Rishard Matthews in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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

Best season
1,364
Receiving yards, 2011 (Nevada, 7–⁠6)
Best game
220 yards
Vs. UNLV, week 6, 2011: No. 1 receiving game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 227
Round 7, 2012 NFL Draft (Miami Dolphins)

Career highs

12catches, career hightwice; last vs. Idaho, 2011220receiving yards, career highvs. UNLV, 20112receiving touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Hawai’i, 2011

Team titles: WAC champions, 2010

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2010Nevada5687915.7555
2011Nevada911,36415.0890
Career1472,24315.31390

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2010Nevada5910372441
2011Nevada–––383071
Career5910755512

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2010Nevada15WR
2011Nevada15WR6′2″

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
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 10atOregonL 20–⁠6981000––1
Sep 17atSan José StateW 17–⁠147770––3
Sep 24atTexas TechL 34–⁠3551071––2
Oct 1atBoise StateL 10–⁠304841––2
Oct 8vs.UNLVW 37–⁠0102201––2
Oct 15vs.New MexicoW 49–⁠74440––5
Oct 22vs.Fresno StateW 45–⁠3871480––2
Oct 29atNew Mexico StateW 48–⁠346600––3
Nov 12vs.Hawai’iW 42–⁠2881182––4
Nov 19vs.Louisiana TechL 20–⁠248871––7
Nov 26atUtah StateL 17–⁠21122051––3
Dec 3vs.IdahoW 56–⁠3121141––4
2010 Nevada 14 games, 56 catches, 879 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecRec ydsRec TDKRYdsPR
Sep 2vs.Eastern WashingtonW 49–⁠243410––3
Sep 11vs.Colorado StateW 51–⁠66870––2
Sep 17vs.CaliforniaW 52–⁠313831–––
Sep 25atBYUW 27–⁠1344102321
Oct 2atUNLVW 44–⁠2621803593
Oct 9vs.San José StateW 35–⁠134530––3
Oct 16atHawai’iL 21–⁠272210––3
Oct 30vs.Utah StateW 56–⁠422630––2
Nov 6atIdahoW 63–⁠1771512––3
Nov 13atFresno StateW 35–⁠342230–––
Nov 20vs.New Mexico StateW 52–⁠63350––4
Nov 26vs.Boise StateW 34–⁠31101721––2
Dec 4atLouisiana TechW 35–⁠17150––4
Jan 9 ✦vs.Boston CollegeW 20–⁠137861––7

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2012Combine or pro day 2012
Height6′0⅜″
Weight217 lb
Arm length32½″
Hand size9⅛″
40-yard dash4.62 s
10-yard split1.65 s
Vertical jump36″
Broad jump10′3″
Bench press20 reps
3-cone drill6.88 s
20-yard shuttle4.19 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.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2012Miami Dolphins7111510
2013Miami Dolphins14414482
2014Miami Dolphins11121352
2015Miami Dolphins11436624
2016Tennessee Titans16659459
2017Tennessee Titans14537954
2018New York Jets65240
NFL career792303,16021

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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