Aubrey Matthews
Aubrey Derron Matthews
Born: September 15, 1962
Pascagoula, MS USA
Position: WR
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 165
College: Delta St.
High School: Moss Point (MS)
Career: 1984-1996
Aubrey Matthews played from 1984 to 1996 during his career with the Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers and Jacksonville Bulls. Matthews caught 212 passes for 2,789 yards and 15 receiving touchdowns in his career.
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1984 | USFL Jacksonville Bulls | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 11 | 0 | 1986 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | 1987 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 | 1988 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 | 1993 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 9 | 0 |
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| USFL | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 11 | 0 | |
| NFL | 7 | 18 | 2.6 | 12 | 0 | |
| Totals | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 12 | 0 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1984 | USFL Jacksonville Bulls | 27 | 406 | 15.0 | 74t | 1 | 1985 | USFL Jacksonville Bulls | 25 | 271 | 10.8 | 35 | 5 | 1986 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | 1987 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 32 | 537 | 16.8 | 57 | 3 | 1988 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 21 | 0 | 1988 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 15 | 167 | 11.1 | 25 | 2 | 1989 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 18 | 200 | 11.1 | 25 | 0 | 1990 | NFL Detroit Lions | 30 | 349 | 11.6 | 52 | 1 | 1991 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 11 | 0 | 1992 | NFL Detroit Lions | 9 | 137 | 15.2 | 24 | 0 | 1993 | NFL Detroit Lions | 11 | 171 | 15.5 | 40 | 0 | 1994 | NFL Detroit Lions | 29 | 359 | 12.4 | 33 | 3 | 1995 | NFL Detroit Lions | 4 | 41 | 10.2 | 12 | 0 | 1996 | NFL Detroit Lions | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 21 | 0 |
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| USFL | 52 | 677 | 13.0 | 74 | 6 | |
| NFL | 160 | 2112 | 13.2 | 57 | 9 | |
| Totals | 212 | 2789 | 13.2 | 74 | 15 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | 1984 | USFL Jacksonville Bulls | 29 | 623 | 21.5 | 51 | 0 | 1985 | USFL Jacksonville Bulls | 19 | 366 | 19.3 | 46 | 0 | 1986 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 20 | 0 | 1996 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USFL | 48 | 989 | 20.6 | 51 | 0 | |
| NFL | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Totals | 52 | 1041 | 20.0 | 51 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF | 1987 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1988 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1990 | NFL Detroit Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1994 | NFL Detroit Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NFL | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | 1984 | USFL Jacksonville Bulls | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1985 | USFL Jacksonville Bulls | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1987 | NFL Atlanta Falcons | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1988 | NFL Green Bay Packers | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1990 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1994 | NFL Detroit Lions | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| USFL | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |
| NFL | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |
| Totals | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS | 1984 | USFL | Jacksonville Bulls | 16 | 10 | 1985 | USFL | Jacksonville Bulls | 16 | 1986 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 4 | 0 | 1987 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 12 | 6 | 1988 | NFL | Atlanta Falcons | 4 | 0 | 1988 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 7 | 2 | 1989 | NFL | Green Bay Packers | 13 | 3 | 1990 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 13 | 6 | 1991 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 1 | 1 | 1992 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 13 | 0 | 1993 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 14 | 2 | 1994 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 14 | 3 | 1995 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 12 | 0 | 1996 | NFL | Detroit Lions | 16 | 0 |
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