Weight 113 kg Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Career start 1999 | Name Matt Chatham | |
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Date of birth: (1977-06-28) June 28, 1977 (age 38) Profiles | ||
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Matt Chatham (born June 28, 1977) is a former American football linebacker. He played college football at South Dakota. He played for the New England Patriots and New York Jets.
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- Matt chatham super bowl atmosphere calmer than years past
- Matt Chatham Football Geometry
- High school years
- College career
- NFL career
- Retirement career
- References
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High school years
Chatham attended North High School in Sioux City, Iowa, and won All-State honors in football and baseball.
College career
Chatham attended the University of South Dakota. As a junior, he made 95 tackles and six interceptions. In his senior year he made 74 tackles and one interception. He was a double major in English and Criminal Justice at South Dakota.
Chatham received a Masters in Business Administration from Babson College in 2011.
NFL career
Chatham was signed by the St. Louis Rams as a rookie free agent but was released before the start of the regular season.
He spent the first six seasons of his career in New England, including contributing to three of the Patriots' Super Bowl victories (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX). He was known as one of the leaders of the Patriots' stout special teams. In XXXVIII, he tackled streaker Mark Roberts, who had come onto the field just before the second-half kickoff.
Retirement career
Chatham now runs an NFL informational column in the Boston Herald called "The Chatham Report" and appears every Sunday morning on WEEI with Kevin Faulk, Dale Arnold and Christopher Price. He can be found on Twitter under @chatham58. He is a regular columnist on the Football By Football website. Chatham is also an in-studio football analyst with NESN.
He has also received his MBA from Babson College and has started a creperie restaurant franchise called Skycrepers.