Senior tight end for Michigan State. 2018: 8 catches, 100 receiving yards, 1 TD.
6′6″ · 255 lb · Rochester, MI
The story
4 tight end for Michigan State. 2018: 8 catches, 100 receiving yards, 1 TD.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearMatt Sokol
He has spent three seasons in the Michigan State receiving corps. The receipt: 25 rec yds, 1 receptions against Penn State — Week 7, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Michigan State, 348 receiving yards — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mark Dantonio.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Mark Dantonio — 20-18 over that span.
Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort
Box-score percentiles
Concern: receptions (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.2 | 12.8 | 11.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 0.8 | 12.2 | 16.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| REC/g | YDS/g | YPR | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2018
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Michigan State | 8 | 100 | 12.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2017 | Michigan State | 21 | 222 | 10.6 | 1 | -- |
| 2016 | Michigan State | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 0 | -- |
| Career | 31 | 348 | 11.2 | 2 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2018
W 21–17
at Penn State
1 rec · 25 yds
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 · Week-by-week
2018 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 13-16@ Arizona State | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-20vs Central Michigan | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wk 6 | L 19-29vs Northwestern | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Wk 7 | W 21-17@ Penn State | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 25 | Season-high 25 yds |
| Wk 9 | W 23-13vs Purdue | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 12 | L 6-9@ Nebraska | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Wk 13 | W 14-10vs Rutgers | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 1 | 18 | |
| Bowl | L 6-7@ Oregon | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Total | 8 | 100 | 13.3 | 1 | 25 |