Quarterback, Texas (from Gardner-Webb, Troy), 2022–⁠25

Matthew Caldwell

Number
No. 18
Height
6′4″
Weight
212 lb
Class (2025)
Senior
Hometown
Auburn, AL
Born
May 23, 2003, in Auburn, Alabama

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Matthew Caldwell played quarterback at Gardner-Webb (2022–⁠23), Troy (2024) and Texas (2025).

Career highs

304passing yards, career highat Arkansas State, 20244touchdown passes, career highat Louisiana, 20242rushing touchdowns, career highat Georgia Southern, 2024

Team titles: Big South champions, 2022; Big South–OVC Football Association champions, 2023

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCmpAttPctYdsY/ATDInt
2022Gardner-Webb335560.03746.813
2023Gardner-Webb10117757.19405.373
2024Troy14122462.91,6087.2138
2025Texas81172.7857.710
Career28346760.63,0076.42214

Rushing

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2022Gardner-Webb13151.228
2023Gardner-Webb23773.3116
2024Troy48471.0515
2025Texas26432.0050
Career862032.4850

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2022Gardner-Webb18QBFr.
2023Gardner-Webb18QBSo.
2024Troy18QBJr.
2025Texas18QBSr.6′4″212

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. passAdj. rush
2022Gardner-Webb (FCS)630.29––18.414%––
2023Gardner-Webb (FCS)980.27––26.644%––
2024Troy2700.3258th (n=238)0.3087.442%0.330.15
2025Texas91.28––11.5–––

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

2025 Texas 5 games, 85 passing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 6vs.San José StateW 38–⁠7232200–
Sep 13vs.UTEPW 27–⁠10–––––14
Sep 20vs.Sam HoustonW 55–⁠046270050
Oct 4atFloridaL 21–⁠29112600–
Oct 25atMississippi StateW 45–⁠38111010–
2024 Troy 10 games, 1,608 passing yards, 13 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 7atMemphisL 17–⁠381119113006
Sep 14atIowaL 21–⁠38142115611−24
Sep 28vs.UL MonroeL 9–⁠1301000–
Oct 3vs.Texas StateL 17–⁠38241900−9
Oct 15atSouth AlabamaL 9–⁠25173014212−5
Oct 26atArkansas StateL 31–⁠342233304232
Nov 2vs.Coastal CarolinaW 38–⁠249161692012
Nov 16atGeorgia SouthernW 28–⁠2026322882013
Nov 23atLouisianaL 30–⁠5126422304222
Nov 30vs.Southern MissW 52–⁠2014261871030
2023 Gardner-Webb 5 games, 940 passing yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 2atApp StateL 24–⁠4530462311218
Sep 9vs.ElonW 34–⁠2732482982014
Sep 16atTennessee StateL 25–⁠272049219201
Sep 23atEast CarolinaL 0–⁠447173000−7
Oct 7vs.Robert MorrisW 31–⁠1612171622151

No box score in the source for Oct 21 vs. Eastern Kentucky, so that game is not listed.

2022 Gardner-Webb 6 games, 374 passing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCmpAttYdsTDIntRush
Sep 1vs.LimestoneW 56–⁠2112151370022
Sep 24vs.MercerL 14–⁠4591999011
Oct 1atMarshallL 7–⁠28221000−9
Oct 8atRobert MorrisW 48–⁠03325001
Nov 19vs.North Carolina A&TW 38–⁠1701000–
Dec 3atWilliam & MaryL 14–⁠54715103120

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

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2026
Height6′2¾″
Weight213 lb
Arm length30½″
Hand size9½″
Wingspan75⅛″
40-yard dash4.64 s
10-yard split1.68 s
Vertical jump34½″
Broad jump10′8″
20-yard shuttle4.34 s

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

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