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2025 Football Roster

Profile

  • ILB
    Position
  • Sophomore
    Class
  • Pleasant Grove, Utah
    Hometown
  • 6'2
    Height
  • 230
    Weight
  • Pleasant Grove HS/Snow College
    High School
Mataira Brown
#17
Mataira Brown
ILB
Position
Sophomore
Class
Pleasant Grove, Utah
Hometown

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Biography

HONORS
Academic All-Mountain West (2025).

2025 (SOPHOMORE SEASON)
Appeared in 12 games and made his first career start at New Mexico (10/25) … finished the season with 35 tackles (9 solo), which included 0.5 sacks and 1.0 tackles for loss … had one pass breakup and intercepted his first-career pass against Nevada (11/8) …. had a career-high six tackles against McNeese (9/20) and at UNM … had five tackles against Boise State (11/28) and four stops against Washington State (12/22) in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl … had one pass breakup at UNLV (11/15) … his lone sack on the season was at Hawai’i (10/11) … had four tackles, including 0.5 tackles for loss, against San José State (10/17) … earned Academic All-Mountain West honors.

JUNIOR COLLEGE
Played in all 11 games in 2024 for Snow College in Ephraim, Utah ... helped the Badgers to a 9-2 record and a No. 5 national ranking ... led the team with 47 tackles, which included 0.5 sacks and 9.5 tackles for loss, while adding one forced fumble, one fumble recovery and one pass breakup ... had a season-high six tackles against both Butler College and Georgia Military College ... had a season-high 2.0 tackles for loss against Air Force Prep, Lackawanna College and Pacific Northwest Christian College.

HIGH SCHOOL
Recorded 88 tackles, which included 4.0 sacks and 12.0 tackles for loss, during his senior season at Pleasant Grove (Utah) High School ... forced one fumble, recovered one fumble and blocked one punt ... helped the Vikings to a 9-3 record ... had four double-digit tackle outings during his senior season, including a career-high 13 stops against Herriman HS ... had 10 tackles, including a season-high 2.0 sacks, against Lehi HS ... returned a fumble 35 yards for a touchdown against Westlake HS.

PERSONAL
Son of Sasha and Kohlyne Brown ... has three sisters ... dad played football at Dixie State and his mom played basketball at Hawai’i and Utah Valley ... uncle, Ray Holdcraft, played football at Utah ... majoring in marketing ... first name is pronounced Muh-tie-ruh.

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