Matthew McDoom is a cornerback who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Cincinnati.
McDoom gets targeted often and tackles in space. The four seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Chad Staggs, Tim Beck and Scott Satterfield. All-Sun Belt in 2024 was the second season with an honor. A game that shows it: 8 tackles against TCU — Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
42 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interception. 1.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Cincinnati | 42 | 25 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Coastal Carolina | 36 | 27 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 10 | 3 | -- |
| 2023 | Coastal Carolina | 27 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Coastal Carolina | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 112 | 76 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 24 | 4 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-20vs Nebraska | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-20vs Bowling Green | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 70-0vs Northwestern State | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 37-34@ Kansas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-30vs No. 14 Iowa State | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 20-11vs UCF | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | W 49-17@ Oklahoma State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-20vs Baylor | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-45@ No. 24 Utah | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 24-30vs Arizona | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-26vs No. 11 BYU | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 23-45@ TCU | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 13-35vs No. 22 Navy | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 25 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
10%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
42tackles this season42 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 4 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road4g | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Satterfield
Pass share
47.8%
363 pass / 396 run
Plays / game
58.4
13 games
Team sack rate
1.9%
360 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #201 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #14 of 29 Big 12 CBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
Honored in a first season.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT · 1ST TEAM
All-Sun Belt 1st team (2024)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2022)
Sun Belt Special Teams Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Jamey Chadwell, Tim Beck and Scott Satterfield.
