Aubrey Matthews
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| Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Born: | September 15, 1962 Pascagoula, Mississippi, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 165 lb (75 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Moss Point (MS) | ||||||||
| College: | Delta State | ||||||||
| Undrafted: | 1984 | ||||||||
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Aubrey Derrod Matthews (born September 15, 1962) is a former professional football player in the National Football League (NFL).
Career
[edit]Matthews, a wide receiver from Delta State University and a junior college transfer from Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College, was undrafted, but played 11 NFL seasons for the Atlanta Falcons, the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions.[1] He began his professional football career with the Jacksonville Bulls of the USFL.[2] He was inducted into the Delta State University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2004[3] and the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Hall of Fame in 2023.[4]
NFL career statistics
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| Bold | Career high |
Regular season
[edit]| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | |||||
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| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 1986 | ATL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| 1987 | ATL | 12 | 6 | 32 | 537 | 16.8 | 57 | 3 |
| 1988 | ATL | 4 | 0 | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 21 | 0 |
| GNB | 7 | 2 | 15 | 167 | 11.1 | 25 | 2 | |
| 1989 | GNB | 13 | 3 | 18 | 200 | 11.1 | 25 | 0 |
| 1990 | DET | 13 | 6 | 30 | 349 | 11.6 | 52 | 1 |
| 1991 | DET | 1 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 |
| 1992 | DET | 13 | 0 | 9 | 137 | 15.2 | 24 | 0 |
| 1993 | DET | 14 | 2 | 11 | 171 | 15.5 | 40 | 0 |
| 1994 | DET | 14 | 3 | 29 | 359 | 12.4 | 33 | 3 |
| 1995 | DET | 11 | 0 | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | DET | 16 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 21 | 0 |
| 122 | 23 | 160 | 2,112 | 13.2 | 57 | 9 | ||
Playoffs
[edit]| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | |||||
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| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 1991 | DET | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | DET | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | DET | 1 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 22 | 0 |
| 1995 | DET | 1 | 0 | 7 | 73 | 10.4 | 23 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | 10 | 109 | 10.9 | 23 | 0 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "Aubrey Matthews". ESPN. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
- ^ "Aubrey Matthews USFL Statistics". USFLSite.com. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
- ^ "Aubrey Matthews (2004)". GoStatesmen.com. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
- ^ "Aubrey Matthews". MGCCCBulldogs.com. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
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