Defensive end, South Carolina, 2007–10
Cliff Matthews
Lettered 2007–10 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 83
- Height
- 6′4″
- Weight
- 268 lb
- Hometown
- Cheraw, SC
- Born
- Aug 5, 1989
Cliff Matthews played defensive end at South Carolina (2007–10). The Atlanta Falcons took Matthews in round 7, No. 230 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Honors
The teams
No defensive lines in our box scores: before 2016 they record only interceptions for defenders. His defense from other sources is below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007N | 12 | 20 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – |
| 2008N | 13 | 23 | 9 | 32 | 5.5 | 3 | 1 | – | – |
| 2009 | 12 | 35 | 12 | 47 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| 2010 | 13 | 30 | 14 | 44 | 8.5 | 5.5 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| On file | 108 | 41 | 149 | 26 | 15.5 | – | – | – | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | South Carolina | 83 | DE | ||
| 2010 | South Carolina | 83 | DE | 6′4″ | 268 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2011 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′3½″ |
| Weight | 257 lb |
| Arm length | 34″ |
| Hand size | 9¾″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.88 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.72 sW |
| Vertical jump | 32″ |
| Broad jump | 9′4″ |
| Bench press | 17 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.21 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.37 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
3 seasons, 17 games with a stat; latest team: Atlanta Falcons.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Atlanta Falcons | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Atlanta Falcons | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Atlanta Falcons | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 17 | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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