Tyrant Mathieu
 Mathieu in the dress of the Arizona Cardinals (2013) |
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| Kansas City Chiefs - No. 32 | |
| Strong Safety | |
| Date of birth: May 13, 1992 | |
| Place of birth: New Orleans , Louisiana | |
| Height: 1.75 m | Weight: 84 kg |
| NFL debut | |
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| 2013 for the Arizona Cardinals | |
| Career | |
| College : LSU | |
| NFL Draft : 2013 / Round: 3 / Pick: 69 | |
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| Current status: Active | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2019 season |
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| Tackles | 472 |
| Sacks | 9.0 |
| Forced fumbles | 4th |
| Interceptions | 17th |
| Passes prevented | 61 |
| Touchdowns | 1 |
| Statistics at NFL.com | |
| Statistics at pro-football-reference.com | |
Tyrant Devine Mathieu (born May 13, 1992 in New Orleans , Louisiana ) is an American football player. He plays for the Kansas City Chiefs in the National Football League (NFL), where he holds the position of Strong Safety and is nicknamed "Honey Badger".
On 2. February 2020 he won with the Kansas City Chiefs the Super Bowl LIV in the 100th NFL season.
college
Mathieu attended Louisiana State University (LSU) and played college football with great success for their team, the Tigers . He was able to win numerous titles with his team and has received numerous awards. For example, he not only won the SEC championship with the Tigers , but was also voted MVP of the final. On August 10, 2012, he was kicked out of the team for violating the team's drug abuse rules. On October 25 of the same year, he was finally arrested for the illegal possession of marijuana, before deciding on November 29 to enroll in the NFL Draft.
College statistics
| year | GP | Tackles | Sacks | Pass Defense | Fumbles | Blocked | |||||||
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| solo | Branch | Total | Loss yards | No yards | Int yards | BU | PD | QBH | Rcv – Yards TD | FF | kick | ||
| 2010 | 13 | 36 | 23 | 59 | 8.5-45 | 4.5-38 | 2–0 | 7th | 0 | 1 | 2-113-0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2011 | 13 | 60 | 17th | 77 | 7.5-45 | 1.5-10 | 2-16 | 9 | 17th | 3 | 4-39-2 | 6th | 0 |
NFL
Arizona Cardinals
In the 2013 NFL Draft , he was selected in the 3rd round as the 69th player of the Arizona Cardinals .
2013
In his rookie year he was used as Free Safety and was soon able to establish himself as a starter . Already in week 3 in the game against the New Orleans Saints he caught his first NFL interception. Due to a torn cruciate ligament and a torn outer ligament, he was out for the rest of the 2013 season from December.
2014
At the beginning of the 2014 season, Mathieu missed three games because of the ligament injury from the previous season. He then played the remaining 13 games and scored 39 tackles, one interception , four pass defenses and one fumble recovery.
2015
In the offseason for the new season Mathieu changed his position from Free Safety to Cornerback . But also in 2015 the bad luck with injuries remained true to him and he tore his cruciate ligament again , so that after 15 encounters, the season was over for him. Nevertheless, he was called to the Pro Bowl because of his good performance .
2016
On 2. August 2016 Mathieu signed a contract extension of five years with a total content of 62.5 million US dollars . During the season, the vulnerable defensive back had bad luck with injuries and injured his shoulder in week 8 against the Carolina Panthers . He then only played 2 of the next 6 games until he was finally put on the Injured Reserve List and his season was officially over.
2017
In the 2017 season Mathieu was a starter in all games. He got 78 tackles, seven pass defenses, a sack and two interceptions.
Houston Texans
In March 2018, Mathieu signed a $ 7 million one-year deal with the Houston Texans .
Kansas City Chiefs
On March 14, 2019, the Kansas City Chiefs signed Mathieu.
NFL statistics
| Career statistics | Tackles | Sacks | Interceptions | Other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| season | team | Games | solo | Branch | Total | bag | Int | Yds | IntTD | DefTD | FFum | FRec | PD | Safety | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | ARI | 13 | 65 | 3 | 68 | 1.0 | 2 | 7th | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | ARI | 13 | 35 | 2 | 37 | 0.0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4th | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | ARI | 14th | 80 | 9 | 89 | 1.0 | 5 | 92 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17th | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | ARI | 10 | 33 | 2 | 35 | 1.0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4th | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | ARI | 16 | 70 | 8th | 78 | 1.0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7th | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | HOU | 16 | 70 | 19th | 89 | 3.0 | 2 | 6th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8th | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | KC | 16 | 63 | 12 | 75 | 2.0 | 4th | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| total | 96 | 416 | 55 | 472 | 9.0 | 17th | 207 | 1 | 0 | 4th | 2 | 61 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Source: NFL.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ matheu talks a good game (English) espn.com, accessed on January 8, 2016.
- ↑ Player portrait ( memento from January 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on the Tigers homepage, accessed on January 7, 2015.
- ^ Tyrant Mathieu. In: College Football. Sports Reference , accessed May 15, 2013 .
- ↑ Player portrait ( memento from January 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on the Tigers homepage, accessed on January 7, 2015.
- ↑ Report on nfl.com from March 16, 2018, accessed on March 19, 2018.
- ^ Chiefs Sign S Tyrant Mathieu. Retrieved March 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Career statistics on NFL.com. Retrieved February 6, 2020
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Mathieu, tyrant |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mathieu, tyrant Devine (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1992 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Orleans , Louisiana , United States |