Matt Landers

Senior wide receiver for Arkansas. 2022: 47 catches, 901 receiving yards, 8 TD.

WR · Arkansas · Sr. · #3

6′5″ · 203 lb · Saint Petersburg, FL

CFB Index 76 · #51 of 488 WRsHigh confidenceArkansas 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 676 nationally · Signed with Georgia

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 wide receiver for Arkansas. 2022: 47 catches, 901 receiving yards, 8 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Georgia in 2017.
Transferred from Toledo to Arkansas in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Arkansas, 1,547 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

3 programs, one constant: he played.

The week the volume broke through — put up 150 yds vs Eastern Michigan.Eastern Michigan · L 49-522021

2017

Signed with Georgia3-star out of St. Petersburg

20216 games

Entered the portal

202212 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#676 national

CFB

College

3 teams

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

2 coaches

2019

Chad Morris

Arkansas

2020–2022

Sam Pittman

Arkansas

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Chad Morris → Sam Pittman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Georgia12-2HC: Kirby Smart · Run-leaning

2020Georgia8-2HC: Kirby Smart · Run-leaning

2021Toledo7-6HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2022Arkansas7-6HC: Sam Pittman · Run-heavy

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

76All-Conference level #51 of 488?

High confidence12 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: yards / catch (97th percentile). Strength: epa / target (97th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Yards / catch#17 / 636 · 97th pct

19.1

EPA / target#22 / 636 · 97th pct

1.22

Explosive rate#29 / 636 · 95th pct

27.9%

TD rate#59 / 636 · 91st pct

13.1%

Catch rate#356 / 636 · 44th pct

77.0%

Box-score rates (7)

Yards / catch#26 / 550 · 95th pct

19.2

Rec TDs#34 / 550 · 93rd pct

Rec yards#46 / 550 · 92nd pct

901

Receptions#142 / 550 · 74th pct

Long catch#164 / 550 · 69th pct

Rush yards#83 / 275 · 69th pct

Rush TDs#48 / 275 · 41st pct

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

98th → 97th percentile

Explosive rate

98th → 95th percentile

Catch rate

35th → 44th percentile

TD rate

98th → 91st percentile

Yards / catch

99th → 97th percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. 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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	3.8	73.6	20.8	0.5
Road4g	4.2	78.0	20.0	1.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.0	68.7	18.6	0.6
Weeks 8+5g	3.8	84.0	23.1	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Silverfield

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

76 · #51 of 488 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #51 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Arkansas	47	901	19.2	8	--
2021	Toledo	20	514	25.7	5	--
2020	Georgia	2	27	13.5	0	--
2019	Georgia	10	105	10.5	1	--
Career		79	1,547	19.6	14	--

Season	Team
2022	Arkansas	2	21	--	--	--
2021	Toledo	--	--	26	--	--
2020	Georgia	--	--	--	--	--
2019	Georgia	1	-6	--	--	--
Career		3	15	26	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2022

W 42–27

vs Ole Miss

3 rec · 38 yds · 2 TD

With R. Sanders — 232 rush yds (24 car) · 3 TD · K. Jefferson — 168 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 95.7 · 47 rush yds (8 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 11 · LSU · 2&12 · Q4 · EPA +4.28Cade Fortin pass complete to Matt Landers for 40 yds for a TD, (Cam Little KICK)
Week 1 · Kansas · 2&1 · Q1 · EPA +4.14KJ Jefferson pass complete to Matt Landers for 59 yds for a TD (Cam Little KICK)
Week 1 · Kansas · 3&3 · Q4 · EPA +3.86KJ Jefferson pass complete to Matt Landers for 43 yds to the Kans 29 for a 1ST down
Week 13 · Missouri · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +3.71KJ Jefferson pass complete to Matt Landers for 27 yds for a TD, (Cam Little KICK)
Week 1 · Kansas · 2&11 · Q4 · EPA -3.54Matt Landers run for 15 yds to the Ark 48 Matt Landers fumbled, forced by Marvin Grant, recovered by Kans Cobee Bryant , return for 37 yds to the Ark 48
Week 3 · Missouri State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +3.53KJ Jefferson pass complete to Matt Landers for 47 yds to the MoSt 38 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · BYU · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +3.14KJ Jefferson pass complete to Matt Landers for 39 yds for a TD, (Cam Little KICK)
Week 10 · Liberty · 4&7 · Q4 · EPA +3.12KJ Jefferson pass complete to Matt Landers for 11 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Week 4 · Texas A&M · 3&6 · Q4 · EPA +3.06KJ Jefferson pass complete to Matt Landers for 19 yds to the TexAM 41 for a 1ST down
Week 11 · LSU · 3&17 · Q4 · EPA +2.97Cade Fortin pass complete to Matt Landers for 29 yds to the Ark 44 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 31-24vs Cincinnati	3	43	14.3	0	20
Wk 2	W 44-30vs South Carolina	4	45	11.3	0	16
Wk 3	W 38-27vs Missouri State	7	123	17.6	0	47	Season-high 123 yds
Wk 4	L 21-23@ Texas A&M	1	19	19.0	0	19
Wk 5	L 26-49vs Alabama	2	31	15.5	0	20
Wk 7	W 52-35@ BYU	8	99	12.4	3	39	3 TD catches
Wk 9	W 41-27@ Auburn	4	115	28.8	0	56
Wk 10	L 19-21vs Liberty	6	119	19.8	0	36
Wk 11	L 10-13vs LSU	2	69	34.5	1	40
Wk 12	W 42-27vs Ole Miss	3	38	12.7	2	23	2 TD catches
Wk 13	L 27-29@ Missouri	4	79	19.8	1	37
Bowl	W 55-53vs Kansas	3	121	40.3	1	59
Total		47	901	20.5	8	59

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