#10

Matt Morrissey

Senior safety for Michigan State. 2018: 2 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 29 tackles.

S · Michigan State · Sr. · #10

6′3″ · 204 lb · Lincolnshire, IL

Michigan State 2018 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 936 nationally · Signed with Michigan State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for Michigan State. 2018: 2 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 29 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Michigan State in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Michigan State, 84 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2014

Signed with Michigan State3-star out of Adlai Stevenson

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#936 national

CFB

College

Michigan State

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Mark Dantonio

Michigan State

Played his entire career under Mark Dantonio.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Mark Dantonio — 20-18 over that span.

2016Michigan State3-9HC: Mark Dantonio · Run-leaning

2017Michigan State10-3HC: Mark Dantonio · Run-leaning

2018Michigan State7-6HC: Mark Dantonio · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (8th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Interceptions#130 / 805 · 72nd pct

Passes defended#1093 / 2662 · 48th pct

Tackles#1401 / 2662 · 46th pct

Solo tackles#1570 / 2662 · 39th pct

QB hurries#1228 / 2662 · 27th pct

Sacks#1396 / 2662 · 24th pct

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Tackles for loss#2234 / 2662 · 8th pct

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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

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road4g	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+4g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

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 · 2018

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Michigan State	29	14	0.0	1	2	--
2017	Michigan State	35	16	1.5	4	--	--
2016	Michigan State	20	12	0.0	1	--	--
Career		84	42	1.5	6	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2018

W 21–17

at Penn State

3 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 PD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 on the road.

With T. Hunt — 40 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 49 LONG · B. Lewerke — 259 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · 20 rush yds (12 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week