Former defensive back at California. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
5′11″ · 195 lb · San Antonio, TX
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 92 nationally · Joined California
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive back at California. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
Matthew Littlejohn
Erases the deep middle of the field. Second year in the California secondary, same address the whole way. The receipt: 3 tackles against Syracuse — Week 12, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at California, 53 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Justin Wilcox — 12-14 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (17th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2024 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 1.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tosh Lupoi
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | California | 15 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | California | 38 | 21 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 53 | 29 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-13vs UC Davis | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 44-7vs Oregon State | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 46-36@ Wake Forest | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 25-33vs Syracuse | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-21vs Stanford | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 6-38@ SMU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 13-24@ UNLV | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 15 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Elias Larry’s 2023 season.
Matches Elias on
Differs from Elias on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Jaheim Wilson-Jones's sophomore season at Hawai'i (2024).
Matches Jaheim on
Player DNA