Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 | L 27-38vs Rutgers | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 0 | 15 | Season-high 50 yds |
| Wk 14 | L 12-52vs Ohio State | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 15 | L 24-39@ Penn State | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | 21 | |
| Total | 9 | 107 | 11.7 | 0 | 21 |
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Matt Dotson
Senior tight end for Michigan State. 2020: 9 catches, 107 receiving yards.
6′5″ · 240 lb · KENWOOD, OH
Michigan State 2020 alumnus
Recruiting
4★
TE recruit
No. 278 nationally · Signed with Michigan State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 tight end for Michigan State. 2020: 9 catches, 107 receiving yards.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Michigan State in 2017.
Matt Dotson
Matt Dotson has played for two head coaches in four seasons at Michigan State. The receipt on tape: 50 rec yds, 5 receptions against Rutgers, Week 8, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Michigan State, 436 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
2017
- Signed with Michigan State4-star out of Archbishop Moeller
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
Michigan State
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
2 coaches2017–2019
Michigan State
Coaching transition mid-career: Mark Dantonio → Mel Tucker. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2020 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2017Michigan State10-3HC: Mark Dantonio · Run-leaning
2018Michigan State7-6HC: Mark Dantonio · Balanced
2019Michigan State7-6HC: Mark Dantonio · Balanced
2020Michigan State2-5HC: Mel Tucker · Balanced
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: receptions (0th percentile).
Box-score rates (5)
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits & context
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 3.0 | 29.5 | 9.5 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 3.0 | 48.0 | 16.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+3g | 3.0 | 35.7 | 11.7 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2020
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Michigan State | 9 | 107 | 11.9 | 0 | -- |
| 2019 | Michigan State | 16 | 151 | 9.4 | 1 | -- |
| 2018 | Michigan State | 14 | 159 | 11.4 | 1 | -- |
| 2017 | Michigan State | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 41 | 436 | 10.6 | 2 | -- |
Signature plays
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
- Week 8 · Rutgers · 4&4 · Q4 · EPA +2.75Rocky Lombardi pass complete to Matt Dotson for 13 yds to the MchSt 45 for a 1ST down
- Week 15 · Penn State · 3&3 · Q2 · EPA +2.35Payton Thorne pass complete to Matt Dotson for 21 yds to the PnSt 30 for a 1ST down
- Week 8 · Rutgers · 3&22 · Q2 · EPA +1.97Rocky Lombardi pass complete to Matt Dotson for 15 yds to the Rutgr 27
- Week 15 · Penn State · 2&11 · Q2 · EPA +0.76Payton Thorne pass complete to Matt Dotson for 8 yds to the MchSt 49
- Week 15 · Penn State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +0.52Payton Thorne pass complete to Matt Dotson for 19 yds to the PnSt 7 for a 1ST down
- Week 14 · Ohio State · 2&14 · Q4 · EPA +0.36Payton Thorne pass complete to Matt Dotson for 9 yds to the MchSt 30
- Week 8 · Rutgers · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +0.19Rocky Lombardi pass complete to Matt Dotson for 13 yds to the Rutgr 14 for a 1ST down
- Week 8 · Rutgers · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA -0.16Rocky Lombardi pass complete to Matt Dotson for 4 yds to the MchSt 49
- Week 8 · Rutgers · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +0.11Rocky Lombardi pass complete to Matt Dotson for 5 yds to the MchSt 42
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology