
Receiver, Nevada, 2010–11
Rishard Matthews
- Number
- No. 15
- Height
- 6′2″
- Hometown
- Santa Ana, CA
- Born
- Oct 12, 1989, in Santa Ana, California
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Rishard Matthews played receiver at Nevada (2010–11). The Miami Dolphins took Matthews in round 7, No. 227 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
12catches, career hightwice; last vs. Idaho, 2011220receiving yards, career highvs. UNLV, 20112receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Hawai’i, 2011Team titles: WAC champions, 2010
Receiving
Returns
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
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.
Game by game
2011 Nevada 12 games, 91 catches, 1,364 yards, 8 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 | at | L 20–69 | 8 | 100 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Sep 17 | at | W 17–14 | 7 | 77 | 0 | – | – | 3 |
| Sep 24 | at | L 34–35 | 5 | 107 | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Oct 1 | at | L 10–30 | 4 | 84 | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Oct 8 | vs. | W 37–0 | 10 | 220 | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Oct 15 | vs. | W 49–7 | 4 | 44 | 0 | – | – | 5 |
| Oct 22 | vs. | W 45–38 | 7 | 148 | 0 | – | – | 2 |
| Oct 29 | at | W 48–34 | 6 | 60 | 0 | – | – | 3 |
| Nov 12 | vs. | W 42–28 | 8 | 118 | 2 | – | – | 4 |
| Nov 19 | vs. | L 20–24 | 8 | 87 | 1 | – | – | 7 |
| Nov 26 | at | L 17–21 | 12 | 205 | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| Dec 3 | vs. | W 56–3 | 12 | 114 | 1 | – | – | 4 |
2010 Nevada 14 games, 56 catches, 879 yards, 5 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. | W 49–24 | 3 | 41 | 0 | – | – | 3 |
| Sep 11 | vs. | W 51–6 | 6 | 87 | 0 | – | – | 2 |
| Sep 17 | vs. | W 52–31 | 3 | 83 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Sep 25 | at | W 27–13 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 1 |
| Oct 2 | at | W 44–26 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 59 | 3 |
| Oct 9 | vs. | W 35–13 | 4 | 53 | 0 | – | – | 3 |
| Oct 16 | at | L 21–27 | 2 | 21 | 0 | – | – | 3 |
| Oct 30 | vs. | W 56–42 | 2 | 63 | 0 | – | – | 2 |
| Nov 6 | at | W 63–17 | 7 | 151 | 2 | – | – | 3 |
| Nov 13 | at | W 35–34 | 2 | 23 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 20 | vs. | W 52–6 | 3 | 35 | 0 | – | – | 4 |
| Nov 26 | vs. | W 34–31 | 10 | 172 | 1 | – | – | 2 |
| Dec 4 | at | W 35–17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 4 |
| Jan 9 ✦ | vs. | W 20–13 | 7 | 86 | 1 | – | – | 7 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2012 | Combine or pro day 2012 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′0⅜″ | |
| Weight | 217 lb | |
| Arm length | 32½″ | |
| Hand size | 9⅛″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.62 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.65 s | |
| Vertical jump | 36″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′3″ | |
| Bench press | 20 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.88 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.19 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).
In the NFL
7 seasons, 79 games with a stat; latest team: New York Jets.
| Season | Team | G | Rec | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Miami Dolphins | 7 | 11 | 151 | 0 |
| 2013 | Miami Dolphins | 14 | 41 | 448 | 2 |
| 2014 | Miami Dolphins | 11 | 12 | 135 | 2 |
| 2015 | Miami Dolphins | 11 | 43 | 662 | 4 |
| 2016 | Tennessee Titans | 16 | 65 | 945 | 9 |
| 2017 | Tennessee Titans | 14 | 53 | 795 | 4 |
| 2018 | New York Jets | 6 | 5 | 24 | 0 |
| NFL career | 79 | 230 | 3,160 | 21 | |
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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