Matt Flanagan (American football)

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Matt Flanagan
Personal information
Born: (1995-03-26) March 26, 1995 (age 29)
Chester, New Jersey
Height:6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight:260 lb (118 kg)
Career information
High school: West Morris Mendham
(Mendham Borough, NJ)
College: Pittsburgh
Position: Tight end
Undrafted: 2018
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:1
Receiving yards:14
Receiving touchdowns:0

Matt Flanagan (born March 26, 1995) is an American football tight end who is a free agent. He played college football at Pittsburgh, and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Washington Redskins in 2018.

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Early life and high school

Flanagan grew up in Chester, New Jersey and attended West Morris Mendham High School. He played football and ran track for the Minutemen. [1]

College career

Rutgers

Flanagan spent the first four years of his collegiate career playing for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, redshirting his freshman season. He began as a walk-on but eventually earned a scholarship. [2] Over three seasons, Flanagan appeared in 33 games (17 starts) and had 18 total receptions for the Scarlet Knights. [3]

Pittsburgh

After his redshirt junior season, Flanagan transferred to the University of Pittsburgh for his final season of eligibility as a graduate transfer. [2] He started nine games for the Panthers before a season-ending injury, catching 17 passes for 160 yards. [4]

Professional career

Washington Redskins

Flanagan signed with the Washington Redskins as an undrafted free agent on April 29, 2018. [5] He was cut at the end of training camp and subsequently re-signed to the team's practice squad on September 2, 2018. [6] Flanagan was promoted to the Redskins' active roster on December 15, 2018. [7] He made his NFL debut on December 16, 2018, in a 16–13 win against the Jacksonville Jaguars. [8] He made his first career catch, a 14-yard reception, in the Redskins' final game of the season against the Philadelphia Eagles. He appeared in three games as a rookie, playing primarily as a blocking tight end. [9]

Flanagan was waived/injured during final roster cuts on August 31, 2019, [10] and reverted to the team's injured reserve list the next day. He was waived from injured reserve with an injury settlement on September 5. [11]

Jacksonville Jaguars

Flanagan was brought in for workouts by several teams during 2019 NFL season, but was not signed by any team. Flanagan had a tryout with the Jacksonville Jaguars on August 20, 2020. [12] He was signed on August 22, 2020. [13] He was waived on September 5, 2020 and signed to the practice squad the next day. [14] He was released on September 18. [15]

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References

  1. ↑ Dunleavy, Ryan (April 11, 2016). "Flanagan back at Rutgers practice after gruesome injury". Asbury Park Press . USA Today . Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  2. 1 2 Batko, Brian (March 27, 2017). "Pitt football lands Matt Flanagan, graduate-transfer tight end from Rutgers". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  3. ↑ Batko, Brian (August 20, 2017). "Pitt tight ends Chris Clark, Matt Flanagan might bring best of both worlds". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  4. ↑ Wilson, Aaron (April 12, 2018). "Pitt TE Matt Flanagan visits Texans". Chron.com. Houston Chronicle . Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  5. ↑ Whaley, Anson (April 29, 2018). "Pitt tight end Matt Flanagan signs with Washington Redskins as Undrafted Free Agent". CardiacHill.com. SB Nation . Retrieved December 17, 2018.
  6. ↑ Cummings, Ian (September 4, 2018). "Redskins sign eight players to practice squad, including RB Kapri Bibbs". RiggosRag.com. FanSided . Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  7. ↑ Horton, Bill (December 15, 2018). "Redskins shuffle the roster ahead of Sunday's game [UPDATED]". HogsHaven.com. SB Nation . Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  8. ↑ Svrluga, Barry (December 17, 2018). "Neither good nor bad, Redskins once again are emphatically indifferent". The Washington Post .
  9. ↑ "Redskins' Matt Flanagan: Catches on at end of season". CBSSports.com . RotoWire. January 1, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Redskins cuts tracker: Tracking Washington's roster moves, trades, rumors, updates and more". August 30, 2019.
  11. ↑ Bouda, Nate (September 5, 2019). "Redskins Waive TE Matt Flanagan From IR With Settlement" . Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  12. ↑ @AlbertBreer (August 20, 2020). "Today's tryout/visit list" (Tweet). Retrieved August 21, 2020– via Twitter.
  13. ↑ Johnson, James (August 22, 2020). "Jags sign TE Matt Flanagan, waive/injured TE Charles Jones". USAToday.com. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
  14. ↑ Oehser, John (September 5, 2020). "Roster Reduction: Jaguars move to 53 players". Jaguars.com.
  15. ↑ @Jaguars (September 18, 2020). "We have signed third-year S Doug Middleton (@21DM_ERA) to the practice squad and released TE Matt Flanagan from the practice squad" (Tweet). Retrieved October 5, 2020– via Twitter.
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