Defensive tackle, Ohio, 2020–⁠23

Rodney Mathews

Number
No. 5
Height
6′2″
Weight
310 lb
Class (2023)
Senior
Hometown
Memphis, TN

Rodney Mathews played defensive tackle at Ohio (2020–⁠23).

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2020Ohio3300000
2021Ohio231231003
2022Ohio1865.52.5005
2023Ohio2034.50.5114
Career64241341112

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.PosClassHtWt
2020Ohio5DTFr.
2021Ohio5DTSo.
2022Ohio5DTJr.
2023Ohio5DTSr.6′2″310

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

2023 Ohio 12 games, 20 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 26atSan Diego StateL 13–⁠20100.5000
Sep 2vs.Long Island UniversityW 27–⁠10301000
Sep 9atFlorida AtlanticW 17–⁠10100001
Sep 16vs.Iowa StateW 10–⁠7100010
Sep 23atBowling GreenW 38–⁠7200.5000
Oct 7vs.Kent StateW 42–⁠17411.50.500
Oct 14atNorthern IllinoisL 13–⁠23100.5000
Oct 21vs.Western MichiganW 20–⁠17300.5000
Oct 28vs.Miami (OH)L 16–⁠30100000
Nov 7atBuffaloW 20–⁠10110000
Nov 15vs.Central MichiganW 34–⁠20100000
Dec 16 ✦vs.Georgia SouthernW 41–⁠21110000
2022 Ohio 9 games, 18 tackles, 2.5 sacks
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 3vs.Florida AtlanticW 41–⁠38211100
Sep 10atPenn StateL 10–⁠46100.5000
Oct 1atKent StateL 24–⁠31110000
Oct 15atWestern MichiganW 33–⁠14410.50.500
Oct 22vs.Northern IllinoisW 24–⁠17200000
Nov 1vs.BuffaloW 45–⁠24211100
Nov 8atMiami (OH)W 37–⁠21211000
Nov 15atBall StateW 32–⁠18300.5000
Nov 22vs.Bowling GreenW 38–⁠14111000
2021 Ohio 12 games, 23 tackles, 1 sack
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 4vs.SyracuseL 9–⁠29110000
Sep 11vs.DuquesneL 26–⁠28320000
Sep 16atLouisianaL 14–⁠49100000
Sep 25atNorthwesternL 6–⁠35330000
Oct 2atAkronW 34–⁠17110000
Oct 9vs.Central MichiganL 27–⁠30222100
Oct 16atBuffaloL 26–⁠27100000
Oct 23vs.Kent StateL 27–⁠34100.5000
Nov 2vs.Miami (OH)W 35–⁠33300.5000
Nov 9atEastern MichiganW 34–⁠26210000
Nov 16vs.ToledoL 23–⁠35110000
Nov 26atBowling GreenL 10–⁠21410000
2020 Ohio 1 game, 3 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Nov 10vs.AkronW 24–⁠10330000

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

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