Matthew Slater
 Matthew Slater (2011) |
|
| New England Patriots - No. 18 | |
| Wide receiver | |
| Date of birth: September 9, 1985 | |
| Place of birth: Orange , California | |
| Height: 1.83 m | Weight: 95 kg |
| NFL debut | |
|---|---|
| 2008 for the New England Patriots | |
| Career | |
| College : UCLA | |
| NFL Draft : 2008 / Round: 5 / Pick: 153 | |
Teams:
|
|
| Career highlights and awards | |
|
|
|
Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2019 season |
|
| Tackles | 155 |
| Kick return yards | 637 |
| Statistics at NFL.com | |
| Statistics at pro-football-reference.com | |
Matthew Wilson Slater (born September 9, 1985 in Orange , California ) is an American football player for the New England Patriots . His field position is nominally that of the wide receiver , mainly playing in the special teams as a gunner .
Career
NFL
New England Patriots
Slater was dragged 153rd by the Patriots in the 2008 NFL Draft and established himself as a reliable special teamer on Head Coach Bill Belichick's team . He regularly scores a double-digit number of tackles against opposing kick returner or punt returner and is consistently at the top of the statistics for special teams tackles. In addition, Slater was sporadically used as a kick returner himself. For his achievements, he has been voted into the Pro Bowl game of the best NFL professionals five times since 2011 . With New England, Slater won the Super Bowl XLIX in the 2014 season and the Super Bowl LI two years later . In Super Bowl LI, the first Super Bowl match with overtime , Slater played an important supporting role because he was right when tossing the coin , so the Patriots could decide to drive the first series of attacks and use them to make the game-winning touchdown.
In January 2017, Slater received the Bart Starr Award , which is presented annually to an NFL American football player who stood out in the previous game year for his exceptional character, turned out to be a leading player and was particularly active in his social environment.
Private
Slater comes from an athletic family. His father Jackie Slater was also a football player and is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame .
Web links
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Slater, Matthew |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Slater, Matthew Wilson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 9, 1985 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Orange , California , United States |