1. Tyrann Devine Mathieu is an American professional football safety for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League.
71 Facts About Tyrann Mathieu
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Tyrann Mathieu has been selected to the first-team All-Pro team three times and the second-team All-Pro team once, having been selected to both in 2019.
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Tyrann Mathieu has played for the Houston Texans and Kansas City Chiefs, where he was a member of the team that won Super Bowl LIV.
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Tyrann Mathieu recorded 32 tackles, five interceptions, one sack and one fumble recovery as a senior.
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Tyrann Mathieu was one of the state's top performers in the long jump.
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Tyrann Mathieu had personal-best leaps of 1.93 meters in the high jump and 7.29 meters in the long jump.
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Tyrann Mathieu accepted an athletic scholarship to attend Louisiana State University, where he played for coach Les Miles's LSU Tigers football team from 2010 to 2011.
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Tyrann Mathieu finished the season with 57 tackles, 4.5 sacks, and two interceptions.
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On October 19,2011, Tyrann Mathieu was suspended for one game following a violation of LSU's drug policy.
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Tyrann Mathieu was named the most valuable player of the 2011 SEC Championship Game.
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Tyrann Mathieu earned the nickname "the Honey Badger" for his tenacious ability to play extremely tough football against much larger opponents as well as his dyed patch of blond hair on the top of his head in his college days which resembled the blond patch of hair on the back of a honey badger.
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On December 8,2011, Tyrann Mathieu was awarded the Chuck Bednarik Award, given to the year's best defensive player in college football.
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Tyrann Mathieu had formerly expressed an interest in returning to the program for the 2013 season.
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However, on September 4,2012, Tyrann Mathieu ended his withdrawal and enrolled for fall semester classes.
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On November 29,2012, it was announced that Tyrann Mathieu would enter the NFL draft.
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Tyrann Mathieu participated at the 2013 NFL Scouting Combine on February 26,2013.
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Tyrann Mathieu ran a 4.50 40-yard dash, had 4 reps of 225 pounds, a 34-inch vertical, and a 117-inch broad jump.
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Tyrann Mathieu later participated at his pro day on March 27,2013.
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On November 29,2012, Tyrann Mathieu stated his intentions to enter the 2013 NFL Draft.
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Tyrann Mathieu attended the NFL Combine and completed all of the combine and positional drills.
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On March 28,2013, Tyrann Mathieu attended LSU's pro day, but chose to stand on his combine numbers and only performed positional drills.
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Tyrann Mathieu was projected to be a second or third round pick by the majority of NFL draft experts and scouts.
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On May 10,2013, Tyrann Mathieu stated during an interview while watching former teammates practice at the Senior Bowl that he wanted to remove himself from any association with his "Honey Badger" nickname.
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Tyrann Mathieu competed to be a starting free safety against Yeremiah Bell and Rashad Johnson.
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Tyrann Mathieu made his first career regular-season tackle and forced a fumble on St Louis Rams' tight end Jared Cook before Cook crossed into the endzone for a touchdown and it was recovered by Cardinals' linebacker Karlos Dansby for a touchback in the first quarter.
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In Week 4, Tyrann Mathieu earned his first career start at free safety and remained the starter for the rest of the season after Rashad Johnson sustained an injury to his finger while covering a punt the previous week.
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On December 10,2013, the Arizona Cardinals placed Tyrann Mathieu on injured reserve officially ending his rookie season as he was inactive for the last three games.
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Tyrann Mathieu completed his rookie season in 2013 with 68 combined tackles, nine pass deflections, two interceptions, a sack, and a forced fumble in 13 games and 11 starts.
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Tyrann Mathieu was not able to participate in training camp due to his recovery.
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Tyrann Mathieu was inactive for the Cardinals' season opener but joined the team in Week 2.
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In Week 10, Tyrann Mathieu became the starting free safety and replaced Tony Jefferson in the starting lineup.
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Tyrann Mathieu underwent surgery on his thumb and was expected to miss two games.
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Tyrann Mathieu finished the season with 39 combined tackles, four pass deflections, an interception, and a fumble recovery in 13 games and six starts.
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Tyrann Mathieu unfortunately tore his ACL during the interception and missed the last two games of the season.
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Tyrann Mathieu was named to his first Pro bowl after the season and was named by the Associated Press as a first-team All-Pro safety.
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Tyrann Mathieu was ranked 28th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2016.
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Tyrann Mathieu finished the season with a total of 89 combined tackles, 17 pass deflections, five interceptions, one sack, a forced fumble, and one touchdown in 14 games and 14 starts.
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Tyrann Mathieu received the highest overall grade of 91.6 from Pro Football Focus, which was the highest among all teammates on the Arizona Cardinals.
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Tyrann Mathieu missed training camp as he was still recovering from undergoing surgery to repair his torn ACL.
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Tyrann Mathieu was ruled out for three to six weeks.
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Tyrann Mathieu was inactive for the next two games.
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Tyrann Mathieu returned in Week 12, but subsequently missed another two games after aggravating his shoulder injury.
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Tyrann Mathieu finished the 2016 NFL season with a total of 35 combined tackles, four pass deflections, one interception, one sack, and a forced fumble in ten games and ten starts.
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Tyrann Mathieu entered training camp slated as the de facto starting free safety.
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Tyrann Mathieu returned as the starting free safety to begin the season, alongside strong safety Antoine Bethea.
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Tyrann Mathieu started all 16 games in 2017 and had a total of 78 combined tackles, seven pass deflections, two interceptions, a forced fumble, and a sack.
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On March 14,2018, Tyrann Mathieu was released by the Cardinals after refusing to take a pay cut.
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Tyrann Mathieu entered training camp as the de facto starting free safety, replacing Marcus Gilchrist who departed in free agency.
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Tyrann Mathieu started in all 16 games and finished with a total of 89 combined tackles, eight pass deflections, a career-high three sacks, a fumble recovery, and two interceptions.
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Tyrann Mathieu entered training camp projected to earn the role as the starting strong safety, as the successor to Eric Berry.
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Tyrann Mathieu finished with 75 combined tackles, four interceptions, 12 passes defended, and two sacks.
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Tyrann Mathieu earned his first and only Super Bowl ring of his career.
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Tyrann Mathieu was ranked 39th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2020.
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Tyrann Mathieu began training camp as the starting strong safety under defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo.
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Tyrann Mathieu was inactive as a healthy scratch for the Chiefs' Week 17 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers as head coach Andy Reid opted to rest the starting lineup as they had already clinched a playoff berth.
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Tyrann Mathieu finished the 2020 season with 62 combined tackles, nine passes defended, one fumble recovery, a career-high six interceptions, and a touchdown in 15 games and 15 starts.
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Tyrann Mathieu earned his first Pro Bowl nomination since the 2015 season.
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Tyrann Mathieu was ranked 58th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2021.
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Tyrann Mathieu returned as the starting strong safety to begin the regular season and was paired with free safety Daniel Sorensen.
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Tyrann Mathieu finished the season with 76 combined tackles, three interceptions, six passes defended, three fumble recoveries, and one touchdown in 16 games and 16 starts.
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Tyrann Mathieu was named to his third career Pro Bowl.
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Tyrann Mathieu was ranked 70th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2022.
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Tyrann Mathieu entered free agency at the conclusion of the 2021 NFL season and publicly expressed his desire to remain with the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Tyrann Mathieu has a virtual meeting with the Philadelphia Eagles.
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On March 5,2022, Tyrann Mathieu returned home to Louisiana and met with the New Orleans Saints during his trip to his hometown of New Orleans.
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Tyrann Mathieu started all 17 games and made a career-high 91 combined tackles, three interceptions, eight passes defended, one sack, and one forced fumble.
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Tyrann Mathieu finished the season with 75 combined tackles, four interceptions, nine passes defended, and one touchdown while starting in all 17 games.
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Tyrann Mathieu returned as the starting free safety and was paired with strong safety Will Harris.
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Tyrann Mathieu started all 17 games during the 2024 NFL season and finished with 62 combined tackles, seven pass deflections, three interceptions, two forced fumbles, and one fumble recovery.
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Tyrann Mathieu began going by the monicker "the Honeybadger" in September 2011 after a game against West Virginia.
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Tyrann Mathieu began going by "T-5" as his new nickname during training camp immediately after joining the Chiefs.