Matthew L. Chatham (born June 28, 1977) is an American former professional football linebacker. He played college football at South Dakota. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for the New England Patriots and New York Jets.

Matt Chatham
No. 58
Position:Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1977-06-28) June 28, 1977 (age 47)
Newton, Iowa, U.S.
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:250 lb (113 kg)
Career information
High school:Sioux City North (Sioux City, Iowa)
College:South Dakota
Undrafted:1999
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles:143
Sacks:2.5
Forced fumbles:1
Fumble recoveries:2
Defensive touchdowns:1
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Early life

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Chatham attended Sioux City North High School in Sioux City, Iowa, and won All-State honors in football and baseball.

College career

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Chatham attended the University 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 from Babson College in 2011.

Professional career

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Chatham was signed by the St. 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 a Tiki Barber fumble in a game against the New York Giants and returned it for a 38-yard touchdown.[2] XXXVIII, he tackled streaker Mark Roberts, who had come onto the field just before the second-half kickoff.[3]

NFL career statistics

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Regular season

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Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles
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

Retirement career

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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 with NESN.

He has also received his MBA from Babson College and has started a creperie restaurant franchise called Skycrepers.

References

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  1. ^ "58 Matt Chatham LB". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  2. ^ "New England Patriots at New York Giants - October 12th, 2003". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
  3. ^ "Man stripped to G-string and danced". ESPN. Associated Press. February 24, 2004. Retrieved May 3, 2017.
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