Bryan Mattison - #61 - DE - Iowa - Profile

CAREER TRANSACTIONS    

■ Signed by Jets as undrafted FA 5/2/08.

BEFORE THE NFL

■ Totaled 171 tackles, 20 sacks and 33.5 TFL in four seasons for Iowa.

■ Recorded 61 tackles and nine sacks as senior as he garnered All-Big Ten second-team honors from conference's coaches and honorable mention from Big Ten media plus Academic All-Big Ten and Hayden Fry Award.

■ Named All-Big Ten honorable mention by conference's coaches and media as junior.

■ Two-year team captain.

■ Freshman All-Big Ten by The Sporting News.

■ Named AP first team all-state selection at Penn HS in Mishawaka, IN.

■ Named one of top 50 players in state by Indiana Football Coaches Association.

■ Voted best prep defensive lineman in state by Indianapolis Star and participated in All-American Bowl for high school players in January in Alamodome.

■ 2002 Indiana Mr. Football–Defensive Line and 2002 Region II MVP.

■ Named to Bloomington Herald-Times Big 33 Team and South Bend Tribune All-Area and Dream Team.

OFF-THE-FIELD

■ Wife, Julie, and parents, Ann and Greg

■ Dad is LBs coach for Baltimore Ravens and has also coached at Florida, Notre Dame, Michigan, Texas A&M, Western Michigan, Northwestern, Cornell and Illinois.

■ Sister, Lisa, was three-year All-Big East honoree as member of Notre Dame softball team.

■ Health and sport studies major.

■ Attended Taste of the NFL on 5/22/08 to help raise money for ShopRite Partners in Caring Fund, dedicated to fighting hunger in New York metro area.