Michael Mathison

Former wide receiver at Western Kentucky. 2024: 13 catches, 143 receiving yards, 2 TD.

WR · Western Kentucky · Sr. · #4

5′9″ · 182 lb · Covington, GA

CFB Index 26 · #446 of 466 WRsHigh confidenceWestern Kentucky 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

2★

WR recruit

No. 3486 nationally · Signed with Akron

Statement game9 rec · 160 yds · 1 TDvs Troy (FBS) · L 27-34

Top 1% receiving yards game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former wide receiver at Western Kentucky. 2024: 13 catches, 143 receiving yards, 2 TD.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Akron in 2019.
Transferred from Akron to Western Kentucky in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Western Kentucky, 1,821 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 160 yds vs Troy.Troy · L 27-342022

20199 games

Signed with Akron2-star out of Newton

202214 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3486 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2024

1 coach

2019–2022

Tyson Helton

Western Kentucky

2024

Tyson Helton

Western Kentucky

Played his entire career under Tyson Helton.

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Akron0-12HC: Tom Arth · Pass-leaning, slow tempo

2020Akron1-5HC: Tom Arth · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2021Akron9-5HC: Tyson Helton · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2022Western Kentucky9-5HC: Tyson Helton · Pass-leaning

2024Western Kentucky8-6HC: Tyson Helton · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

26Below cohort / limited sample #446 of 466?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: rush tds (87th percentile). Concern: rec yards (4th percentile).

Box-score rates (7)

Rush TDs#22 / 299 · 87th pct

Rush yards#74 / 299 · 75th pct

Rec TDs#275 / 541 · 41st pct

Long catch#417 / 541 · 22nd pct

Yards / catch#424 / 541 · 21st pct

11.0

Receptions#507 / 541 · 6th pct

Rec yards#520 / 541 · 4th pct

143

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

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home4g	1.2	15.5	13.4	0.5
Road5g	1.6	16.2	12.4	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.4	10.6	7.4	0.4
Weeks 8+4g	1.5	22.5	19.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tyson Helton

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

26 · #446 of 466 WRs

Two-star recruit. Now #446 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Western Kentucky	13	143	11.0	2	--
2022	Western Kentucky	53	618	11.7	3	--
2021	Western Kentucky	56	706	12.6	3	--
2020	Akron	11	111	10.1	2	--
2019	Akron	31	243	7.8	0	--
Career		164	1,821	11.1	10	--

Season	Team
2024	Western Kentucky	7	34	--	--	--
2022	Western Kentucky	5	61	463	--	--
2021	Western Kentucky	1	5	459	18	--
2020	Akron	1	3	46	--	--
2019	Akron	2	10	435	--	--
Career		16	113	1,403	18	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 31–0

vs Eastern Kentucky

6 rush yds (2 car)

Dominant 31-point win at home against Eastern Kentucky.

With T. Finley — 351 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 50.4 · 13 rush yds (3 car) · K. Johnson — 14 rush yds (2 car)

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 8 · Sam Houston · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.75Caden Veltkamp pass complete to Michael Mathison for 36 yds to the SHSU 18 for a 1ST down
Week 7 · UTEP · 2&6 · Q3 · EPA +2.61Caden Veltkamp pass complete to Michael Mathison for 14 yds for a TD (Lucas Carneiro KICK)
Week 7 · UTEP · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.53Michael Mathison run for 12 yds for a TD (Lucas Carneiro KICK)
Week 7 · UTEP · 2&3 · Q4 · EPA +2.21Caden Veltkamp pass complete to Michael Mathison for 3 yds for a TD (Lucas Carneiro KICK)
Week 12 · Louisiana Tech · 4&3 · Q3 · EPA +2.05Caden Veltkamp pass complete to Michael Mathison for 7 yds to the LT 29 for a 1ST down
Week 10 · Kennesaw State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +1.94Caden Veltkamp pass complete to Michael Mathison for 30 yds to the KENN 30 for a 1ST down
Week 15 · Jacksonville State · 3&2 · Q2 · EPA +1.68Caden Veltkamp pass complete to Michael Mathison for 8 yds to the WKU 42 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · James Madison · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +1.64Caden Veltkamp pass complete to Michael Mathison for 11 yds to the WKU 35 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Boston College · 2&6 · Q2 · EPA +0.95Michael Mathison run for 6 yds to the WKU 35 for a 1ST down
Week 5 · Boston College · 2&10 · Q2 · EPA +0.62Caden Veltkamp pass complete to Michael Mathison for 10 yds to the BC 8 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	W 31-0vs Eastern Kentucky	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 3	W 49-21@ Middle Tennessee	1	3	3.0	0	3
Wk 5	L 20-21@ Boston College	1	10	10.0	0	10
Wk 7	W 44-17vs UTEP	2	17	8.5	2	14	2 TD catches
Wk 8	W 31-14@ Sam Houston	1	36	36.0	0	36	Season-high 36 yds
Wk 10	W 31-14vs Kennesaw State	1	30	30.0	0	30
Wk 12	L 7-12vs Louisiana Tech	1	7	7.0	0	7
Wk 15	L 12-52@ Jacksonville State	3	17	5.7	0	8
Bowl	L 17-27@ James Madison	2	15	7.5	0	11
Total		13	143	12.9	2	36

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

Michael Mathison

20199 games

202214 games

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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