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| Position | Linebacker | ||||||||||||
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| Born | (1977-06-28)June 28, 1977 (age 48) Newton, Iowa, U.S. | ||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school | Sioux City North(Sioux City, Iowa) | ||||||||||||
| College | South Dakota | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1999: undrafted | ||||||||||||
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Matthew L. Chatham (born June 28, 1977) is an American former professionalfootballlinebacker. He played college football atSouth Dakota. He played in theNational Football League (NFL) for theNew England Patriots andNew York Jets.
Chatham attendedSioux City North High School inSioux City, Iowa, and won All-State honors in football and baseball.
Chatham attended theUniversity of South Dakota. As a junior, he made 95 tackles and six interceptions. In his senior year he made 74 tackles and one interception. He was a double major in English and Criminal Justice at South Dakota.[1]
Chatham received a Masters in Business Administration fromBabson College in 2011.
Chatham was signed by theSt. Louis Rams as a rookie free agent but was released before the start of the regular season.
He spent the first six seasons of his career in New England, including contributing to three of the Patriots'Super Bowl victories (XXXVI,XXXVIII,XXXIX). He was known as one of the leaders of the Patriots' special teams. During the 2003 season, he recorded his first and only NFL touchdown when he recovered aTiki Barber fumble in a game against theNew York Giants and returned it for a 38-yard touchdown.[2] InSuper Bowl XXXVIII, he tackled streakerMark Roberts, who had come onto the field just before the second-half kickoff.[3]
| Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Sfty | Int | Yds | Lng | TD | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | |||
| 2000 | NE | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2001 | NE | 11 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002 | NE | 13 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2003 | NE | 16 | 4 | 38 | 25 | 13 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 1 | |
| 2004 | NE | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005 | NE | 15 | 0 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 | NYJ | 16 | 0 | 29 | 16 | 13 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2007 | NYJ | 9 | 0 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Career | 91 | 4 | 143 | 100 | 43 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 1 | ||
Chatham now runs an NFL informational column in the Boston Herald called "The Chatham Report" and appears every Sunday morning on WEEI with Kevin Faulk, Dale Arnold and Christopher Price. He can be found on Twitter under @chatham58. He is a regular columnist on the Football By Football website. Chatham is also an in-studio football analyst withNESN.
He has also received hisMBA fromBabson College and has started a creperie restaurant franchise called Skycrepers.
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