2024 Football Roster

8 Mikey Matthews

  • Position Wide Receiver
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 180
  • Class Sophomore
  • Experience 2nd#
  • Hometown Irvine, CA
  • High School Utah / Mission Viejo HS

Biography

Sophomore (2024)
  • Played in seven games. Tallied 272 receiving yards on 32 receptions and a touchdown. He added 29 rushing yards on seven carries along with 16 punt returns for 67 yards.
  • Made Cal debut in home opener against UC Davis; had two catches for 20 total yards against the Aggies and had his longest punt return of the season for 14 yards.
  • Had one catch for 46 yards at Florida State, the longest catch of his collegiate career.
  • Hauled in four receptions for 28 total yards against Oregon State.
  • Caught first touchdown of his career and posted career-high 63 yards receiving on six catches at Wake Forest.
  • Caught three passes for 27 yards against Stanford.

Utah (2023)
– Played in all 12 regular-season games as a 2023 true freshman at Utah, contributing 29 receptions for 261 yards receiving, while also leading the Utes in both kick returns (15-309) and punt returns (17-75), and adding one rush for four yards to total 649 all-purpose yards that was second on the squad for a team that was 8-5 overall and played in the SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl
– Was a four-star recruit in the 2022 class according to ESPN, On3 and Rivals, who ranked as high as the No. 30 wide receiver and No. 165 player in the country overall according to Rivals
– A high school teammate of fellow Cal wide receiver Mavin Anderson at Mission Viejo, where he finished his four-season prep career with 181 receptions for 2,408 yards receiving and 28 touchdown catches over 33 games
– Had more than 60 receptions and 800 yards receiving in each of his final two prep campaigns, catching 61 balls for 934 yards with 10 touchdowns as a 2022 high school senior after going for 70 catches and 849 yards receiving with nine touchdowns in his 2021 junior season
– Added 34 receptions for 470 yards and eight touchdowns in just five games during his 2020 sophomore campaign that was played in the spring of 2021 due to COVID, as well as 16 catches for 155 yards and one touchdown also in just five contests as a 2019 freshman
– Added 919 career prep kick return yards (515 kick return, 404 punt return) all over his final two campaigns and totaled 3,382 all-purpose yards with 1,538 as a 2022 senior and 1,189 during his 2021 junior season
– Played for four prep teams that combined for a 34-6 mark, three South Coast League titles and a 12-1 league record, and three postseason appearances, getting to the Southern Section Division I semifinals as a 2019 freshman and 2022 senior while being defeated in the opening round of his 2021 junior campaign
– Added two prep rushing scores with one in each of his junior and senior campaigns
Utah Bio
Mission Viejo HS Bio

Last Updated
December 12, 2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    5'9" 180 lbs
  • 8

    2024Sophomore

    Wide Receiver
    5'9" 180 lbs
    8