Matthew Amofa To Make Most Out of Walk-On Role | Pitt All 105

All 105 is a Pittsburgh Sports Now series profiling each member of the Pitt 2025 training camp roster. In order to prepare for Pitt football’s 2025 season, PSN is breaking down every player on the roster in alphabetical order. Next up is defensive back Matthew Amofa.

Walk-on defensive back Matthew Amofa enters his fourth season with the Pitt football program as a redshirt junior.

Height: 5-foot-10
Weight: 180 pounds
Hometown: Hillsborough, N.J.

2024 season: Amofa did not play in any games.

Stats: He has not recorded any stats during his time at Pitt.

Pitt defensive back Matthew Amofa during spring drills. March 18, 2025 — Ed Thompson / PSN

Camp outlook: Amofa will have another year under his belt heading into the 2025 fall camp and is someone that knows this defense well. For the Blue-Gold game in the spring, Amofa was drafted as a strong safety to the Blue Team, but did not record any stats during the game.

Projected role: It’ll be hard for Amofa to carve out a role as a walk-on who is on the smaller side. He will look to make the most out of his opportunities in a practice player role and continue to work with a younger safety room.

Amofa initially committed to Pitt as a preferred walk-on out of Hillsborough High School in New Jersey in 2022, arriving for the 2022 season. He was not highly recruited coming out of high school.

As a high school senior, he recorded 18 tackles (17 solo), an interception and defended 10 passes as a senior, helping to lead Hillsborough to a 13-0 season and NJSIAA South Group V championship — including two passes defended and an interception. He also lined up at wide receiver on offense.

He was also a letterman in track and field. According to his Hudl page, Amofa ran a 4.6 40-yard dash and 11.74 100-meter dash.