Evan Mathis

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Evan Mathis
Evan Mathis 2014.jpg
Mathis in the Philadelphia Eagles' dress (2014)
Position (s):
Offensive Guard
Jersey numbers:
71, 73, 66, 69
born on November 1, 1981
Career information
Active : 2005 - 2016
NFL Draft : 2005 / Round: 3 / Pick: 79
College : Alabama
Teams
Career statistics
Games     134
as a starter     94
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards

Evan Bradley Mathis (* 1. November 1981 in Birmingham , Alabama ) is a former American American Footballer in the National Football League (NFL). He last played for the Arizona Cardinals as an offensive guard . With the Denver Broncos he won the Super Bowl 50 .

college

Mathis, who showed extraordinary athletic talent at an early age and also did athletics in high school and was a member of the wrestling team, attended the University of Alabama and successfully played college football for their team, the Crimson Tide . Originally intended as a center , he was converted into a tackle and held that position for three years before being called up as a left guard in his final season .

NFL

Carolina Panthers

In the 2005 NFL Draft , he was selected in the third round as 79th overall by the Carolina Panthers . In his rookie season he was used in a total of 9 games, exclusively in the special teams . In the following season he was called up in all games on the position of right guard as a starter . In the following year, he was only used once as a special teamer.

Miami Dolphins

In 2008 he didn’t make it to the Panthers team, but he was signed by the Miami Dolphins after their proper right guard injured himself in preparation. Mathis was released after seven games.

Cincinnati Bengals

In December 2008 Mathis signed a contract with the Cincinnati Bengals and played a game for his new team. In the following two seasons he ran in 25 games for the Bengals.

Philadelphia Eagles

The next four seasons he played for the Philadelphia Eagles , where he was able to establish from the start as a starting left guard . In 2013 and 2014 he was appointed to the Pro Bowl due to his consistently good performance . In the summer of 2015 he was fired after he could not agree on a new contract with the Eagles and stayed away from the preparations.

Denver Broncos

Then came the veteran with the Denver Broncos , with whom he could win the Super Bowl 50 .

Arizona Cardinals

On 16 March 2016 he signed a one year contract in the amount of six million at the Arizona Cardinals US dollars . After an injury on the fifth day of the game against the San Francisco 49ers , he was out for the rest of the season. On January 2, 2017, he announced on Twitter that he was retiring from playing football.

poker

Mathis played in January 2019, the PokerStars Players Championship , a 25,000 US dollar expensive poker tournament during the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) in the Bahamas . He reached the fourth day of the tournament and finished 35th out of 1039 players, for which he received prize money of $ 86,400. He then played a $ 50,000 side event of the PCA and reached the final table. Mathis finished sixth, earning more than $ 190,000.

Personal

Mathis is the nephew of former defensive tackle Bob Baumhower (Miami Dolphins).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Report on bleacherreport.com of 8 November 2008 Retrieved on June 1 2016
  2. Report on sbnation.com from June 13, 2015, accessed on June 1, 2016
  3. ^ Report on nfl.com from March 16, 2016, accessed June 1, 2016
  4. Report ( memento of the original from January 9, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on azcardinals.com on October 8, 2016, accessed on January 9, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.azcardinals.com
  5. Report on azcardinals.com from January 2, 2017, accessed on January 9, 2017
  6. Evan Mathis in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed January 10, 2019
  7. Report on fastphillysports.com from August 7, 2015, accessed on August 20, 2016