Yetur Gross-Matos: DE · Penn State · #99.
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Yetur Gross-Matos
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Third year in the Penn State defensive front. Named All-Big Ten two seasons running, most recently in 2019. On tape: 5 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Michigan, Week 8, 2019.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
40 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 15 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Penn State | 40 | 24 | 15.0 | 9.5 |
| 2018 | Penn State | 54 | 36 | 20.0 | 8.0 |
| 2017 | Penn State | 17 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.5 |
| Career | 111 | 65 | 37.0 | 19.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 79-7vs Idaho | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 sacks |
| Wk 2 | W 45-13vs Buffalo | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 59-0@ Maryland | 5 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 35-7vs Purdue | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 7 | W 17-12@ No. 17 Iowa | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 28-21vs No. 16 Michigan | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 28-7@ Michigan State | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 26-31@ No. 13 Minnesota | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-27vs No. 24 Indiana | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-28@ No. 2 Ohio State | 9 | 5 | 3.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
 Bowl | W 53-39vs No. 15 Memphis | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | 24 | 15.0 | 9.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
24%10 sacksTFL rate
38%15 TFLHurry rate
18%7 hurriesPressure-to-sack conversion
58%10 of 16 pressures40 tackles · 15 for loss · 9.5 sacks.
3 seasons under James Franklin — 31-8 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.0 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 4.8 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.2 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.2 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Pass share
42.3%
367 pass / 501 run
Plays / game
66.8
13 games
Team sack rate
7.5%
401 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Penn State, 19 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2018) — drafted at #38 overall by the Carolina Panthers.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2019)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under James Franklin.
Next stop · NFL
Carolina PanthersEntering 7th NFL season
Carolina PanthersEntering 7th NFL season
