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2021
20 receptions for 514 yards and five TDs in 12 games played...Team-best 25.7s yards per reception...Caught 18 passes in last five games of the season, including nine in the last two...Four catches for 137 yards and a 90-yard touchdown catch vs. Middle Tennessee State in the Bahamas Bowl...The 90-yard TD grab was the fourth-longest in UT history...Five catches for 57 yards against Akron...Career-long 85-yard TD reception in the win at Ohio...Three catches, 57 yards, and a TD at Bowling Green...Five catches for a career-high 150 yards and two touchdowns against Eastern Michigan, including an 80-yard TD catch.
2018-20 (at Georgia)Â
Saw action in 25 games across three seasons at Georgia, including 12 games in 2019...Registered 10 receptions for 105 yards in 2019, catching a career-high three passes for 25 yards and a TD in the Bulldogs’ Sugar Bowl contest against Baylor...Played in nine games in 2020, catching two passes for 27 yards in the season opener against Arkansas...Played in four games in 2018, retaining his freshman eligibility.
High School
PrepStar Magazine three-star prospect, All-Southeast Region...247Sports.com three-star, #97 ranked WR nationally and #89 overall prospect in Florida...40 receptions for 719 yards and seven touchdowns as a senior at St. Petersburg High School...In his junior year at Admiral Farragut Academy, amassed 1,038 yards and 15 touchdowns, both team highs… Team went 10-2 and reached the 2015 FHSAA Class 2A Regional Finals...Tampa Bay Times 2015 All-Tampa Bay First Team Offense...Sun Sentinel 2015 Florida All-State Class 2A First Team Offense...Head coach at St. Petersburg High School was Joe Fabrizio...Head coach at Admiral Farragut was Ryan Hearn.
Personal
Full name is Matthew James Landers...Major is university studies.
Career Game Highs
Receptions: 5 (twice, most recently vs. Akron, 11-27-21)
Long Reception: 90 (Middle Tennessee, 12-17-21)
