Matt Breida, 2019
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Running back, Georgia Southern, 2013–⁠16

Matt Breida

Number
No. 36
Height
5′11″
Hometown
Brooksville, FL
Born
Feb 28, 1995, in Brandon, Florida

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Matt Breida played running back at Georgia Southern (2013–⁠16).

Career highs

210rushing yards, career highat Navy, 20144rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Western Michigan, 2015

Team titles: Sun Belt champions, 2014

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2014Georgia Southern1711,4858.71788
2015*Georgia Southern2031,6087.91787
2016Georgia Southern1686463.8368
Career5423,7396.93788

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2014Georgia Southern89712.1128
2015*Georgia Southern362.0010
2016Georgia Southern11534.8214
Career221567.1328

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTD
2013*Georgia Southern2340
2014Georgia Southern2240
2016Georgia Southern3680
Career71260

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013Georgia Southern36RB
2014Georgia Southern36RB
2015Georgia Southern36RB
2016Georgia Southern36RB5′11″

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/playPctileMedianTotalUsageAdj. rush
2014Georgia Southern1810.4899th (n=253)0.1287.623%0.60
2015Georgia Southern2070.3697th (n=268)0.1275.424%0.33
2016Georgia Southern182-0.076th (n=259)0.13-11.821%-0.07

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). Adjusted pass and rush: EPA per play adjusted for the defenses faced (CollegeFootballData’s WEPA). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2016 Georgia Southern 12 games, 646 rushing yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 3vs.Savannah StateW 54–⁠01068126216
Sep 10atSouth AlabamaW 24–⁠9175408––
Sep 17vs.UL MonroeW 23–⁠211973014––
Sep 24atWestern MichiganL 31–⁠49144209––
Oct 5atArkansas StateL 26–⁠27104201915
Oct 15atGeorgia TechL 24–⁠351358015318
Oct 22atNew Mexico StateW 22–⁠1915410819
Oct 27vs.App StateL 10–⁠34728015––
Nov 5atOle MissL 27–⁠3722100168––
Nov 10vs.LouisianaL 26–⁠331418041−2
Nov 19atGeorgia StateL 24–⁠301256120––
Dec 3vs.TroyW 28–⁠24156601537
2015 Georgia Southern 13 games, 1,608 rushing yards, 17 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 5atWest VirginiaL 0–⁠441770014––
Sep 12vs.Western MichiganW 43–⁠1711176470––
Sep 19vs.The CitadelW 48–⁠1313164287––
Sep 26atIdahoW 44–⁠2012179283––
Oct 3atUL MonroeW 51–⁠3119149222––
Oct 17vs.New Mexico StateW 56–⁠2613137155––
Oct 22atApp StateL 13–⁠3114780231−1
Oct 29vs.Texas StateW 37–⁠1323205248110
Nov 14atTroyW 45–⁠101784116––
Nov 21atGeorgiaL 17–⁠2320660231−3
Nov 28vs.South AlabamaW 55–⁠1721187275––
Dec 5vs.Georgia StateL 7–⁠34845014––
Dec 23 ✦vs.Bowling GreenW 58–⁠271568136––
2014 Georgia Southern 12 games, 1,485 rushing yards, 17 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 30atNC StateL 23–⁠241087161––
Sep 6vs.Savannah StateW 83–⁠9860225––
Sep 13atGeorgia TechL 38–⁠4211111269352
Sep 20atSouth AlabamaW 28–⁠621187264––
Sep 25vs.App StateW 34–⁠1412135156––
Oct 4atNew Mexico StateW 36–⁠281596027––
Oct 11vs.IdahoW 47–⁠2419155052236
Oct 25atGeorgia StateW 69–⁠3112201475––
Oct 30vs.TroyW 42–⁠101672091−2
Nov 8atTexas StateW 28–⁠2511120243––
Nov 15atNavyL 19–⁠5217210288211
Nov 29vs.UL MonroeW 22–⁠161951112––
2013 Georgia Southern 1 game, 2 returns, 34 yards
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Nov 23atFloridaW 26–⁠20––––––

No box score in the source for Aug 31 vs. Savannah State; Sep 7 vs. Saint Francis; Sep 14 at Wofford; Sep 28 vs. Chattanooga; Oct 5 at Samford; Oct 12 vs. The Citadel; Oct 26 at App State; Nov 2 vs. Furman; Nov 9 vs. Western Carolina; Nov 16 at Elon, so those games are not listed.

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

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2017
Height5′9¼″
Weight195 lb
Arm length32⅛″
Hand size9⅝″
Wingspan74″
40-yard dash4.38 s
10-yard split1.53 s
Vertical jump42″
Broad jump11′2″
Bench press23 reps
3-cone drill6.85 s
20-yard shuttle4.34 s

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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