Western Carolina University

2024 (Redshirt Senior): Played in all 12 of the team’s games with nine starts in the defensive secondary … Credited with 54 total tackles, fourth on the squad … Posted 28 solo stops with one tackle for loss … Had multiple tackles in all 12 games with one double-digit effort, charting 10 tackles against Campbell (Sept. 7) … Intercepted three passes, adding two additional pass breakups and both forced and recovered a fumble … Had three tackles and forced a fumble in his return from injury in the season-opener at NC State (Aug. 29) … Intercepted passes in the road win at Elon (Sept. 14) to go along with eight tackles, at home against Chattanooga (Nov. 2), and VMI (Nov. 16) … Finished with six tackles twice, at nationally-ranked Montana (Sept. 21) and at ETSU (Nov. 9) … Named to the second-team All-Southern Conference defense by the league’s head coaches … Entered the transfer portal following the season.

2023 (Redshirt Junior): Only saw action in one game, suffering a season-ending injury after starting the season-opener at Arkansas (Sept. 2) … Credited with three total tackles with two solo stops and half a tackle for loss against the Razorbacks.

2022 (Redshirt Sophomore): Played in all 11 of the team’s games with nine starts in the defensive secondary … Finished fourth on the squad with 46 total tackles including 26 solo stops with three tackles for loss including a pair of sacks … Credited with six pass breakups and a quarterback hurry … Recorded two-or-more tackles in all 11 appearances with four-or-more stops seven times … Made his WCU debut in the season opener at Charleston Southern (Sept. 3), recording six tackles including two for losses with a sack for a six-yard loss … Recorded six stops in the home win over VMI (Oct. 1) with a sack … Credited with a career-high seven tackles against The Citadel (Oct. 22) … Posted three pass breakups and three tackles in the win over Wofford (Nov. 5) … Recorded four tackles in WCU’s annual Spring Game intrasquad scrimmage.

Prior to Western Carolina: Transferred to WCU from Coastal Carolina during the summer of 2022 ... Redshirted in 2019 as a true freshman, playing in two games on special teams but did not record statistics ... Played in 22 total games between 2019 and 2021, mostly on special teams and as a defensive substitution ... Recorded 27 total tackles with 21 solo stops and six assists with 0.5 TFL on a sack in 2021 ... Credited with two passes defended ... Made his first career start in 2021 at Arkansas State (Oct. 7) ... Recorded the game-winning tackle against No. 8 BYU in 2020, dropping Cougar WR Dax Milne at the one-yard line as time expired to help secure the program's first-ever FBS Top 10 win for the Chanticleers.

High School: Two-year letterwinner for Wake Forest High and head coach Reggie Lucas ... Was a North Carolina Shrine Bowl selection ... Started his senior season at cornerback and wide receiver before transitioning to quarterback midway through the year ... Helped lead his team to its third-straight state title and fifth title game appearance in 2018, going 14-0 with a No. 1 ranking in North Carolina ... Was a part of a 45-game team winning streak ... Named the state championship MVP with an interception on defense ... Also lettered in basketball, earning team MVP honors in 2019.

Personal: Full name is Mateo Christian Sudipo ... Is the son of Christa Hardman and Ketut Sudipo ... Has a younger sibling, Kimora Sudipo ... Was born in Boca Raton, Fla., and lists Pompano Beach, Fla., as his hometown ... Attended high school in Wake Forest, N.C.