On February 11, 1992, Jacob Thomas Matthews was born. He plays offensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League. The Falcons selected him with the sixth overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft.
At Texas A&M, he played college football. He comes from the football-playing Matthews family. Matthews played offensive lineman for the Elkins Knights high school football team while he attended Missouri City’s Elkins High School.
As a junior in 2012, Matthews was chosen for the first team of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in honor of his productive campaign. The Football Writers Association of America also named him to their first team of All-Americans.
In the 2014 NFL Draft, the Atlanta Falcons selected Matthews with the sixth overall choice. Matthews and the Falcons made it to Super Bowl LI in the 2016 campaign, where they played the New England Patriots.
In the Super Bowl, Matthews participated in all offensive snaps and committed two important holding penalties that most likely caused the Patriots to win the game in the closing seconds as the Falcons lost 34-28 in overtime.
Matthews and the Falcons agreed to a three-year, $52.5 million agreement on March 14, 2022.
Is Jake Matthews Married?
Yes, football player Jake Matthews is currently married to his lovely wife Meggie Matthews. Football is a sport that Meggi Matthews is well familiar with.
She covered the Alabama Crimson Tide as a sports reporter long before she even met her husband Jake.
She was born and raised in Atlanta, is currently wed to starting offensive lineman Jake Matthews, and is adjusting to life as a player’s wife during a pandemic. Meggi may be more into the game than any other wife out there, according to their amazing love story.