#80

Matt Seybert

Senior tight end for Michigan State. 2019: 26 catches, 284 receiving yards, 3 TD.

TE · Michigan State · Sr. · #80

6′4″ · 252 lb · Traverse City, MI

Michigan State 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

TE recruit

No. 2260 nationally · Signed with Buffalo

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 tight end for Michigan State. 2019: 26 catches, 284 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Buffalo in 2015.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Michigan State, 284 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

2015

Signed with Buffalo2-star out of St. Francis

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2260 national

CFB

College

Michigan State

2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Michigan State7-6HC: Mark Dantonio · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score percentiles

6 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Box-score rates (6)

Fumbles lost#1 / 33 · 74th pct

Long catch#43 / 128 · 66th pct

Receptions#46 / 128 · 62nd pct

Rec TDs#44 / 128 · 60th pct

Rec yards#56 / 128 · 57th pct

284

Yards / catch#87 / 128 · 32nd pct

10.9

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2019 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home6g	2.5	28.7	12.0	0.2
Road4g	2.8	28.0	10.9	0.5

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.5	30.8	13.0	0.5
Weeks 8+4g	2.8	24.8	9.3	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 · 2019

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Michigan State	26	284	10.9	3	--
Career		26	284	10.9	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2019

W 40–31

vs Indiana

3 rec · 43 yds · 1 TD

Edged out Indiana at home in a shootout.

With B. Lewerke — 300 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.1 · 78 rush yds (12 car) · J. Hartbarger — 54 AVG · 60 LONG · 4 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2019 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 28-7vs Tulsa	2	12	6.0	0	7
Wk 3	L 7-10vs Arizona State	2	50	25.0	0	48	Season-high 50 yds
Wk 4	W 31-10@ Northwestern	4	28	7.0	2	9	2 TD catches
Wk 5	W 40-31vs Indiana	3	43	14.3	1	25
Wk 6	L 10-34@ Ohio State	2	37	18.5	0	19
Wk 7	L 0-38@ Wisconsin	2	15	7.5	0	8
Wk 9	L 7-28vs Penn State	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 11	L 34-37vs Illinois	3	27	9.0	0	14
Wk 12	L 10-44@ Michigan	3	32	10.7	0	20
Wk 14	W 19-16vs Maryland	4	30	7.5	0	15
Total		26	284	11.6	3	48

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