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Position: ILB
Class: 2010 Big Board
Year: Senior
Hometown: Darien, IL
Date of Birth: 08.06.87
Height: 6012
Weight: 235
Bench Press: 24
Vertical Jump: 31.5"
40 T: 4.57
Projection: 7th Round
Ordering: 239
Q&A With Matt Mayberry (01.06.10)
Skinny: Named a third team All-Big Ten linebacker by Athlon Sports preseason magazine ... big hitter worked hard in the weight room during the winter and spring ... team leader listed as starting middle linebacker on preseason depth chart.
Matt Mayberry Video Links:
Highlight Reel
In-Depth Interview
Comcast Chicago Interview
2008 (Junior): Started all 12 games at middle linebacker ... led the team with 89 tackles and shared the team lead with 53 solo stops ... became the first Hoosier from the front seven to lead the team in tackles since Kyle Killion in 2005 ... second on the Hoosiers with five sacks for 35 yards and shared second with 8.5 tackles for loss ... also tied for the team lead with two fumble recoveries ... added two pass breakups ... finished 10th in the Big Ten with 7.4 tackles per game and 10th in league games only with 7.8 stops each time out ... tied for third in conference games only with 0.25 fumble recoveries per game ... recorded four double-digit tackle games, the last four games of the season ... tied a school record with four sacks against Central Michigan, a 2008 conference single-game high, and collected career highs with 13 tackles and 10 solos ... became the third player in school history to reach the four-sack mark, joining current Chicago Bear Adewale Ogunleye (1997) and Van Waiters (1986) ... finished the year with 11 tackles at No. 7 (AP) Penn State and 11 stops, seven solo, with one tackle for loss at Purdue ... tallied 10 tackles, six solo, along with one pass breakup vs. Wisconsin ... added eight stops, six solo, against Iowa ... made seven solo tackles and recovered a fumble in the team's win over No. 22 (BCS) Northwestern ... recorded six tackles and one TFL against Michigan State ... recovered the first fumble of his career at Minnesota ... added four stops and his first career sack against Ball State ... made four tackles, including a half-tackle for loss, in his first career start vs. Western Kentucky.
2007 (Sophomore): Back-up middle linebacker saw action in all 13 games ... made 42 tackles, 20 solo, with 1.5 tackles for loss and one pass breakup on the season ... finished with eight tackles, seven solo stops and added a tackle for loss in the Insight Bowl vs. Oklahoma State ... made seven tackles at Michigan State ... added six tackles at Wisconsin ... collected three tackles, one solo, against Indiana State in the season opener ... posted four tackles, two solo, against Minnesota ... recorded four tackles at Northwestern.
2006 (Freshman): Appeared in 11 games and totaled 12 tackles, five solo, on the season ... top performance came at No. 1 (AP) Ohio State, when he netted a career-high eight tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss ... made his first collegiate appearance and recorded two tackles in the Hoosiers' season-opening victory over Western Michigan.