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Moliki Matavao

UCLA · Tight End · 2023-24

REC
55
REC YDS
789
REC TD
4

Career totals · 2 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

From 2023 to 2024, Matavao caught 55 passes for 789 yards and 4 touchdowns.

Matavao was the No. 248 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 67 overall, the 7th-highest tight end rating at UCLA since 1990 and No. 70 among all tight ends of the 2020-2024 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2025
    • No. 248 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

Moliki Matavao season-by-season statistics at UCLA
SeasonRecRec YdsRec TD
2023142832
2024415062
Total557894

Seasons with tracked stats at UCLA. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

UCLA Teammates

  1. 90Laiatu Latu2022-23EDGE
  2. 80Carson Schwesinger2021-24LB
  3. 80Zach Charbonnet2021-22RB
  4. 77Gabriel Murphy2022-23EDGE
  5. 75Dorian Thompson-Robinson2018-22QB
  6. 70Kain Medrano2020-24LB
  7. 70Greg Dulcich2018-21TE
  8. 70Osa Odighizuwa2017-20EDGE
  9. 70Darius Muasau2022-23LB
  10. 70Oluwafemi Oladejo2023-24LB

Full UCLA all-time roster

Top Tight Ends of the 2020-2024 Era

  1. 93Brock BowersGeorgia · 2021-23TE
  2. 90Oronde Gadsden IISyracuse · 2021-24TE
  3. 90Tyler WarrenPenn State · 2021-24TE
  4. 90Kyle PittsFlorida · 2018-20TE
  5. 90Eli StowersVanderbilt · 2024-25TE
  6. 90Michael TriggBaylor · 2024-25TE
  7. 86Michael MayerNotre Dame · 2020-22TE
  8. 77Ja'Tavion SandersTexas · 2022-23TE

Best college tight ends since 1990Best Big Ten players

Sources: Wikipedia (Moliki Matavao) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.