Mataele is entering the portal

[Utehomer42]

Well that sucks

[Tednab]

Strange .. he’s been getting playing time

[chinngiskhaan]

Meh… I’ve always wondered why he got so much PT. Not a big loss tbh.

[chinngiskhaan]

He’s been my “Why TF does this guy even play” guy for years now.

[chinngiskhaan]

Before him it was Boobie Hobbs, who oddly enough played the same position. Mataele is sooo much worse than Guidry was.

[UrbanLiar]

Maybe so, but Boobie was also a key part of one of the punt misdirection play against the Ducks in 2015. Gotta at least give him that cred!

[chinngiskhaan]

Yeah… Hobbs ended up becoming a decent player on defense, but he was not good for the majority of his time at the U.

[RedUte14]

Dude has muffed 2 punts this year.

[2008 National Champ]

The muffs were Gilmore

[RedUte14]

My bad, same number.

[RedUte14]

He plays a lot of Nickel Back. We have Broughton, Vaugh, Bishop, Ritchie, Isbel, etc. I dont believe there is a lot of room back there anyways.

[RedUte14]

And Vaki!

[Ute Dub]

Vaki is the man and will be an nfl draft pick. 

[chinngiskhaan]

Dude is a very good player. Between him and Bishop, our defense is in good hands the next few years.

[RedUte14]

And Ritchie!!

[chinngiskhaan]

Is Ritchie all that good though? He seemed to be in the right position for a lot of plays, but a step or two behind all the time. I wasn’t disappointed with his play given his inexperience, but he wasn’t a standout performer. That’s obviously not bad considering he was so new… but Bishop and Vaki have not been that way. They’ve been making plays since day 1 pretty much.

[RedUte14]

He lead the secondary in tackles his freshman year.

[RedUte14]

But I was not able to watch football that year.