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| Position | Tight end | ||||||||
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| Born | July 2, 1975 South Bend, Indiana, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 251 lb (114 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Mount Carmel (Chicago, Illinois) | ||||||||
| College | Illinois | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1998: undrafted | ||||||||
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Matthew Jay Cushing (born July 2, 1975) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end for six seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Illinois Fighting Illini.
Cushing was a 1998 undrafted free agent of the Steelers who was released during camp that year. After injuries to Mark Bruener and Mitch Lyons in 1999, he obtained a roster spot. Cushing went on to increase his value to the team by serving as an emergency fullback.
In college at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, he was a three-year starter who received the Bruce Capel award as most courageous player and was an Academic All Big Ten selection.
In February 2010, Cushing was sworn in as a Downers Grove, IL park district commissioner. He has served as President of a Downers Grove, Illinois company, First Choice Dental Lab.[ citation needed ]
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