Moliki Matavao

TE·

New Orleans Saints·#80·6'6"·263 lb·Rookie·UCLA

Round 7, pick 248 in 2025

Trade value ·a 7th

Updated November 6, 2026

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Moliki Matavao is a TE for the New Orleans Saints (updated November 6, 2026).

Comps

Built like: Brevyn Spann-Ford, Eric Tomlinson, Lee Smith. Coming out: Brevyn Spann-Ford, Theo Johnson, Brandon Pettigrew.

Of his 20 closest coming out: 1 star, 7 starters, 7 backups, 5 didn't stick.

Moliki Matavao Injury StatusNot listed

Moliki Matavao is not on the injury report as of Nov 6. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

This season

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0 fantasy points a game. Every game on the Game Log, every season on Career. Advanced numbers are EPA and Next Gen Stats.

Contract2026 cap

2025 Cap Hit

$1.0M

APY

$0.9M/yr

Years on Deal

Signed

2025

Est. Value

$3.6M/yr

underpaid by $2.6M/yr

Every year of the deal, the dead money and what a cut or trade saves on the Contract tab.

Draft & College

Round 7, pick 248 to the New Orleans Saints in 2025, out of UCLA (Big Ten). He went about where consensus had him.

Taken#248

Consensus board251st

Our college model#10 TE

In college, 2021-2024, 38 games: 75 rec, 1,031 yds, 6 TD, 13.7 yds/rec. Coming out: RAS 6.6, 4.81s 40 yd, 32" vertical, 114" broad.

Recruited

Class of 2021 · Tight end · High school: Liberty, Henderson, NV

Recruiting sites

★★★★★

No. 160 in the nation. Composite 0.9324, the recruiting sites' average

Committed to

Oregon

His full list of offers is not on our record yet; offers for the 2021 class are still being added.