2025 Football Roster
Roster
Matthew Klopfenstein
- Position:
- Tight End
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 250
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Scottsdale, Ariz.
- High School:
- Horizon HS
2024 (Redshirt Freshman): Played in 11 games as the primary reserve tight end … Caught six balls for 62 yards and a TD … Had a 23-yard grab vs. Tarleton … Caught first career TD, a one-yard strike vs. OSU … Had a five-yard catch vs. Kansas … With Michael Trigg out due to injury, was the primary TE in the Texas Bowl vs. LSU, going for a career-high three catches for 33 yards, including a long of 17.
2023 (Freshman): Played in 11 games as a member of the tight end rotation … Caught three balls for 15 yards … Had first-career catch for five yards at UCF … Had a six-yard grab at No. 25 Kansas State and a four-yard grab vs. West Virginia.
High School: Star tight end at Horizon High School in Scottsdale, Ariz. … Totaled 42 catches for 652 yards and six TDs in 12 games in 2022 … A four-star prospect by 247Sports, rated as the 19th best tight end in the nation and the eighth-best prospect in Arizona … Rated as a four-star prospect by ESPN, tabbed as the 12th best TE in the nation and the eighth-best overall prospect in the state … Tabbed by Rivals as a three-star prospect, the 11th best prospect in the state and the 38th best tight end … Had 45 catches for 575 yards and 10 TDs as a junior in 2021 to earn The Arizona Republic All-Arizona honors, leading the Huskies to the 5A State Championship … Grabbed 17 catches for 174 yards as a sophomore … Had three catches for 23 yards as a freshman … Chose Baylor over UCLA, Arizona, Arizona State, Michigan, Tennessee, Oregon State and Cal.
