Matthew Eaton

WVU, West Virginia, FB, Football, 2018-19

Photo by: Athletics Communications

Position:
Wide Receiver
Height:
6-4
Weight:
211
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Norfolk, Va.
High School:
Pascagoula {Miss.}
Prev School:
Pearl River CC

Awards and Honors
NFLPA Collegiate Bowl (2019)

2018
Started all 13 games, catching 27 passes for 304 yards and two touchdowns … averaged 11.3 yards per catch … tallied four receptions for 32 yards vs. Oklahoma … had 43 receiving yards and a touchdown vs. Oklahoma State … had a touchdown catch vs. Kansas … tallied a career-high 61 receiving yards, including a career-long 38-yard snare, vs. Baylor … ended career with 48 receptions, 512 receiving yards and six touchdowns.

2017
A key reserve at wide receiver, playing in all 13 games … tallied 21 receptions for 208 yards and four touchdowns … caught two passes for a season-best 39 yards vs. Iowa … scored first career touchdown vs. Texas … caught a pair of touchdown passes vs. Texas Tech, snaring a career-high five passes for 32 yards … recorded a season-long 29-yard catch vs. Oklahoma State … had three catches for 28 yards vs. Baylor.

Pearl River CC
Chose Iowa State over West Virginia and Auburn … four-star recruit by ESPN … rated No. 31 overall and No. 4 WR in the ESPNJC50 … three-star recruit by Scout and 247Sports … ranked as the 97th-best JC player overall and the ninth-best WR by 247Sports … earned second-team all-MACJC honors in 2016 … tallied 37 receptions for 392 yards and four TDs … also had an 18-yard TD rush … posted seven catches for 106 yards and two TDs vs. Mississippi Gulf Coast … coached by David Saunders.

2015 at Temple
Played in two games … caught one pass for 11 yards … honor roll student.

2014 at Temple
Played in four games before receiving a medical redshirt … earned one start.

High School
Originally signed with Temple … four-year letterwinner … … earned all-state and all-conference honors as a senior … team went 10-2 and were district champions in 2013 … named team MVP after recording 44 receptions and 785 yards … also played basketball … coached by Lewis Sims.

Personal
Born Dec. 9, 1995 … son of Matthew and Wendy Eaton … earned his degree in December of 2018.