Temple University Athletics
2015 Football Roster
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Matakevich, Tyler
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Jersey Number 8
Tyler Matakevich
- Position:
- Linebacker
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 232
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Stratford, Conn.
- High School:
- St. Joseph's
Bio
A four-year letter winner ('12, '13, '14, '15)
Temple's all-time leading tackler with 493 stops ... became the first Temple defensive player to earn first-team All-America honors and the first Owl at any position since Paul Palmer in 1986 ... was a consensus All-American ... the most decorated football player in school history winning the Chuck Bednarik Award and Bronko Nagurski Trophy given to the nation's most outstanding defensive player.
Honors: 2015 - Chuck Bednarik Award winner ... Bronko Nagurksi Trophy WInner ... Lott IMPACT Trophy finalist ... Rotary Lombardi Award semifinalist ... Senior CLASS Award finalist ... American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year ... Unaminous All-Conference First Team by American Athletic Conference ... Under-Armour Student-Athlete of the Month (Oct, Nov) ... Maxwell Football Club Bednarik Award Player of the Week (9/5) ... Lott IMPACT Award Player of the Week (10/31) ... American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week (9/5, 9/12, 10/24, 11/28) ... American Athletic Conference Honor Roll (11/21) ... ECAC Defensive Player of the Week Honors (9/12) ... Eastern Football/Metro NY Football Writers Co-Defensive Player of the Week, (10/31) ... Under-Armour Student-Athlete of the Week (9/7-9/13, 11/22-11/29) ... College Sports Madness’ AAC Defensive Player of the Week (9/5, 9/12, 10/24) ... Preseason All-Conference First Team, Phil Steele and Athlon ... 2014 - All-Conference First Team by American Athletic Conference ... All-AAC Second Team by College Sports Madness ...American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... Bednarik Award Watch List by Maxwell Football Club ... Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List ... Butkus Award Watch List ... Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List ... CFPA Linebacker Trophy Watch List ... Midseason All-AAC First Team by Phil Steele Publications ... Under Armour OwlSports.com Athlete of the Week (12/8) ... Defensive Play of the Week by the American Athletic Conference (12/6 at Tulane) ... Honorable Mention Player of the Week by American Athletic Conference (11/1 vs. East Carolina) ... Preseason All-American Fourth Team by Phil Steele Publications ... Preseason All-AAC First Team by Phil Steele Publications ... Preseason All-AAC First Team by Athlon Sports ... Preseason All-AAC First Team by College Sports Madness ... 2013 - first team All-Conference by American Athletic Conference and Sporting News ... honorable mention All-American by Sports Illustrrated ... first team All-Sophomore team by College Football News ... Temple Student Athlete of the Week (9/30-10/6) ... preseason first-team All-American Athletic Conference selection by Phil Steele’s College Football … preseason second-team All-American Athletic Conference by Athlon Sports … CFPA Watch List … 2012 - FWAA Freshman All-American … Big East Rookie of the Year … second-team All-Big East … ECAC Defensive Rookie of the Year … CBSSports.com Big East All-Conference Team … Big East Freshman of the Year by College Sports Madness … second-team All-Big East by College Sports Madness … MNYFWA National Rookie of the Week (10/17) … Big East Weekly Honor Roll (10/8, 10/15) … CFP Honorable Mention Linebacker of the Week (10/7).
2015 (Senior): Only player in FBS to lead his team in tackles every game ... eclipsed the 100+ tackle plateau for the fourth season, becoming just the seventh NCAA player to accomplish that feat ... along with Kyle Friend, became the first three-time captain in program history ... against Penn State, had career-high three sacks ... collected career-high two INTs and one pass broken up and was part of senior class that defeated preseason conference favorite Cincinnati for the first time in four tries ... collected 400th career tackle against UCF ... first sack and INT game at East Carolina ... took over 2nd place in all-time tackles against #9 Notre Dame.
2014 (Junior): Team captain ... finshed the season with 88 solo tackles, which led the American Athletic Conference ... sacked QB Chandler Whitmer in the end zone to record the first safety of the year at UConn ... tied a school record 16 solo tackles vs. East Carolina ... INT’d QB Christian Hackenberg and returned it 47-yards at Penn State ... led the team with 16 tackles, 13 solo and three for a loss at Tulane.
2013 (Sophomore): Led the NCAA with 8.8 solo tackles per game and, with 11.4 total stops per game trailed only San Jose State’s Keith Smith (13.3) … had 10+ tackles in 7 of 12 games ... passed the 100 tackle plateau by week 8 ... his 137 season tackles rank 7th best all-time in Temple record books ... set school and conference record with 24 tackles at Idaho … recorded his first career INT vs. Army ... wore #8 as one of the team’s toughest players after wearing #32 as a freshman.
2012 (Freshman): One of 14 true freshmen to see game action and one of just four true freshmen to earn a starting role … one of just three true freshmen to play in every game … started at MLB and also played on the kickoff return unit … became the first freshman in school history to record 100 tackles … finished season as Temple leader with 101 tackles, including 67 solo stops, three TFL, three break-ups, two fumble recoveries, and a forced fumble … finished fourth in the Big East in tackles (9.2) … had double-digit tackles in five consecutive games ... was the Owls leading tackler in each of the final 8 games … tallied 15 tackles, including 12 solo stops and two TFL, in the win over South Florida, his first collegiate start … mid-year student who enrolled at Temple in January 2012.
Prep School: Played linebacker for coach Bill Chaplick at Milford Academy for one season ... ranked #38 LB in the country by 247Sports … also ranked the #10 recruit in the state of New York and the #5 outside linebacker.
High School: Played LB and RB for coach Joe Della Vecchia at St. Joseph’s HS … 2011 All-State honoree at LB … helped the Cadets to a 10-2 record his senior season en route to back-to-back state championship titles … 2010 Connecticut Post Male Athlete of the Year … set the school record for touchdowns in a game with five against Trumball as a junior … also played baseball … 2010 first-team Connecticut Post All-Star … 2010 All-FCIAC honoree … led the team as a junior with a.372 batting average, 32 RBI, and five homeruns.
Personal: Born Tyler John Matakevich on 12/22/92 … parents are Kim and David Matakevich … has an older sister, Ashley (23), who graduated from Sacred Heart in 2012 where she was a four-year letterwinner in track and field … she holds the school records in the long jump and in the triple jump … earned degree in adult & organizational development.
Temple's all-time leading tackler with 493 stops ... became the first Temple defensive player to earn first-team All-America honors and the first Owl at any position since Paul Palmer in 1986 ... was a consensus All-American ... the most decorated football player in school history winning the Chuck Bednarik Award and Bronko Nagurski Trophy given to the nation's most outstanding defensive player.
Honors: 2015 - Chuck Bednarik Award winner ... Bronko Nagurksi Trophy WInner ... Lott IMPACT Trophy finalist ... Rotary Lombardi Award semifinalist ... Senior CLASS Award finalist ... American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year ... Unaminous All-Conference First Team by American Athletic Conference ... Under-Armour Student-Athlete of the Month (Oct, Nov) ... Maxwell Football Club Bednarik Award Player of the Week (9/5) ... Lott IMPACT Award Player of the Week (10/31) ... American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Week (9/5, 9/12, 10/24, 11/28) ... American Athletic Conference Honor Roll (11/21) ... ECAC Defensive Player of the Week Honors (9/12) ... Eastern Football/Metro NY Football Writers Co-Defensive Player of the Week, (10/31) ... Under-Armour Student-Athlete of the Week (9/7-9/13, 11/22-11/29) ... College Sports Madness’ AAC Defensive Player of the Week (9/5, 9/12, 10/24) ... Preseason All-Conference First Team, Phil Steele and Athlon ... 2014 - All-Conference First Team by American Athletic Conference ... All-AAC Second Team by College Sports Madness ...American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team ... Bednarik Award Watch List by Maxwell Football Club ... Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List ... Butkus Award Watch List ... Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List ... CFPA Linebacker Trophy Watch List ... Midseason All-AAC First Team by Phil Steele Publications ... Under Armour OwlSports.com Athlete of the Week (12/8) ... Defensive Play of the Week by the American Athletic Conference (12/6 at Tulane) ... Honorable Mention Player of the Week by American Athletic Conference (11/1 vs. East Carolina) ... Preseason All-American Fourth Team by Phil Steele Publications ... Preseason All-AAC First Team by Phil Steele Publications ... Preseason All-AAC First Team by Athlon Sports ... Preseason All-AAC First Team by College Sports Madness ... 2013 - first team All-Conference by American Athletic Conference and Sporting News ... honorable mention All-American by Sports Illustrrated ... first team All-Sophomore team by College Football News ... Temple Student Athlete of the Week (9/30-10/6) ... preseason first-team All-American Athletic Conference selection by Phil Steele’s College Football … preseason second-team All-American Athletic Conference by Athlon Sports … CFPA Watch List … 2012 - FWAA Freshman All-American … Big East Rookie of the Year … second-team All-Big East … ECAC Defensive Rookie of the Year … CBSSports.com Big East All-Conference Team … Big East Freshman of the Year by College Sports Madness … second-team All-Big East by College Sports Madness … MNYFWA National Rookie of the Week (10/17) … Big East Weekly Honor Roll (10/8, 10/15) … CFP Honorable Mention Linebacker of the Week (10/7).
2015 (Senior): Only player in FBS to lead his team in tackles every game ... eclipsed the 100+ tackle plateau for the fourth season, becoming just the seventh NCAA player to accomplish that feat ... along with Kyle Friend, became the first three-time captain in program history ... against Penn State, had career-high three sacks ... collected career-high two INTs and one pass broken up and was part of senior class that defeated preseason conference favorite Cincinnati for the first time in four tries ... collected 400th career tackle against UCF ... first sack and INT game at East Carolina ... took over 2nd place in all-time tackles against #9 Notre Dame.
2014 (Junior): Team captain ... finshed the season with 88 solo tackles, which led the American Athletic Conference ... sacked QB Chandler Whitmer in the end zone to record the first safety of the year at UConn ... tied a school record 16 solo tackles vs. East Carolina ... INT’d QB Christian Hackenberg and returned it 47-yards at Penn State ... led the team with 16 tackles, 13 solo and three for a loss at Tulane.
2013 (Sophomore): Led the NCAA with 8.8 solo tackles per game and, with 11.4 total stops per game trailed only San Jose State’s Keith Smith (13.3) … had 10+ tackles in 7 of 12 games ... passed the 100 tackle plateau by week 8 ... his 137 season tackles rank 7th best all-time in Temple record books ... set school and conference record with 24 tackles at Idaho … recorded his first career INT vs. Army ... wore #8 as one of the team’s toughest players after wearing #32 as a freshman.
2012 (Freshman): One of 14 true freshmen to see game action and one of just four true freshmen to earn a starting role … one of just three true freshmen to play in every game … started at MLB and also played on the kickoff return unit … became the first freshman in school history to record 100 tackles … finished season as Temple leader with 101 tackles, including 67 solo stops, three TFL, three break-ups, two fumble recoveries, and a forced fumble … finished fourth in the Big East in tackles (9.2) … had double-digit tackles in five consecutive games ... was the Owls leading tackler in each of the final 8 games … tallied 15 tackles, including 12 solo stops and two TFL, in the win over South Florida, his first collegiate start … mid-year student who enrolled at Temple in January 2012.
Prep School: Played linebacker for coach Bill Chaplick at Milford Academy for one season ... ranked #38 LB in the country by 247Sports … also ranked the #10 recruit in the state of New York and the #5 outside linebacker.
High School: Played LB and RB for coach Joe Della Vecchia at St. Joseph’s HS … 2011 All-State honoree at LB … helped the Cadets to a 10-2 record his senior season en route to back-to-back state championship titles … 2010 Connecticut Post Male Athlete of the Year … set the school record for touchdowns in a game with five against Trumball as a junior … also played baseball … 2010 first-team Connecticut Post All-Star … 2010 All-FCIAC honoree … led the team as a junior with a.372 batting average, 32 RBI, and five homeruns.
Personal: Born Tyler John Matakevich on 12/22/92 … parents are Kim and David Matakevich … has an older sister, Ashley (23), who graduated from Sacred Heart in 2012 where she was a four-year letterwinner in track and field … she holds the school records in the long jump and in the triple jump … earned degree in adult & organizational development.
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