Shelterdog
Third String But Playing on Special Teams
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From now on, whenever somebody refers to a Combine workout wonder who showed little on the field as "a Mike Mamula," we should be sure to correct it to "a Clay Matthews."
Mamula was a stud on the field for BC, recording 153 tackles and 28 sacks his last 2 years. Matthews was mostly a special teamer who finally made it onto the defense as a senior. He graduated with a 4-year combined total of 54 tackles and a whopping 4 sacks.
Clay Matthews was 225-230 in the 2005-2007 seasons, listed at 240 as a senior in college, 240 at the NFL combine in spring 2009, listed at 245 at the start of the 2009 season and listed at 255 at the start of the 2010 season. During the superbowl week they were talking about him being 260 or 265.
It's pretty hard to predict that after his 10 pound gain as a 22 year old redshirt senior (from a weight he'd been holding for years while presumably working out hard at a major college strength program) that he'd be able to add another 20+ pounds in about 18 months without losing speed, quickness or agility.
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