Aubrey Matthews
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| Position | Wide receiver | ||||||||
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| Born | September 15, 1962 Pascagoula, Mississippi, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 165 lb (75 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Moss Point (MS) | ||||||||
| College | Delta State | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1984: undrafted | ||||||||
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Aubrey Derrod Matthews (born September 15, 1962) is an American former professional football player who played as a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Delta State Statesmen.
Career
Matthews, a wide receiver from Delta State University and a junior college transfer from Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College, went undrafted but played 11 NFL seasons with the Atlanta Falcons, Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions.[1] He began his professional football career with the Jacksonville Bulls of the USFL.[2] In 2004, he was inducted into the Delta State University Athletics Hall of Fame[3] and in 2023, into the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Hall of Fame.[4]
NFL career statistics
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Bold | Career high |
Regular season
| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ↑ "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.
External links
Categories:
- 1962 births
- Living people
- Players of American football from Moss Point, Mississippi
- American football wide receivers
- Delta State Statesmen football players
- Jacksonville Bulls players
- Atlanta Falcons players
- Green Bay Packers players
- Detroit Lions players
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- Moss Point High School alumni
- American football wide receiver, 1960s birth stubs