Matt Wilhelm
No. 56, 57, 50 | |||
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Position: | Linebacker | ||
Personal information | |||
Born: | Oberlin, Ohio, U.S. | February 2, 1981||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
Weight: | 245 lb (111 kg) | ||
Career information | |||
High school: | Elyria (OH) Catholic | ||
College: | Ohio State | ||
NFL draft: | 2003 / Round: 4 / Pick: 112 | ||
Career history | |||
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||
Career highlights and awards | |||
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Career NFL statistics | |||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Matthew Wilhelm (born February 2, 1981) is a former American college and professional football player and a current radio/TV football analyst.
He was a
Early years
Wilhelm was born in
College career
Wilhelm attended Ohio State University, and played for coach
Professional career
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Wonderlic
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6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
245 lb (111 kg) |
33 in (0.84 m) |
10+1⁄4 in (0.26 m) |
4.79 s | 35 in (0.89 m) |
9 ft 5 in (2.87 m) |
27 | |||||
Wonderlic and arm and hand spans were taken at the Pro Day.[5]
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San Diego Chargers
Wilhelm was drafted by the
Philadelphia Eagles
Wilhelm was signed by the Philadelphia Eagles on August 4, 2009, after starting middle linebacker Stewart Bradley suffered a season-ending knee injury. He was waived on September 5, 2009.
San Francisco 49ers
Wilhelm was signed by the
Green Bay Packers
Wilhelm was signed by the Green Bay Packers on October 26, 2010.
NFL career statistics
Legend | |
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Bold | Career high |
Regular season
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2003 | SDG | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2004 | SDG | 7 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2005 | SDG | 16 | 0 | 31 | 25 | 6 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2006 | SDG | 16 | 0 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2007 | SDG | 14 | 14 | 97 | 74 | 23 | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2008 | SDG | 16 | 7 | 51 | 41 | 10 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2009 | SFO | 11 | 1 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2010 | GNB | 7 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
89 | 22 | 243 | 187 | 56 | 2.0 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Playoffs
Year | Team | Games | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | ||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | TFL | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | FR | Yds | TD | ||
2004 | SDG | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2006 | SDG | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2007 | SDG | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2008 | SDG | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2010 | GNB | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Retirement
After winning Super Bowl XLV as a member of the Packers, Wilhelm decided to retire from the NFL. In 2013, he was hired by Cleveland radio station WKNR AM 850 to be a football analyst, co-host of Cleveland Browns Daily, and serve as a co-host for the station's Ohio State Buckeyes pregame show. He also appears on Cleveland ABC affiliate WEWS-TV 5 as a Buckeyes and Browns analyst.[7][8]
In 2016, Wilhelm's hometown paper, The Morning Journal, changed the name of its annual high school football Player of the Year award to The Matt Wilhelm Award in recognition of Wilhelm's lifetime of football achievements.[9]
In 2017, Wilhelm was announced as a member of the 2017 Lorain Sports Hall of Fame class.[10]
Awards and honors
High school
- 1998 All-Ohio First-team
College
- 2002 All-Big Ten First-team
- 2002 Consensus All-American
- 2002 National Championship (as a member of the Ohio State Buckeyes)
NFL
- Super Bowl XLV winner (as a member of the Green Bay Packers)
References
- ^ CSTV.com: #1 in College Sports Archived 2007-02-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ NCAA Football - Fresno State vs. Ohio State
- ^ 2011 NCAA Football Records Book, Award Winners, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Indianapolis, Indiana, p. 11 (2011). Retrieved June 23, 2012.
- ^ Chargers.com - Team » Roster » #57 Matt Wilhelm | LB Archived 2007-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Matt Wilhelm prospect profile". NFL. Archived from the original on June 18, 2003.
- ^ "2003 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
- ^ Wilhelm's post playing career - Lake County News Herald
- ^ Wilhelm on WEWS - Twitter.com
- ^ Behm, Jon. "High school football: Introducing the Matt Wilhelm award". Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ "Lorain Sports Hall of Fame announces 2017 class". Retrieved 3 May 2017.