Matt Lopes: S · USC · #37.
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Matt Lopes
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Two seasons in the USC secondary to date. A game that shows it: 5 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Colorado — Week 11, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
26 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
247Sports Nov 2
USA Today Nov 1
On3 Oct 21
Yahoo Sports Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-31vs Western Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-24vs No. 14 Stanford | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 30-20@ California | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-30@ No. 16 Washington State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 28-27vs Utah | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-49@ No. 13 Notre Dame | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 48-17@ Arizona State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 49-35vs No. 23 Arizona | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-24@ Colorado | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 28-23vs UCLA | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 31-28vs No. 14 Stanford | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 7-24vs No. 5 Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 26 | 20 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
26tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%1 TFL26 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 pass breakup.
2 seasons under Clay Helton, all balanced offenses — 21-6 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Pass share
48.4%
489 pass / 522 run
Plays / game
72.2
14 games
Team sack rate
5.7%
530 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at USC, 31 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Lane Kiffin, Ed Orgeron, Steve Sarkisian, and Clay Helton. Multi-era developmental context.
