Senior quarterback for James Madison. 2025: 100 passing yards, 3 TD, 2 INT.
6′2″ · 211 lb · Locust Valley, NY
The numbers
passing yards · 2025
3 TD · 2 INT · 9.1 per attempt
Backed by 37 car · 171 yds -- top 1% rushing yards game. -- Best game: 18 pass yds, 1 TD, 35 rush yds, vs Old Dominion
The play that turned itSwung Buffalo from 24% to 87% to win.Holy Cross at Buffalo · 37-31
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 quarterback for James Madison. 2025: 100 passing yards, 3 TD, 2 INT.
Matthew Sluka
Matthew Sluka has played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. The receipt: 83 rush yds, 35 pass yds against Louisville — Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this profile ranks vs the QB cohort
Box-score percentiles
Elite: completion % (99th percentile). Strength: yards / att (94th percentile). Concern: pass yards (0th percentile).
Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 6.6 | 0.4 | 10.9 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 22.3 | 0.3 | 19.5 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | TD/g | YPA | INT/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 10.0 | 0.2 | 5.4 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 16.7 | 0.7 | 25.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Billy Napier
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
| Season | Team | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | James Madison | 8 | 11 | 72.7% | 100 | 9.1 | 3 | 2 | 202.7 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | UNLV | 21 | 48 | 43.8% | 318 | 6.6 | 6 | 1 | 136.5 | 38 | -- | -- |
| Career | 29 | 59 | 49.2% | 418 | 7.1 | 9 | 3 | 148.8 | 38 | -- | -- |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | James Madison | 42 | 239 | 5.7 | 3 | -- |
| 2024 | UNLV | 39 | 253 | 6.5 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 81 | 492 | 6.1 | 4 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025
W 63–27
vs Old Dominion
18 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 98.5 · 35 rush yds (5 car)
Dominant 36-point win at home against Old Dominion.
With A. Barnett — 295 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.3 · 153 rush yds (17 car) · 4 TD · N. DeGennaro — 3 rec · 106 yds · 2 TD
Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|
The plays that mattered most
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | CMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YPA | QBR | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-10vs Weber State | 3/4 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 3.8 | 7.6 | |
| Wk 2 | L 14-28@ Louisville | 3/5 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 7.0 | 52.6 | Season-high 35 yds |
| Wk 5 | W 35-10vs Georgia Southern | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 6 | W 14-7@ Georgia State | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-14vs Louisiana | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 8 | W 63-27vs Old Dominion | 1/1 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 18.0 | 98.5 | |
| Wk 12 | W 58-10vs App State | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 14 | W 59-10@ Coastal Carolina | 1/1 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 32.0 | 99.6 | |
| Total | 8/11 | 100 | 3 | 2 | 15.2 | 64.6 |
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
3 of the team's 32 inside-the-5 carries (9.4%).
2026 Outlook
James Madison
2026 Depth chart
Returning starter
Quarterback · James Madison
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
James Madison · Last season: 12-2 (AP #19) · Talent rank #101 · 2026 recruiting class #80
Heisman Trajectory · 2025
Peaked at #35 this season.