#22

Matt Colburn

Senior running back for Wake Forest. 2018: 775 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 10 catches.

RB · Wake Forest · Sr. · #22

5′10″ · 200 lb · Irmo, SC

Wake Forest 2018 alumnus

The story

4 running back for Wake Forest. 2018: 775 rushing yards, 5 rushing TD, 10 catches.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Wake Forest, 2,544 rushing yards — his college career is complete.

His career

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

The week the volume broke through — put up 118 yds vs Delaware.Delaware · W 38-212016

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Wake Forest

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

1 coach

2015–2018

Dave Clawson

Wake Forest

Played his entire career under Dave Clawson.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Dave Clawson — 25-26 over that span.

2015Wake Forest3-9HC: Dave Clawson · Balanced

2016Wake Forest7-6HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning

2017Wake Forest8-5HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning

2018Wake Forest7-6HC: Dave Clawson · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this profile ranks vs the RB cohort

Box-score percentiles

8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: long run (85th percentile).

Box-score rates (8)

Long run#49 / 339 · 85th pct

Carries#70 / 339 · 79th pct

159

Rush yards#96 / 339 · 72nd pct

775

Rec yards#132 / 326 · 60th pct

Rush TDs#144 / 339 · 54th pct

Receptions#148 / 326 · 52nd pct

Fumbles lost#56 / 217 · 48th pct

Yards / carry#182 / 339 · 45th pct

4.9

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Home7g	55.0	4.0	0.3
Road4g	97.5	5.4	0.8

First half vs Second half

	YDS/g	YPC	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	52.3	3.8	0.3
Weeks 8+4g	102	5.6	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jake Dickert

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Wake Forest	159	775	4.9	5	--
2017	Wake Forest	166	904	5.4	7	--
2016	Wake Forest	151	626	4.1	2	--
2015	Wake Forest	66	239	3.6	1	--
Career		542	2,544	4.7	15	--

Season	Team
2018	Wake Forest	10	96	9.6	0	--
2017	Wake Forest	11	67	6.1	0	--
2016	Wake Forest	13	143	11.0	0	--
2015	Wake Forest	--	--	--	--	--
Career		34	306	9.0	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2018

W 51–20

vs Towson

47 rush yds (12 car)

Dominant 31-point win at home against Towson.

With G. Dortch — 7 rec · 94 yds · 1 TD · S. Hartman — 242 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · 64 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 23-17@ Tulane	13	48	3.7	0	21
Wk 2	W 51-20vs Towson	12	47	3.9	0	9
Wk 3	L 34-41vs Boston College	23	117	5.1	1	35
Wk 4	L 27-56vs Notre Dame	10	32	3.2	1	17
Wk 5	W 56-24vs Rice	8	34	4.3	0	8
Wk 6	L 3-63vs Clemson	12	27	2.3	0	7
Wk 8	L 17-38@ Florida State	21	71	3.4	0	12
Wk 9	W 56-35@ Louisville	20	243	12.1	3	74	Season-high 243 yds
Wk 10	L 24-41vs Syracuse	15	67	4.5	0	15
Wk 11	W 27-23@ NC State	11	28	2.5	0	15
Bowl	W 37-34vs Memphis	14	61	4.4	0	11
Total		159	775	4.5	5	74

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