Despite being a standout college football player for Vanderbilt University, which has broken and set numerous records in the collegiate and conference departments, Jordan Matthews has not quite lived up to the standards he set himself. Selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2014 NFL draft, the two-time first-team All-SEC pick got off to a great start to his pro career but has strayed from the bill since his first two seasons. Read on to learn more about his early life and career, and why he shouldn’t be written off just yet.
Jordan Matthews Bio
Matthews was born Jordan Armand Matthews Brenda and Rod Matthews on July 16, 1992 in Huntsville, Alabama. He is one of two children in the family. Growing up, Matthews watched his mother’s cousin, Hall of Famer and wide receiver Jerry Rice win three Super Bowls with the San Francisco 49ers. This and his considerable athletic ability likely prompted him to play the game of football.
The young lad was enrolled at Madison Academy in LondonMadison, Alabama, where he played both football and basketball, but he excelled at the former. He recorded 181 total receptions for 3,218 receptions and 38 touchdowns in his high school football career to catch the attention of college programs like Arkansas State, Vanderbilt, Kansas, Tulane, and Jacksonville State, all of which offered him scholarships.
Jordan Matthews accepted and attended Vanderbilt, a true freshman in 2010, managing 15 receptions for 181 yards and 4 touchdowns. In his sophomore year, Matthews recorded 41 receptions for 778 yards and 5 touchdowns, earning him inclusion in the 2012 Biletnikoff Award Watch List. In his freshman year, Matthews showed clear signs of improvement as he registered 94 receptions for 1,323 yards and 8 touchdowns to earn an All-SEC first-team selection and inclusion in the 2013 Maxwell Award and CFPA Wide Receiver Trophy Watch Lists to obtain.
As a college senior, Matthews proved his predecessor’s successes were no fluke as he recorded 112 receptions for 1,477 yards and 7 touchdowns. This resulted in 262 receptions for a total of 3,759 yards and 24 touchdowns. These were all Vanderbilt school records, while only the receptions and yardage were Southeastern Conference records. Matthews then won first-team All-SEC selection and USA Today, CBS Sports, Sports Illustrated and Associated Press All-American. He won the 2013 CFPA Elite Wide Receiver Trophy and was a semifinalist for the Biletnikoff Award.
Jordan Matthews NFL Career
Jordan Matthews has penned a four-year span he took care of the Eagles and went straight to training camp, where he is said to have made an even bigger impression on his coaches to be considered a starting spot. Matthews went on to start 10 of the 16 games that season and recorded 67 shots for 872 yards and 8 touchdowns. During the 2015 season, he started 85 receptions for 997 yards and 8 touchdowns in 12 of the 16 games he appeared in.
Disappointingly after the arrival of rookie quarterback Carson Wentz in the 2016 season, Matthews recorded career lows in yards and touchdowns, managing just 73 receptions for 804 yards and 3 touchdowns. It’s not clear if his relationship with Wentz was the reason for the poor showing this season. However, the Eagles opted to trade Matthews to the Buffalo Bills. In his only season with the Bills, Matthews recorded 25 receptions for 282 yards and 1 touchdown, all of which were career lows.
Following the 2017 season, Matthews signed with the NewEngland Patriots in April 2018 hoping to get his career back on track under the legendary Bill Belichick and alongside Tom Brady, the wide receiver was announced after a few months following a hamstring injury he suffered in training camp. released. This gave him room to return to the Philadelphia Eagles, where he hopes to find the form he was early in his career.
Height, weight, body measurements
Jordan Matthews’ height is reported at 6ft 3in or 1.91m, which puts him second alongside Alshon Jeffery and behind Mack Hollins on the Eagles’ receiver height list. Matthews also weighs 96 kg with an arm length of 33¼ inches and a hand size of 10 3/8 inches .