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STADIUM , NFL & MEDIA RECORDS HISTORY 2008 REVIEW COLLEGE FREE AGENTS 2009 DRAFT CHOICES VETERANS ROSTERS STAFF
EVAN MATHIS’ STATISTICS
YEAR TEAM GAMES STARTS
2005 Carolina .....................................................9 0
2006 Carolina ...................................................15 15
2007 Carolina .....................................................1 0
2008 Miami ........................................................7 0
Cincinnati ..................................................1 0
CAR. TOTALS 25 15
MIA. TOTALS 7 0
CIN. TOTALS 1 0
CAREER 33 15
JIM MAXWELL
Maxwell is in his third season with Bengals … Was
with Cincinnati in 2008 preseason, and played in Games
15-16 after re-signing with Cincinnati in December …
Led club in special teams tackles in season fi nale …
Has played 38 career NFL games, with prior stints for
N.Y. Giants, San Francisco and Miami … Entered NFL in
2004 as college free agent with the Giants.
2008 RECAP: Played in all four Bengals preseason
games and had six tackles, a forced fumble, a pass
defensed, and a team-high four special teams tackles …
Released Aug. 30 … Re-signed with Bengals Dec. 17 …
No stats Dec. 21 at Cleveland, but led special teams with
four tackles Dec. 28 vs. Kansas City.
PREVIOUS SEASONS: 2004—Signed May
7 with N.Y. Giants as college free agent … Opened
regular season on practice squad, but signed to 53-
player roster on Sept. 15 and played in 14 games …
Had seven tackles on defense, including a sack, and
ranked sixth on special teams with 11 tackles … His
sack was an eight-yard drop of Kyle Boller on Dec. 12
at Baltimore. 2005—Opened preseason with Giants …
Played in all four preseason games, and was waived Sept.
3 … Signed as free agent Oct. 17 with San Francisco
… Played in 49ers’ fi nal 11 games, fi nishing third on
special teams with 14 tackles and adding seven stops
on defense … On Nov. 13 at Chicago, had four tackles
on defense and recovered a Bobby Wade fumbled punt.
2006—Opened training camp with San Francisco,
seeing action in all four preseason games, and was
waived Sept. 8 … Signed Oct. 11 as free agent with
Miami … Played in eight games for Dolphins, with four
special teams tackles. 2007—Played in three Bengals
—— POSTSEASON ——
YEAR TEAM GAMES STARTS
2005 Carolina ......................................................DID NOT PLAY*
CAREER 0 0
*NOTE: Mathis was inactive for three postseason games with
Carolina in 2005.
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Linebacker
Ht: 6-4
Wt: 240
5th year in NFL*
College: Gardner-Webb
2008 Games-Starts: 2-0
Career Games-Starts: 38-1
Acquired: FA’08
Born: 8-8-81
games, following late November signing as a free agent
… Opened training camp with Miami and played in all
four Dolphins preseason games … Waived/injured by
Miami on Sept. 1, reverted to Miami’s Reserve/Injured
list on Sept. 2, and was waived from Reserve/Injured
on Oct. 9 … Signed with Bengals on Nov. 27 … On
Bengals inactive list for Games 12-13, and played in
Games 14-16 … In fi rst Cincinnati action, Dec. 15
at San Francisco, tied for special teams lead with two
tackles … In addition to a special teams stop Dec. 23
vs. Cleveland, he forced a fumble by Browns’ PR Joshua
Cribbs (Browns recovered).
COLLEGE: Started 42 games in four seasons at
Division I-AA Gardner-Webb … Compiled 306 tackles,
with 10 sacks and 30 tackles-for-loss … Had 10 INTs, 11
fumble recoveries and eight forced fumbles … First-team
All-Big South selection as a senior, and was named the
conference’s student-athlete of the year.
PERSONAL: Hometown is Johnsonville, S.C. …
Played QB and S at Johnsonville High School, where
he was named salutatorian of his graduating class …
Graduated from Gardner-Webb in three-and-a-half years
with degree in business administration, and finished his
master’s degree following his 2004 rookie season with
Giants … Married (wife Lindsey).
*NOTE: Maxwell did not earn an accrued year of experience
toward NFL free agency in 2008 because he was not
on an NFL 53-player roster, a Reserve/Injured list or a
Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list for the required
minimum of six games. He is designated a fi fth-year
player in 2009.
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