019

Kalani Sitake

BYU

Played his entire career under Kalani Sitake.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

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

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rec yards (96th percentile). Strength: receptions (91st percentile).

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

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	4.1	66.3	16.7	0.6
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

2026 season

Head Coach

Kalani Sitake

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

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

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2019

W 30–27

vs USC

1 rec · 17 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With Z. Wilson — 280 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 64.2 · 10 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD · J. Oldroyd — 43 LONG · 75 PCT · 12 PTS

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week