Defensive line, Cincinnati, 2006–09
Ricardo Mathews
Lettered 2006–09 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 90
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 294 lb
- Hometown
- Jacksonville, FL
- Born
- Jul 30, 1987
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Ricardo Mathews played defensive line at Cincinnati (2006–09). The Indianapolis Colts took Mathews in round 7, No. 238 overall in the 2010 NFL Draft.
Team titles: Big East champions, 2009
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 | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006N | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2007N | 12 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2.5 | 2 | – |
| 2008N | 13 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 13 | 19 | 25 | 44 | 12.5 | 3.5 | 2 |
| On file | 31 | 38 | 69 | 15 | 5.5 | – | |
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 | Cincinnati | 90 | DL | 6′3″ | 294 |
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 | Pro day 2010 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′2″ |
| Weight | 290 lb |
| 40-yard dash | 4.95 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.69 sW |
| Vertical jump | 31½″ |
| Broad jump | 9′6″ |
| Bench press | 26 reps |
| 3-cone drill | 7.30 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.51 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
7 seasons, 68 games with a stat; latest team: Pittsburgh Steelers.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Indianapolis Colts | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | Indianapolis Colts | 11 | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | Indianapolis Colts | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Indianapolis Colts | 13 | 16 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2014 | San Diego Chargers | 11 | 17 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2015 | San Diego Chargers | 11 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| NFL career | 68 | 98 | 5 | 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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