#56

Matt Gahm

Senior linebacker for Virginia. 2020: 38 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks.

LB · Virginia · Sr. · #56

6′3″ · 235 lb · Dallas, TX

Virginia 2020 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ILB recruit

No. 1274 nationally · Signed with Virginia

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Virginia. 2020: 38 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Virginia in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Virginia, 85 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

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

2017

Signed with Virginia3-star out of Highland Park

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1274 national

CFB

College

Virginia

2017–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2017–2020

1 coach

2017–2020

Bronco Mendenhall

Virginia

Played his entire career under Bronco Mendenhall.

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Bronco Mendenhall — 28-22 over that span.

2017Virginia6-7HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Pass-leaning

2018Virginia8-5HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Run-leaning

2019Virginia9-5HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Balanced

2020Virginia5-5HC: Bronco Mendenhall · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (94th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (89th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (29th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Sacks#106 / 2211 · 94th pct

4.0

Tackles for loss#225 / 2211 · 89th pct

6.5

Tackles#514 / 2211 · 76th pct

Passes defended#471 / 2211 · 72nd pct

Solo tackles#624 / 2211 · 71st pct

Forced fumbles#39 / 497 · 46th pct

QB hurries#917 / 2211 · 29th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2020 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	4.0	1.1	0.6	0.4
Road4g	4.5	0.2	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	3.5	0.4	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	4.8	1.0	0.6	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Elliott

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

Awards

Player standing · 2020

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Virginia	38	21	6.5	4.0	2	--	--
2019	Virginia	36	16	5.0	1.5	3	1	--
2018	Virginia	9	5	1.5	1.5	1	--	--
2017	Virginia	2	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		85	43	13.0	7.0	6	1	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week