2025 Football Roster
Roster
Wykoff, Matthew

Jersey Number 74
Matthew Wykoff
- Position:
- OL
- Height:
- 6-6
- Weight:
- 325
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Magnolia, Texas
- High School:
- Magnolia HS
- Prev School:
- Cal
Bio
Prior to Houston
High School
Personal
- Spent 2023-24 seasons at Cal
- Began career at Texas A&M (2021-22)
- 2022 SEC All-Freshman Team at Texas A&M
- 1,623 career snaps on offensive line
- 41 career games played including 24 starts
- Career starts: 12 at left guard, 9 at center and 3 at right guard
- Played 12 games and made three starts during 2024
- Started first three games of season at right guard
- 352 snaps including 314 on offensive line
- O-line snaps: 207 at right guard, 73 at center, 33 at left guard, 1 at left tackle
- 59.0 PFF run-block grade ranked second among Cal o-linemen
- Two sacks allowed in 171 opportunities
- Played 13 games, including 12 starts, in 2023
- All 12 starts came at left guard
- 758 snaps including 696 at left guard on season
- Paved the way for Cal to rush for 172.8 yards/game – its highest since 2012
- Cal rushing offense ranked fourth in Pac-12
- 63.9 PFF pass-block grade ranked second among Cal o-linemen
- Two sacks allowed in 354 opportunities
- Played in 12 games as redshirt freshman at Texas A&M in 2022
- Made nine starts for Aggies – all at center
- 619 snaps played including 568 on offensive line
- O-line snaps: 530 at center and 38 at left guard
- Earned offense’s Unselfish Leadership Award at annual team banquet
- No sacks allowed in 330 opportunities
- 568 offensive snaps were third among 2026-27 NFL Draft eligible FBS centers
- 59.8 PFF run-block grade was third among 2026-27 NFL Draft eligible FBS centers
- 81.6 pass-block grade vs. LSU (Nov. 26)
- Pass-block grade ranked ninth among Power Four centers during Week 13
- No pressures allowed in 23 opportunities vs. Tigers
- Redshirted and appeared in four games as true freshman in 2021
- 43 snaps at center
- Snaps vs. New Mexico, Missouri, South Carolina and Prairie View
High School
- Prepped at Magnolia
- Consensus three-star prospect
- No. 48 overall player in Texas per rivals
- Texas Sports Writers Association First Team All-State
- District 8-5A Division I Offensive Lineman of the Year
- VYPE Houston Offensive Lineman of the Year
- Helped team go 10-2 overall as a senior
- Helped team capture 5A-1 Region II District 8 Title
- Team went 8-0 and reached second round of playoffs
- 64 knockdowns and did not allow a sack
- First Team All-District as a junior
- Helped squad go 8-4 and reach second round of State 5A Division I Playoffs
Personal
- Nickname: none
- Hobbies: lifting, eating, and hanging out with his dog
- Dream job: food critic
- Something most people don’t know: he was born in Tennessee
- Chose UH because he is from Houston
- One word to describe himself on the field: grit
- If he could eat one food for the rest of his life: wings
- Biggest motivation for working hard: God and his family
- Favorite childhood memory was going to the zoo with his family
- Sports hero: Michael Phelps because he’s a winner and an American hero
- Most memorable athletic accomplishment: SEC freshmen all-American 2022
- University of Houston ties: McNeill, high school offensive line coach, attended in 2013 and was on the football team
- Unique fact: he was 11 lbs when he was born
- Game day ritual: none
Postgame Press Conference: Football at Rice
Saturday, September 06
Postgame Press Conference: Football vs. Stephen F. Austin
Friday, August 29
Press Conference: Head Coach Willie Fritz Previews SFA
Monday, August 25
Camp Availability: Head Coach Willie Fritz
Monday, August 04