Matthew Downing

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.

2024 Elon 11 games, 2,049 passing yards, 16 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Aug 30	atDuke	L 3–⁠26	11	17	72	0	0	−43
Sep 7	atNorth Carolina Central	W 41–⁠19	19	28	237	1	1	2
Sep 14	vs.Western Carolina	L 17–⁠24	19	30	285	1	1	14
Sep 21	vs.East Tennessee State	L 14–⁠34	12	20	129	1	0	1
Sep 28	vs.Richmond	L 17–⁠27	5	9	34	0	1	−4
Oct 19	atUAlbany	W 30–⁠14	4	9	43	1	0	38
Oct 26	atHampton	L 21–⁠41	7	14	181	2	0	−23
Nov 2	vs.Campbell	W 50–⁠27	16	24	251	3	0	7
Nov 9	atWilliam & Mary	W 40–⁠36	18	35	315	4	1	−4
Nov 16	vs.Maine	W 31–⁠25	17	26	299	1	0	2
Nov 23	atNorth Carolina A&T	W 31–⁠21	16	21	203	2	0	−8

2023 Elon 10 games, 1,901 passing yards, 19 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Aug 31	atWake Forest	L 17–⁠37	3	7	17	0	0	−21
Sep 9	atGardner-Webb	L 27–⁠34	17	25	199	3	1	20
Sep 16	vs.North Carolina A&T	W 27–⁠3	8	16	57	1	1	−10
Sep 23	atCampbell	W 28–⁠24	12	23	102	0	1	33
Sep 30	vs.William & Mary	W 14–⁠6	14	20	187	2	0	−14
Oct 7	vs.North Carolina Central	L 23–⁠34	10	15	163	1	1	−8
Oct 21	vs.Monmouth	W 28–⁠26	14	20	282	3	0	−38
Nov 4	atDelaware	W 33–⁠27	17	35	352	3	0	8
Nov 11	atRichmond	L 24–⁠38	19	33	281	2	0	−18
Nov 18	vs.Hampton	W 51–⁠14	10	18	261	4	0	1

2022 Louisiana Tech 4 games, 356 passing yards, 3 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 1	atMissouri	L 24–⁠52	20	35	194	1	3	−13
Sep 10	vs.Stephen F. Austin	W 52–⁠17	1	3	3	0	0	0
Sep 24	atSouth Alabama	L 14–⁠38	–	–	–	–	–	−17
Oct 22	vs.Rice	L 41–⁠42	12	24	159	2	1	27

2021 TCU 1 game, 26 passing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 4	vs.Duquesne	W 45–⁠3	3	4	26	0	0	2

2020 TCU 4 games, 169 passing yards, 1 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 26	vs.Iowa State	L 34–⁠37	11	21	159	1	0	−1
Oct 10	vs.Kansas State	L 14–⁠21	2	4	−1	0	1	–
Nov 28	atKansas	W 59–⁠23	3	4	10	0	0	–
Dec 12	vs.Louisiana Tech	W 52–⁠10	1	1	1	0	0	–

2018 Georgia 4 games, 88 passing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 1	vs.Austin Peay	W 45–⁠0	2	3	4	0	0	2
Sep 15	vs.Middle Tennessee	W 49–⁠7	1	1	24	0	0	–
Oct 6	vs.Vanderbilt	W 41–⁠13	1	2	12	0	0	−7
Nov 17	vs.Massachusetts	W 66–⁠27	4	4	48	0	0	11

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