Jacob Andrew Matthews (born February 11, 1992) is an American football offensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Falcons sixth overall in the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas A&M. He is a member of the Matthews family of football players.
Matthews attended Elkins High School in Missouri City, where he was a standout offensive lineman for the Elkins Knights high school football team. He was teammates with D. J. Hayden. In his senior season, Matthews was a first-team all-district and all-greater Houston honoree as his team finished the season with a 9–3 record. Matthews was invited to play in the 2010 U.S. Army All-American Bowl and also earned 2009 High School All-American honors by USA Today, Parade, and SuperPrep.
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Age and birthday
Jacob Andrew Matthews was born on February 11, 1992, so in 2022 he is 30 years old.
Nationality and ethnicity
Jacob Andrew Matthews is an American.
Height and weight
Jacob Andrew Matthews Height is 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m).
Jacob Andrew Matthews’s Weight is 309 lb (140 kg)
College
Jacob Andrew Matthews attended Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) a public land-grant research university in College Station, Texas. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System in 1948. As of Fall 2021, Texas A&M’s student body is the largest in the United States. Texas A&M is the only university in Texas to hold simultaneous designations as a land, sea, and space grant institution. In 2001, Texas A&M was inducted as a member of the Association of American Universities. The school’s students, alumni, and sports teams are known as Aggies. The Texas A&M Aggies athletes compete in eighteen varsity sports as a member of the Southeastern Conference.
Draft and Trade (When was he drafted?)
Jacob Andrew Matthews is a 40-yard dash in 5.07 s.
40‑yard dash
Jacob Andrew Matthews
Family
Jake is married to Meggi Matthews.
Jake and Meggi Matthews welcome their newborn son.
Jake was born to his parent’s father, Bruce Matthews, and a mother, Carrie Mathew.
Jake has six other siblings; Steven, Kevin, Marilyn, Jake, Mike, Luke, and Gwen Matthews. His brother, named Kevin, also played as a center for Texas A&M until the 2009 football season. Then, Kevin played as a member of the Titans and Carolina Panthers in the NFL for five years.
Also, another brother, Mike played the offensive line for Texas A&M.
Salary and net worth
Jacob Andrew Matthews signed a three year contract extension worth $55.5 million with the Falcons. Matthews received $42 million in guarantees of which $26.6 million is fully guaranteed at signing. Matthews’s 2022 and 2023 base salaries are fully guaranteed and he received a $12.5 million signing bonus.
American professional football player Jake Matthews has an estimated net worth of $1.5 Million.
Twitter and Instagram
Jacob Andrew Matthews Jake Matthews (@jakematthews70) / Twitter
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