Matt Roth

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Matt Roth
No. 98, 53, 90
Position: Defensive end
Personal information
Date of birth: (1982-10-14) October 14, 1982
Place of birth: Villa Park, Illinois
Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight: 275 lb (125 kg)
Career information
College: Iowa
NFL draft: 2005 / Round: 2 / Pick: 46
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Tackles: 296
Sacks: 23.5
Pass Deflections: 8
Forced fumbles: 6
Player stats at NFL.com

Matthew M. Roth (born October 14, 1982) is a former American football defensive end and outside linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the second round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football at Iowa.

He also played for the Cleveland Browns and Jacksonville Jaguars.

Early years

Roth attended Willowbrook High School in Villa Park, Illinois. He was a consensus All-America pick as a senior when he played linebacker and fullback.

Roth lettered three times in wrestling (took his junior off to focus on football), where he won a state title as a senior with a record of 31-0.

College career

Roth was a two-time First Team All-Big Ten selection and an All-America selection as a senior at the University of Iowa.

Roth began his Iowa career as a middle linebacker. He shifted to the defensive line in 2002.

Professional career

Pre-draft

Pre-draft measureables[1]
Height Weight 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split 20 ss 3-cone Vert Broad BP Wonderlic
6-3¾ * 278 * 4.80 * 1.68 * 2.73 * 4.36 * 7.65 * 32" * 9'04" * 23* 16*
* represents NFL Combine

Miami Dolphins

Roth was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the second round (46th overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft.

Roth played in a reserve role in all 32 games in his first two seasons.

With the departure of Kevin Carter to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and David Bowens to free agency, Roth was named starting defensive end in 2007.

In 2008, Roth moved to outside linebacker after the Dolphins shifted to the 3-4 defense. He started 14 of 16 games.

Roth was the subject of controversy at the beginning of training camp in 2009. According to head coach Tony Sparano, Roth failed the team's initial conditioning test due to an unknown illness. Roth's agent, Drew Rosenhaus, stated in a television appearance the failed test was due to a groin injury.[2] On September 5, Roth was placed on the Reserve/Non-Football-Injury list. He was later waived on November 24 of that year.

Cleveland Browns

Roth was claimed off waivers by the Cleveland Browns on November 25, 2009.[3]

Jacksonville Jaguars

On August 11, 2011, Roth signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

NFL stats

Year Team GP COMB TOTAL AST SACK FF FR FR YDS INT IR YDS AVG IR LNG TD PD
2005 MIA 16 20 15 5 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 MIA 16 37 24 13 3.5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 MIA 13 44 35 9 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 MIA 16 53 46 7 5.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
2009 MIA 4 4 2 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 CLE 6 28 18 10 4.0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 CLE 16 86 59 27 3.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2011 JAX 9 24 18 6 3.5 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career 96 296 217 79 23.5 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8

[4]

Key

References

  1. ↑ TSN War Room
  2. ↑ http://www.palmbeachpost.com/dolphins/content/sports/epaper/2009/08/04/0804roth.html
  3. ↑ http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcwest/post/_/id/9813/49ers-put-in-claim-for-ex-dolphin-roth
  4. ↑ "Matt Roth Stats". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved 26 January 2015.

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