Jeff Matthews (football)

[billhoward]

Jeff Matthews deserves his own thread. In a story on Johnny Manziel being a smart major draft prospect QB, Jeff Matthews is the smartest QB independent of possible NFL future. http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/story/2014-04-11/johnny-manziel-wonderlic-test-score-32-2014-nfl-draft-combine-quarterbacks-bortles-bridgewater-mathews

Johnny Football is Johnny Classroom, too. If there were any doubts about Johnny Manziel's smarts and more important, football intelligence, they should have been answered with his score of 32 on the Wonderlic test. NFL Network's Albert Breer reports thats how many questions Manziel answered correctly out of 50 at the NFL Scouting Combine back in February. Comparing some of the game's greats to the Heisman-winning Texas A&M quarterback, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees each had a 28, while Tom Brady posted a 33. In this year's quarterback draft class, although Manziel was trumped by Ivy League prospect Jeff Mathews of Cornell (40), he did beat out fellow first-round projections Blake Bortles of Central Florida (28) and Teddy Bridgewater of Lousiville (20).

[Weder]

He also deserves to have his name spelled correctly.

[Swampy]

He also deserves to have his name spelled correctly.

What was the writer's score?

[billhoward]

He also deserves to have his name spelled correctly.

What was the writer's score?

Writer had a mistaken impression of what Wonderlic involved, and declined.

[Weder]

He also deserves to have his name spelled correctly.

What was the writer's score?

Writer had a mistaken impression of what Wonderlic involved, and declined.

The writer got it right. It's wrong in the thread title. Mathews.

[Josh '99]

Does anyone follow this stuff closely enough to know whether Mathews is considered to be a genuine NFL prospect, rather than just the afterthought in yet another Manziel article?

[billhoward]

Junior year, with a year more for him to show more, he was considered a definite draft candidate. His arm and IQ are assets. His athleticism is less certain.

Some analyses of Jeff Matthews:

http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/story/2013-06-28/2014-nfl-draft-sleepers-cornell-jeff-mathews-ben-roethlisberger-steelers Before senior season

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/players/1760436/jeff-mathews After the season

[Rita]

Junior year, with a year more for him to show more, he was considered a definite draft candidate. His arm and IQ are assets. His athleticism is less certain.

Some analyses of Jeff Matthews:

http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/story/2013-06-28/2014-nfl-draft-sleepers-cornell-jeff-mathews-ben-roethlisberger-steelers Before senior season

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/players/1760436/jeff-mathews After the season

Chatter on this afternoon's Moving the The Chains (Sirius XM) was that Matthews would be a nice late round pick for the Chicago Bears. His arm and IQ might be a good fit with Marc Trestman's offense.

[phillysportsfan]

I could see Andy Reid drafting him in the 6-7th round

[semsox]

I feel most mentions I saw definitely regarded him as a late-round draftee

[billhoward]

I feel most mentions I saw definitely regarded him as a late-round draftee

If you have uncertainty in rounds 5-7, everyone remembers Tom Brady was available in round 6, but not a late-blooming lineman.

[David Harding]

I feel most mentions I saw definitely regarded him as a late-round draftee

If you have uncertainty in rounds 5-7, everyone remembers Tom Brady was available in round 6, but not a late-blooming lineman.

No success here, either.  The only Ivy drafted was Princeton DT Carun Reid.  I hope someone picks Jeff up.

[ugarte]

Jeff Matthews apparently signed by the Falcons.

https://twitter.com/DraftDiamonds/status/465282019476267008

So now I hate him.

[David Harding]

Press Connects has a longer story.  

THACA — With the penultimate pick in the 2014 National Football League Draft, the Atlanta Falcons selected linebacker Tyler Starr out of South Dakota.

About 10 minutes later, former Cornell quarterback Jeff Mathews' phone rang, and it was the Falcons. Mathews was not taken in this year's draft, but he was taken just the same.

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[rmandel]

At 1:36, Falcon coach Mike Smith comments on Jeff Mathews.

http://atlantafalcons.blog.ajc.com/2014/05/18/5-things-we-learned-from-falcons-rookie-minicamp/

During the rookie mini-camp, the local commentators said he looked like a good stand-in for Matt Ryan – tall with a good arm.