Receiver, Vanderbilt, 2010–⁠13

Jordan Matthews

Number
No. 87
Height
6′3″
Hometown
Madison, AL
Born
Jul 16, 1992

Jordan Matthews played receiver at Vanderbilt (2010–⁠13). The Philadelphia Eagles took Matthews in round 2, No. 42 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,477
Receiving yards, 2013 (Vanderbilt, 9–⁠4)
Drafted
No. 42
Round 2, 2014 NFL Draft (Philadelphia Eagles)

Career highs

13catches, career highat Tennessee, 2013178receiving yards, career highvs. Ole Miss, 20132receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Houston, 2013

Honors

All-America: Athlon Sports 2013; USA Today 2013

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2010Vanderbilt1518112.1435
2011Vanderbilt4177819.0549
2012Vanderbilt941,32314.1878
2013Vanderbilt1121,47713.2755
Career2623,75914.32478

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2012Vanderbilt13206530

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTkl
20107314
201111202
201213101
2013N13213
On file8210

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2010Vanderbilt87WR
2011Vanderbilt87WR
2012Vanderbilt87WR
2013Vanderbilt87WR6′3″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2013Vanderbilt1210.7747th (n=341)0.8193.415%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2013 Vanderbilt 13 games, 112 catches, 1,477 yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 29vs.Ole MissL 35–⁠3910178155–
Sep 7vs.Austin PeayW 38–⁠36111139–
Sep 14atSouth CarolinaL 25–⁠358106029–
Sep 21atMassachusettsW 24–⁠78761198
Sep 28vs.UABW 52–⁠248115145–
Oct 5vs.MissouriL 28–⁠517123145–
Oct 19vs.GeorgiaW 31–⁠27118901711
Oct 26atTexas A&ML 24–⁠56892021–
Nov 9atFloridaW 34–⁠17545023–
Nov 16vs.KentuckyW 22–⁠61214104131
Nov 23atTennesseeW 14–⁠1013133025−4
Nov 30vs.Wake ForestW 23–⁠2111125041–
Jan 4 ✦vs.HoustonW 41–⁠2451432508
2012 Vanderbilt 13 games, 94 catches, 1,323 yards, 8 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Aug 30vs.South CarolinaL 13–⁠178147178–
Sep 8atNorthwesternL 13–⁠23675122–
Sep 15vs.PresbyterianW 58–⁠0454019–
Sep 22atGeorgiaL 3–⁠488119037–
Oct 6atMissouriW 19–⁠1599102418
Oct 13vs.FloridaL 17–⁠318131153–
Oct 20vs.AuburnW 17–⁠13346023–
Oct 27vs.MassachusettsW 49–⁠710112029–
Nov 3atKentuckyW 40–⁠0575134–
Nov 10atOle MissW 27–⁠269153152–
Nov 17vs.TennesseeW 41–⁠18711517147
Nov 24atWake ForestW 55–⁠2110144164–
Dec 31 ✦vs.NC StateW 38–⁠24761118−4
2011 Vanderbilt 11 games, 41 catches, 778 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3vs.ElonW 45–⁠14358044–
Sep 17vs.Ole MissW 30–⁠71−100–
Sep 24atSouth CarolinaL 3–⁠211606–
Oct 15vs.GeorgiaL 28–⁠33246143–
Oct 22vs.ArmyW 44–⁠211808–
Oct 29vs.ArkansasL 28–⁠316151148–
Nov 5atFloridaL 21–⁠269170134–
Nov 12vs.KentuckyW 38–⁠86131149–
Nov 19atTennesseeL 21–⁠27674030–
Nov 26atWake ForestW 41–⁠7279145–
Dec 31 ✦vs.CincinnatiL 24–⁠31456024–
2010 Vanderbilt 5 games, 15 catches, 181 yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Oct 9vs.Eastern MichiganW 52–⁠6135035–
Nov 6vs.FloridaL 14–⁠551616–
Nov 13atKentuckyL 20–⁠381414–
Nov 20vs.TennesseeL 10–⁠24562116–
Nov 27vs.Wake ForestL 13–⁠34774120–

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2014 Senior Bowl (South team, won 20–⁠10).

DrillCombine 2014
Height6′3⅛″
Weight212 lb
Arm length33¼″
Hand size10⅜″
40-yard dash4.46 s
10-yard split1.55 sW
Vertical jump35½″
Broad jump10′0″
Bench press21 reps
3-cone drill6.95 s
20-yard shuttle4.18 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

7 seasons, 71 games with a stat; latest team: Carolina Panthers.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2014Philadelphia Eagles16678728
2015Philadelphia Eagles16859978
2016Philadelphia Eagles14738043
2017Buffalo Bills10252821
2018Philadelphia Eagles11203002
2019Philadelphia Eagles24330
2024Carolina Panthers2000
NFL career712743,28822

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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