Matt Flanagan (American football)
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| Born: | March 26, 1995 Mendham Borough, NJ) | ||||
| College: | Pittsburgh | ||||
| Position: | Tight end | ||||
| Undrafted: | 2018 | ||||
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||
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Matt Flanagan (born March 26, 1995) is an
Early life and high school
Flanagan grew up in Chester, New Jersey and attended West Morris Mendham High School. He played football and ran track for the Minutemen.[1]
College career
Rutgers
Flanagan spent the first four years of his collegiate career playing for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, redshirting his freshman season. He began as a walk-on but eventually earned a scholarship.[2] Over three seasons, Flanagan appeared in 33 games (17 starts) and had 18 total receptions for the Scarlet Knights.[3]
Pittsburgh
After his redshirt junior season, Flanagan transferred to the University of Pittsburgh for his final season of eligibility as a graduate transfer.[2] He started nine games for the Panthers before a season-ending injury, catching 17 passes for 160 yards.[4]
Professional career
Washington Redskins
Flanagan signed with the
Flanagan was waived/injured during final roster cuts on August 31, 2019,
Jacksonville Jaguars
Flanagan was brought in for workouts by several teams during 2019 NFL season, but was not signed by any team. Flanagan had a tryout with the Jacksonville Jaguars on August 20, 2020.[12] He was signed on August 22, 2020.[13] He was waived on September 5, 2020 and signed to the practice squad the next day.[14] He was released on September 18.[15]
References
- ^ Dunleavy, Ryan (April 11, 2016). "Flanagan back at Rutgers practice after gruesome injury". Asbury Park Press. USA Today. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
- ^ a b Batko, Brian (March 27, 2017). "Pitt football lands Matt Flanagan, graduate-transfer tight end from Rutgers". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- ^ Batko, Brian (August 20, 2017). "Pitt tight ends Chris Clark, Matt Flanagan might bring best of both worlds". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- ^ Wilson, Aaron (April 12, 2018). "Pitt TE Matt Flanagan visits Texans". Chron.com. Houston Chronicle. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- ^ Whaley, Anson (April 29, 2018). "Pitt tight end Matt Flanagan signs with Washington Redskins as Undrafted Free Agent". CardiacHill.com. SB Nation. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
- ^ Cummings, Ian (September 4, 2018). "Redskins sign eight players to practice squad, including RB Kapri Bibbs". RiggosRag.com. FanSided. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- ^ Horton, Bill (December 15, 2018). "Redskins shuffle the roster ahead of Sunday's game [UPDATED]". HogsHaven.com. SB Nation. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- ^ Svrluga, Barry (December 17, 2018). "Neither good nor bad, Redskins once again are emphatically indifferent". The Washington Post.
- ^ "Redskins' Matt Flanagan: Catches on at end of season". CBSSports.com. RotoWire. January 1, 2018.
- ^ "Redskins cuts tracker: Tracking Washington's roster moves, trades, rumors, updates and more". August 30, 2019.
- ^ Bouda, Nate (September 5, 2019). "Redskins Waive TE Matt Flanagan From IR With Settlement". Retrieved August 22, 2020.
- ^ @AlbertBreer (August 20, 2020). "Today's tryout/visit list" (Tweet). Retrieved August 21, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ Johnson, James (August 22, 2020). "Jags sign TE Matt Flanagan, waive/injured TE Charles Jones". USAToday.com. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
- ^ Oehser, John (September 5, 2020). "Roster Reduction: Jaguars move to 53 players". Jaguars.com.
- ^ @Jaguars (September 18, 2020). "We have signed third-year S Doug Middleton (@21DM_ERA) to the practice squad and released TE Matt Flanagan from the practice squad" (Tweet). Retrieved October 5, 2020 – via Twitter.