Tyler Matakevich

Experience: 9 years

Height: 6-1

Age: 31

Weight: 235 lbs

College: Temple

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PRO CAREER

Has played in 129 games (one start) in his eight-year career with Pittsburgh (2016-19) and Buffalo (2020-23)
Has registered 47 tackles (31 solo), four passes defensed and one interception
Has played in 13 postseason games (no starts) and registered two tackles (one solo)
Three-time captain in Buffalo (2021, 2022, and 2023)
Leads all active NFL players with 85 tackles (64 solo) on special teams
Made NFL debut in Week 1 of 2016 (at Washington)
Made NFL starting debut in Week 5 of 2018 (vs. Atlanta)

PRO CAREER

Has played in 129 games (one start) in his eight-year career with Pittsburgh (2016-19) and Buffalo (2020-23)
Has registered 47 tackles (31 solo), four passes defensed and one interception
Has played in 13 postseason games (no starts) and registered two tackles (one solo)
Three-time captain in Buffalo (2021, 2022, and 2023)
Leads all active NFL players with 85 tackles (64 solo) on special teams
Made NFL debut in Week 1 of 2016 (at Washington)
Made NFL starting debut in Week 5 of 2018 (vs. Atlanta)

2023 (BILLS)

2022 (BILLS)

2021 (BILLS)

2020 (BILLS)

2019 (STEELERS)

2018 (STEELERS)

Played in 16 regular-season games (one start)
Registered six tackles (three solo) on defense
Recorded 10 tackles (nine solo) on special teams
Registered first career start in Week 5 vs. Atlanta; registered four tackles (two solo) on defense
and two tackles (two solo) on special teams

2017 (STEELERS)

2016 (STEELERS)

COLLEGE

Four-year letter winner (2012-15) at Temple
The Owls all-time leading tackler with 493 stops
First Temple defensive player to earn first-team All-America honors and the first Owl at any position since Paul Palmer in 1986
2015 consensus All-American
Most decorated football player in school history winning the Chuck Bednarik Award and Bronko Nagurski Trophy given to the nation's most outstanding defensive player
2015 Lott IMPACT Trophy finalist, 2015 Rotary Lombardi Award semifinalist, 2015 Senior CLASS Award finalist, 2015 American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year, 2015 Unaminous All-Conference First Team by American Athletic Conference

PERSONAL

Played linebacker and running back for coach Joe Della Vecchia at St. Joseph's H.S.
2011 All-State honoree at linebacker
Helped the Cadets to a 10-2 record his senior season en route to back-to-back state championship titles
2010 Connecticut Post Male Athlete of the Year
Set the school record for TDs in a game with five against Trumball as a junior
Also played baseball and was named 2010 First Team Connecticut Post All-Star
2010 All-FCIAC honoree
Led the team as a junior with a .372 batting average, 32 RBI and five homeruns
Full name is Tyler John Matakevich
Parents are Kim and David Matakevich
Has an older sister, Ashley, who graduated from Sacred Heart in 2012 where she was a four-year letterwinner in track and field (she holds the school records in the long jump and in the triple jump)
Earned degree in adult & organizational development

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