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Tate Matthews

Linebacker/Defensive Back

2026 Class

6'1" Height

205 Weight

Cherry Creek School

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Tate Matthews is a 6'1" Linebacker/Defensive Back in the 2026 class. Matthews attends Cherry Creek in Colorado. Matthews's Player Profile was created on August 14, 2025. Subscribe to Prep Redzone to see where Tate Matthews is ranked and what our scouts have written about them.

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Tate

Matthews LB/DB

Class

2026

Height

6'1"

Weight

205

HS

Cherry Creek

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Tate Matthews

Matthews is the leading tackler in Colorado and with good reason. The 6’2 210-pound LB had 157 total...

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Matthews is the leading tackler in Colorado and with good reason. The 6’2 210-pound LB had 157 total tackles (55 solo, 102 assisted), 14 TFL, 4 sacks, 3 INT (1 returned for a TD), 3 FR (1 returned for a TD). Matthews has very good athletic ability due to elite acceleration, very good speed, lateral quickness, balance, and jumping. Matthews has very good read and reaction speed, consistently putting himself in positions to make plays. He has very good strength and very good tackling. When he’s lined up as a blitzer, uses his very good take off speed paired with very good get off and block shedding skills to beat the OL. Patient on RPOs, read options, and swing passes. Matthews is a hard-hitting backer, laying the boom. Very good ball tracking and catching. Plucks the ball out of the air and uses his athletic ability to gain yards. Very good range. He has relentless pursuit and will run across the field to make the tackle. Colleges are doing themselves a disservice by not recruiting Tate. Matthews is a P4 linebacker.

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