Jordan Matthews, NFL Wide Receiver
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 684 Ratings
🗓️ 20 July 2018
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Episode 131
Jordan Matthews is a wide receiver with the New England Patriots. He was selected in the 2nd round of the 2014 NFL Draft by the Philadelphia Eagles and played 3 seasons there.
In August 2017, he was traded from Philadelphia to Buffalo and spent last season with the Bills. A few months later, in April of 2018, he signed a 1-year deal with the Patriots.
Jordan attended Vanderbilt University, where he had 262 receptions for 3,759 yards and 24 touchdowns, setting many school records.
The athletic pedigree for Jordan runs in the family as his second cousin is former NFL hall of fame Jerry Rice.
On this episode of the podcast, we talk with Jordan about his passion to serve, transitioning from the Eagles, Bills and now with the Patriots, why his wife is his best friend, how an Eagles teammate helped him grow spiritually, and why he says his identity is not found in his job as a football player.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.5 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:20.1 | This episode of the Sports Spectrum podcast with Patriots wide receiver Jordan Matthews is brought to you in part by Compassion International. |
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| 1:13.4 | $38 a month. Sponsor a child today. Our guest on the podcast today, New England Patriots |
| 1:20.3 | wide receiver Jordan Matthews joins us. Jordan, of course, was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles |
| 1:26.6 | in the second round of the 2014 NFL draft, |
| 1:30.3 | 42nd player taken overall, out of Vanderbilt where he went to college and had 262 career receptions, 3,759 yards, |
| 1:42.0 | and setting an SEC and Vanderbilt school record. His 24 career touchdowns are also |
| 1:47.3 | the best in school history. And he played his first three seasons with the Eagles. And then about a |
| 1:52.6 | year ago, he was traded surprisingly so, I think, from a lot of people to the Buffalo Bills. And he played |
| 1:59.3 | that one year in Buffalo. And then this year |
| 2:02.4 | in April of 2018, he signed a one year deal with the New England Patriots. He's married to his |
| 2:08.7 | wife, Shana. They have a baby on the way, a little boy on the way. Shana is a soccer player |
| 2:14.3 | and a lot going on for Jordan, just a very generous guy with his time, |
| 2:19.8 | certainly with his podcast, but in serving others, he just finished his charity softball |
| 2:24.8 | tournament that he did. |
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