Running back, Wisconsin, 1978
Ira Matthews
- Born
- Aug 23, 1957, in Rockford, Illinois
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Ira Matthews played running back at Wisconsin (1978). The Oakland Raiders took Matthews in round 6, No. 142 overall in the 1979 NFL Draft.
The teams in those years
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
In the NFL
First-team All-Pro: 1979
All-Pro teams: Pro Football Weekly first team 1979.
Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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