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Matt Gay
K · TB/LA/IND/LV/WAS/SF · 2019–2026
Born March 15, 1994 · College Utah; Utah Valley · Drafted 2019, round 5, pick 145 (TB) · 6-0, 232 lb
Pro Bowl (2021)
Defence
Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).
| Season | Team | G | Tackles | Sacks | QB hits | Tackles for loss | INT | Passes defensed | Forced fumbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | TB | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | LA | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | LA | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | IND | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | IND | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | LV | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | LV | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Kicking
Over expected: against the season’s average kicker from the same spots, in the same weather (our frozen FG model).
| Season | Team | G | FG | FG % | Expected FG % | FG points over expected | Stabilised per attempt | Long | XP | XP points over expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | TB | 16 | 27/35 | 77.1 | 78.5 | −1.5 | −0.01−0.12 to +0.10 | 58 | 43/48 | −2.3 |
| 2020 | LA | 7 | 14/16 | 87.5 | 87.5 | +0.0 | −0.00−0.11 to +0.11 | 51 | 16/16 | +1.0 |
| 2020 playoffs | LA | 2 | 4/4 | 100.0 | 88.0 | +1.4 | 40 | 4/4 | +0.3 | |
| 2021 | LA | 17 | 32/34 | 94.1 | 87.6 | +6.7 | +0.01−0.09 to +0.12 | 55 | 48/49 | +1.9 |
| 2021 playoffs | LA | 4 | 8/10 | 80.0 | 87.5 | −2.3 | 46 | 11/11 | +0.6 | |
| 2022 | LA | 17 | 28/30 | 93.3 | 84.9 | +7.6 | +0.02−0.09 to +0.13 | 58 | 31/32 | +0.6 |
| 2023 | IND | 17 | 33/41 | 80.5 | 83.1 | −3.3 | −0.01−0.12 to +0.10 | 57 | 35/36 | +0.5 |
| 2024 | IND | 16 | 31/37 | 83.8 | 86.8 | −3.4 | −0.01−0.12 to +0.09 | 56 | 33/33 | +1.3 |
| 2025 | WAS/SF | 12 | 17/23 | 73.9 | 82.6 | −6.0 | −0.02−0.13 to +0.09 | 56 | 26/26 | +1.1 |
| 2026 | LV | 9 | 19/21 | 90.5 | 86.9 | +2.2 | +0.01−0.10 to +0.12 | 59 | 21/21 | +0.9 |
| Career | 111 | 201/237 | 84.8 | 84.5 | +2.4 | 59 | 253/261 | +4.9 |
Honours
Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.
| Season | Honours |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Pro Bowl |
Playing time
Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.
| Season | Team | G | Offensive snaps | Share of the offence’s snaps | Defensive snaps | Share of the defence’s snaps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | LA | 1 | 1 | 1.8 | – | – |
Game logs
2026 game log (9 games)
2026 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD | FG | Long | FG points over exp. | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-09-13 | vs MIA | W 27–13 | – | – | – | – | 2/2 | 47 | +0.7 | 3/3 |
| 2 | 2026-09-20 | @ LAC | W 26–14 | – | – | – | – | 1/1 | 59 | +1.2 | 3/3 |
| 3 | 2026-09-27 | @ NO | W 35–27 | – | – | – | – | 3/3 | 41 | +0.6 | 2/2 |
| 4 | 2026-10-04 | vs KC | L 27–30 | – | – | – | – | 4/4 | 48 | +1.8 | 1/1 |
| 5 | 2026-10-11 | @ NE | L 17–45 | – | – | – | – | 1/2 | 46 | −1.8 | 2/2 |
| 6 | 2026-10-18 | vs BUF | L 30–33 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3/3 | 35 | +0.3 | 3/3 |
| 7 | 2026-10-25 | vs LA | L 21–35 | – | – | – | – | 3/4 | 36 | −1.9 | – |
| 8 | 2026-11-01 | @ NYJ | W 38–33 | – | – | – | – | 1/1 | 53 | +0.8 | 5/5 |
| 9 | 2026-11-08 | @ SF | L 17–38 | – | – | – | – | 1/1 | 50 | +0.7 | 2/2 |
2025 game log (12 games)
2025 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | FG | Long | FG points over exp. | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-09-07 | vs NYG | W 21–6 | – | – | 0.0 | 3/3 |
| 2 | 2025-09-11 | @ GB | L 18–27 | 1/3 | 51 | −3.3 | 1/1 |
| 3 | 2025-09-21 | vs LV | W 41–24 | 2/3 | 56 | −1.2 | 5/5 |
| 4 | 2025-09-28 | @ ATL | L 27–34 | 4/4 | 52 | +1.7 | 1/1 |
| 5 | 2025-10-05 | @ LAC | W 27–10 | 2/2 | 36 | +0.3 | 3/3 |
| 6 | 2025-10-13 | vs CHI | L 24–25 | 1/2 | 53 | −1.4 | 3/3 |
| 7 | 2025-10-19 | @ DAL | L 22–44 | – | – | 0.0 | 2/2 |
| 9 | 2025-11-02 | vs SEA | L 14–38 | – | – | 0.0 | 2/2 |
| 10 | 2025-11-09 | vs DET | L 22–44 | 1/1 | 44 | +0.5 | 1/1 |
| 11 | 2025-11-16 | @ MIA | L 13–16 OT | 2/4 | 30 | −3.4 | 1/1 |
| 12 | 2025-11-24 | vs CAR | W 20–9 | 2/2 | 47 | +0.6 | 2/2 |
| 13 | 2025-11-30 | @ CLE | W 26–8 | 2/2 | 31 | +0.2 | 2/2 |
2024 game log (16 games)
2024 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD | FG | Long | FG points over exp. | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2024-09-15 | @ GB | L 10–16 | – | – | – | – | 1/2 | 34 | −2.0 | 1/1 |
| 3 | 2024-09-22 | vs CHI | W 21–16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.0 | 3/3 |
| 4 | 2024-09-29 | vs PIT | W 27–24 | – | – | – | – | 2/3 | 35 | −1.8 | 3/3 |
| 5 | 2024-10-06 | @ JAX | L 34–37 | – | – | – | – | 2/2 | 37 | +0.4 | 4/4 |
| 6 | 2024-10-13 | @ TEN | W 20–17 | – | – | – | – | 2/2 | 26 | +0.1 | 2/2 |
| 7 | 2024-10-20 | vs MIA | W 16–10 | – | – | – | – | 3/3 | 52 | +1.1 | 1/1 |
| 8 | 2024-10-27 | @ HOU | L 20–23 | – | – | – | – | 2/2 | 46 | +0.8 | 2/2 |
| 9 | 2024-11-03 | @ MIN | L 13–21 | – | – | – | – | 2/3 | 54 | −1.0 | 1/1 |
| 10 | 2024-11-10 | vs BUF | L 20–30 | – | – | – | – | 2/2 | 27 | +0.1 | 2/2 |
| 11 | 2024-11-17 | @ NYJ | W 28–27 | – | – | – | – | 3/3 | 56 | +2.1 | 1/1 |
| 12 | 2024-11-24 | vs DET | L 6–24 | – | – | – | – | 2/2 | 29 | +0.2 | – |
| 13 | 2024-12-01 | @ NE | W 25–24 | – | – | – | – | 1/1 | 25 | +0.1 | 2/2 |
| 15 | 2024-12-15 | @ DEN | L 13–31 | – | – | – | – | 2/2 | 49 | +1.0 | 1/1 |
| 16 | 2024-12-22 | vs TEN | W 38–30 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1/2 | 31 | −1.9 | 5/5 |
| 17 | 2024-12-29 | @ NYG | L 33–45 | – | – | – | – | 2/3 | 32 | −1.9 | 3/3 |
| 18 | 2025-01-05 | vs JAX | W 26–23 OT | – | – | – | – | 4/5 | 49 | −0.6 | 2/2 |
2023 game log (17 games)
2023 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD | FG | Long | FG points over exp. | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2023-09-10 | vs JAX | L 21–31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.0 | 3/3 |
| 2 | 2023-09-17 | @ HOU | W 31–20 | – | – | – | – | 1/1 | 42 | +0.4 | 4/4 |
| 3 | 2023-09-24 | @ BAL | W 22–19 OT | – | – | – | – | 5/5 | 54 | +4.2 | 1/1 |
| 4 | 2023-10-01 | vs LA | L 23–29 OT | – | – | – | – | 0/1 | – | −2.5 | 1/1 |
| 5 | 2023-10-08 | vs TEN | W 23–16 | – | – | – | – | 3/3 | 43 | +0.7 | 2/2 |
| 6 | 2023-10-15 | @ JAX | L 20–37 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2/2 | 56 | +1.3 | 2/2 |
| 7 | 2023-10-22 | vs CLE | L 38–39 | – | – | – | – | 1/2 | 27 | −1.4 | 5/5 |
| 8 | 2023-10-29 | vs NO | L 27–38 | – | – | – | – | 2/2 | 42 | +0.4 | 3/3 |
| 9 | 2023-11-05 | @ CAR | W 27–13 | – | – | – | – | 2/2 | 57 | +1.2 | 3/3 |
| 10 | 2023-11-12 | @ NE | W 10–6 | – | – | – | – | 1/2 | 51 | −1.0 | 1/1 |
| 12 | 2023-11-26 | vs TB | W 27–20 | – | – | – | – | 2/3 | 46 | −1.1 | 3/3 |
| 13 | 2023-12-03 | @ TEN | W 31–28 OT | – | – | – | – | 4/4 | 46 | +0.9 | 1/1 |
| 14 | 2023-12-10 | @ CIN | L 14–34 | – | – | – | – | 0/1 | – | −2.7 | 0/1 |
| 15 | 2023-12-16 | vs PIT | W 30–13 | – | – | – | – | 3/5 | 42 | −4.0 | 3/3 |
| 16 | 2023-12-24 | @ ATL | L 10–29 | – | – | – | – | 1/1 | 33 | +0.2 | 1/1 |
| 17 | 2023-12-31 | vs LV | W 23–20 | – | – | – | – | 3/3 | 45 | +0.9 | 2/2 |
| 18 | 2024-01-06 | vs HOU | L 19–23 | – | – | – | – | 3/4 | 52 | −0.8 | – |
2022 game log (17 games)
2022 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD | FG | Long | FG points over exp. | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2022-09-08 | vs BUF | L 10–31 | – | – | – | – | 1/1 | 57 | +1.2 | 1/1 |
| 2 | 2022-09-18 | vs ATL | W 31–27 | – | – | – | – | 1/1 | 20 | +0.0 | 4/4 |
| 3 | 2022-09-25 | @ ARI | W 20–12 | – | – | – | – | 2/2 | 40 | +0.4 | 2/2 |
| 4 | 2022-10-03 | @ SF | L 9–24 | – | – | – | – | 3/3 | 39 | +0.6 | – |
| 5 | 2022-10-09 | vs DAL | L 10–22 | – | – | – | – | 1/2 | 29 | −2.2 | 1/1 |
| 6 | 2022-10-16 | vs CAR | W 24–10 | – | – | – | – | 1/1 | 21 | +0.0 | 3/3 |
| 8 | 2022-10-30 | vs SF | L 14–31 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.0 | 2/2 |
| 9 | 2022-11-06 | @ TB | L 13–16 | – | – | – | – | 2/2 | 35 | +0.3 | 1/1 |
| 10 | 2022-11-13 | vs ARI | L 17–27 | – | – | – | – | 1/1 | 36 | +0.2 | 2/2 |
| 11 | 2022-11-20 | @ NO | L 20–27 | – | – | – | – | 2/2 | 58 | +1.3 | 2/2 |
| 12 | 2022-11-27 | @ KC | L 10–26 | – | – | – | – | 1/1 | 47 | +0.7 | 1/1 |
| 13 | 2022-12-04 | vs SEA | L 23–27 | – | – | – | – | 3/3 | 54 | +1.3 | 2/2 |
| 14 | 2022-12-08 | vs LV | W 17–16 | – | – | – | – | 1/2 | 55 | −0.6 | 2/2 |
| 15 | 2022-12-19 | @ GB | L 12–24 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2/2 | 55 | +1.7 | 0/1 |
| 16 | 2022-12-25 | vs DEN | W 51–14 | – | – | – | – | 3/3 | 55 | +1.8 | 6/6 |
| 17 | 2023-01-01 | @ LAC | L 10–31 | – | – | – | – | 1/1 | 23 | +0.0 | 1/1 |
| 18 | 2023-01-08 | @ SEA | L 16–19 OT | – | – | – | – | 3/3 | 45 | +1.0 | 1/1 |
2021 game log (21 games)
2021 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD | FG | Long | FG points over exp. | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2021-09-12 | vs CHI | W 34–14 | – | – | – | – | 2/2 | 53 | +0.9 | 4/4 |
| 2 | 2021-09-19 | @ IND | W 27–24 | – | – | – | – | 2/2 | 38 | +0.5 | 3/3 |
| 3 | 2021-09-26 | vs TB | W 34–24 | – | – | – | – | 2/2 | 48 | +0.7 | 4/4 |
| 4 | 2021-10-03 | vs ARI | L 20–37 | – | – | – | – | 2/3 | 42 | −2.0 | 2/2 |
| 5 | 2021-10-07 | @ SEA | W 26–17 | – | – | – | – | 2/2 | 47 | +0.8 | 2/3 |
| 6 | 2021-10-17 | @ NYG | W 38–11 | – | – | – | – | 1/1 | 32 | +0.2 | 5/5 |
| 7 | 2021-10-24 | vs DET | W 28–19 | – | – | – | – | 2/2 | 47 | +0.7 | 2/2 |
| 8 | 2021-10-31 | @ HOU | W 38–22 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1/1 | 27 | +0.1 | 5/5 |
| 9 | 2021-11-07 | vs TEN | L 16–28 | – | – | – | – | 3/3 | 54 | +1.1 | 1/1 |
| 10 | 2021-11-15 | @ SF | L 10–31 | – | – | – | – | 1/1 | 37 | +0.3 | 1/1 |
| 12 | 2021-11-28 | @ GB | L 28–36 | – | – | – | – | 2/2 | 39 | +0.8 | 2/2 |
| 13 | 2021-12-05 | vs JAX | W 37–7 | – | – | – | – | 3/3 | 44 | +1.1 | 4/4 |
| 14 | 2021-12-13 | @ ARI | W 30–23 | – | – | – | – | 3/3 | 55 | +1.5 | 3/3 |
| 15 | 2021-12-21 | vs SEA | W 20–10 | – | – | – | – | 2/2 | 55 | +1.2 | 2/2 |
| 16 | 2021-12-26 | @ MIN | W 30–23 | – | – | – | – | 3/3 | 32 | +0.3 | 3/3 |
| 17 | 2022-01-02 | @ BAL | W 20–19 | – | – | – | – | 0/1 | – | −1.8 | 2/2 |
| 18 | 2022-01-09 | vs SF | L 24–27 OT | – | – | – | – | 1/1 | 43 | +0.4 | 3/3 |
| P19 | 2022-01-17 | vs ARI | W 34–11 | – | – | – | – | 2/2 | 46 | +0.7 | 4/4 |
| P20 | 2022-01-23 | @ TB | W 30–27 | – | – | – | – | 3/4 | 40 | −1.7 | 3/3 |
| P21 | 2022-01-30 | vs SF | W 20–17 | – | – | – | – | 2/3 | 40 | −1.7 | 2/2 |
| P22 | 2022-02-13 | @ CIN | W 23–20 | – | – | – | – | 1/1 | 41 | +0.4 | 2/2 |
2020 game log (9 games)
2020 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | FG | Long | FG points over exp. | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 2020-11-23 | @ TB | W 27–24 | 2/3 | 40 | −1.7 | 3/3 |
| 12 | 2020-11-29 | vs SF | L 20–23 | 2/2 | 48 | +1.0 | 2/2 |
| 13 | 2020-12-06 | @ ARI | W 38–28 | 1/2 | 39 | −2.4 | 5/5 |
| 14 | 2020-12-10 | vs NE | W 24–3 | 1/1 | 35 | +0.2 | 3/3 |
| 15 | 2020-12-20 | vs NYJ | L 20–23 | 2/2 | 45 | +1.0 | 2/2 |
| 16 | 2020-12-27 | @ SEA | L 9–20 | 3/3 | 51 | +1.6 | – |
| 17 | 2021-01-03 | vs ARI | W 18–7 | 3/3 | 34 | +0.4 | 1/1 |
| P18 | 2021-01-09 | @ SEA | W 30–20 | 3/3 | 40 | +1.1 | 3/3 |
| P19 | 2021-01-16 | @ GB | L 18–32 | 1/1 | 37 | +0.4 | 1/1 |
2019 game log (16 games)
2019 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD | FG | Long | FG points over exp. | XP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2019-09-08 | vs SF | L 17–31 | – | – | – | – | 1/1 | 31 | +0.2 | 2/2 |
| 2 | 2019-09-12 | @ CAR | W 20–14 | – | – | – | – | 2/3 | 40 | −1.7 | 2/2 |
| 3 | 2019-09-22 | vs NYG | L 31–32 | – | – | – | – | 4/5 | 52 | −0.4 | 1/3 |
| 4 | 2019-09-29 | @ LA | W 55–40 | – | – | – | – | 2/2 | 58 | +1.6 | 7/7 |
| 5 | 2019-10-06 | @ NO | L 24–31 | – | – | – | – | 1/1 | 42 | +0.5 | 3/3 |
| 6 | 2019-10-13 | vs CAR | L 26–37 | – | – | – | – | 1/1 | 54 | +1.4 | 1/1 |
| 8 | 2019-10-27 | @ TEN | L 23–27 | – | – | – | – | 3/3 | 48 | +1.0 | – |
| 9 | 2019-11-03 | @ SEA | L 34–40 OT | – | – | – | – | 2/3 | 45 | −0.7 | 4/4 |
| 10 | 2019-11-10 | vs ARI | W 30–27 | – | – | – | – | 3/3 | 45 | +1.6 | 3/3 |
| 11 | 2019-11-17 | vs NO | L 17–34 | – | – | – | – | 1/1 | 55 | +1.4 | 2/2 |
| 12 | 2019-11-24 | @ ATL | W 35–22 | – | – | – | – | 1/1 | 32 | +0.2 | 2/5 |
| 13 | 2019-12-01 | @ JAX | W 28–11 | – | – | – | – | 2/2 | 37 | +0.6 | 2/2 |
| 14 | 2019-12-08 | vs IND | W 38–35 | – | – | – | – | 1/1 | 44 | +0.8 | 5/5 |
| 15 | 2019-12-15 | @ DET | W 38–17 | – | – | – | – | 1/2 | 46 | −1.1 | 5/5 |
| 16 | 2019-12-21 | vs HOU | L 20–23 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2/3 | 50 | +0.1 | 2/2 |
| 17 | 2019-12-29 | vs ATL | L 22–28 OT | – | – | – | – | 0/3 | – | −6.9 | 2/2 |