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Matthew Slater

Matthew Wilson Slater

Position: WR

6-0, 205lb (183cm, 92kg)

Team: New England Patriots

Born: September 9, 1985 in Los Angeles County, CA

College: UCLA (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 0 (17336th overall since 1960)

High School: Servite (CA)

Draft: New England Patriots in the 5th round (153rd overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft.

Relatives: Father Jackie Slater

SUMMARY

2022

Career

223

Yds

637

2022 Games

2022 Games Table
								Tackles					Off. Snaps		Def. Snaps		ST Snaps
Date	Week	Tm		Opp	Result	GS	Sk	Solo	Ast	Comb	TFL	QBHits	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct
2022-09-11	1	NWE	@	MIA	L 7-20								0	0%	0	0%	18	95%
2022-09-18	2	NWE	@	PIT	W 17-14								3	4%	0	0%	18	82%
2022-09-25	3	NWE		BAL	L 26-37								0	0%	0	0%	23	85%
2022-10-02	4	NWE	@	GNB	L 24-27		0.0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	28	88%
2022-10-09	5	NWE		DET	W 29-0								2	3%	0	0%	12	63%
2022-10-16	6	NWE	@	CLE	W 38-15								2	3%	0	0%	22	76%
2022-10-24	7	NWE		CHI	L 14-33								0	0%	0	0%	23	92%
2022-10-30	8	NWE	@	NYJ	W 22-17								3	4%	0	0%	22	79%
2022-11-06	9	NWE		IND	W 26-3		0.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	27	82%
2022-11-20	11	NWE		NYJ	W 10-3		0.0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	26	87%
2022-11-24	12	NWE	@	MIN	L 26-33								0	0%	0	0%	27	82%
2022-12-01	13	NWE		BUF	L 10-24		0.0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	21	88%
2022-12-12	14	NWE	@	ARI	W 27-13		0.0	1	2	3	0	0	2	3%	0	0%	21	81%
2022-12-18	15	NWE	@	LVR	L 24-30								0	0%	0	0%	28	88%
2022-12-24	16	NWE		CIN	L 18-22		0.0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	23	92%
2023-01-01	17	NWE		MIA	W 23-21		0.0	2	0	2	0	0	2	3%	0	0%	23	85%
2023-01-08	18	NWE	@	BUF	L 23-35		0.0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0%	0	0%	23	89%
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Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty	AV	Awards
2008	23	NWE	WR	18	14	0			0			0	2	0	0	0	0.0	12	11	1	0	0		0
2009	24	NWE	WR	18	14	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	6	5	1	0	0		0
2010	25	NWE	WR	18	15	0			0			0					0.0	16	15	1	0	0		0
2011*	26	NWE	WR	18	16	3			0			1	1	0	0	0	0.0	24	18	6	1	0		0	PB
2012*	27	NWE	WR	18	16	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	18	12	6	1	0		0	PB
2013*	28	NWE	WR	18	12	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	11	8	3	0	0		0	PB
2014*	29	NWE	WR	18	16	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	16	13	3	0	0		0	PB
2015*	30	NWE	WR	18	16	0			0			0					0.0	17	14	3	0	0		0	PB
2016*+	31	NWE	WR	18	13	0			0			0	2	0	0	0	0.0	6	4	2	0	0		0	AP1, PB
2017*	32	NWE	WR	18	9	0			0			0					0.0	7	6	1	0	0		0	AP2, PB
2018	33	NWE	WR	18	16	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	11	7	4	0	0		0
2019*+	34	NWE	WR	18	16	0			0			0	0	1	0	0	0.0	10	7	3	0	0		0	AP1, PB
2020*	35	NWE	WR	18	16	0			0			0					0.0	7	3	4	0	0		0	AP2, PB
2021*	36	NWE	WR	18	17	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	11	3	8	0	0		0	AP2, PB
2022	37	NWE	WR	18	17	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	13	7	6	0	0		0
Career					223	3			0			1	5	1	0	0	0.0	185	133	52	2	0		0

Defense & Fumbles Table
				Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles						Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sfty
2009	24	NWE	WR	1	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0
2010	25	NWE	WR	1	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
2011*	26	NWE	WR	3	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	2	2	0	0
2012*	27	NWE	WR	2	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	1	0	0
2013*	28	NWE	WR	2	1			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	1	2	0	0
2014*	29	NWE	WR	3				0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	1	0	0
2015*	30	NWE	WR	2	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
2016*+	31	NWE	WR	3	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	1	0	0
2017*	32	NWE	WR	3	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0	0
2018	33	NWE	WR	3	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	2	1	0	0
2019*+	34	NWE	WR	1	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	1	0	0
2021*	36	NWE	WR	1	0			0			0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0	0
Career				25	1			0							0	0.0	22	13	9	0	0

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Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
2008	23	NWE	WR	18	14	0			0			11	155	0	31	14.1	155
2009	24	NWE	WR	18	14	0			0			11	269	0	35	24.5	275
2011*	26	NWE	WR	18	16	3			0			4	68	0	22	17.0	114
2012*	27	NWE	WR	18	16	0			0			2	39	0	20	19.5	39
2013*	28	NWE	WR	18	12	0			0			2	10	0	10	5.0	10
2014*	29	NWE	WR	18	16	0			0			2	44	0	26	22.0	44
2016*+	31	NWE	WR	18	13	0			0			3	52	0	19	17.3	57
Career					223	3			0			35	637	0	35	18.2	694

Kick & Punt Returns Table
				Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
2009	24	NWE	WR	1	0			0			2	46	0	26	23.0	46
2012*	27	NWE	WR	2	0			0			1	19	0	19	19.0	19
Career				25				0			3	65	0	26	21.7	65

Rushing & Receiving

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Regular Season

Playoffs

Rushing & Receiving Table
					Games		Rushing								Receiving											Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
2008	23	NWE	WR	18	14	0			0						2	0	0		0		0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0				0	2
2009	24	NWE	WR	18	14	0	1	6	0		6	6.0	0.4	0.1					0							1	6.0	6	0	0
2010	25	NWE	WR	18	15	0			0						1	0	0		0		0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0				0
2011*	26	NWE	WR	18	16	3			0						3	1	46	46.0	0	1	46	0.1	2.9	33.3%	15.3	1	46.0	46	0	1
2015*	30	NWE	WR	18	16	0			0						1	0	0		0		0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0				0
2016*+	31	NWE	WR	18	13	0	1	5	0	1	5	5.0	0.4	0.1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0	1	5.0	5	0	2
Career					223	3	2	11	0	1	6	5.5	0.0	0.0	8	1	46	46.0	0	1	46	0.0	0.2	12.5%	5.8	3	19.0	57	0	5

Rushing & Receiving Table
				Games		Rushing								Receiving											Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rush	Yds	TD	1D	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
2009	24	NWE	WR	1	0			0						1	0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0				0	0
2011*	26	NWE	WR	3	0			0						1	0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0				0	0
2013*	28	NWE	WR	2	1			0						1	0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0%	0.0				0	0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
2019*+	34	NWE	WR	18	16	0							1	1									6	0.4
Career					223								1	1			0						6	0.0

Snap Counts

Since 2012

Regular Season

Snap Counts Table
					Games		Off. Snaps		Def. Snaps		ST Snaps
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Num	Pct	Num	Pct	Num	Pct
2012*	27	NWE	WR	18	16	0	42	3%	0	0%	289	59%
2013*	28	NWE	WR	18	12	0	21	2%	0	0%	254	67%
2014*	29	NWE	WR	18	16	0	13	1%	0	0%	286	61%
2015*	30	NWE	WR	18	16	0	20	2%	0	0%	313	64%
2016*+	31	NWE	WR	18	13	0	52	6%	0	0%	226	63%
2017*	32	NWE	WR	18	9	0	13	2%	0	0%	126	51%
2018	33	NWE	WR	18	16	0	19	2%	0	0%	303	67%
2019*+	34	NWE	WR	18	16	0	21	2%	2	0%	326	73%
2020*	35	NWE	WR	18	16	0	5	1%	1	0%	332	84%
2021*	36	NWE	WR	18	17	0	16	1%	0	0%	351	80%
2022	37	NWE	WR	18	17	0	14	1%	0	0%	385	84%
Career							236		3		3191

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