Franco Harris Football League
10-19-2122
#88|Matthew Whittington Tight End
Retired (1989, Age 35)
BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
Total Rating C+  Help Conditioning 95%
Status Deceased (05-15-2021) Potential A-
Age at Death 66 Born 11-13-1954 in Birmingham, AL
Drafted Round 4, Pick 127 (1978) Experience 4 Years (120 Wks)
College University of Indiana, 1978 Salary 620 ($1687.666M/2122 $)
OFFENSE DEFENSE SPEC TEAMS
Throw Power D+ Catching C+ Pass Cover F  Kick Power F 
Throw Acc D  Pass Blocking C+ Run Cover C- Kick Acc D+
Carrying C+ Run Blocking C+ Tackling F  Kick Return D 
        Pursuit D+    
PHYSICAL MENTAL DEXTERITY
Speed C+ Stamina C- Execution C+ Agility B-
Strength B  Health D- Aggressiveness C- Hands B-
Jumping C+     Attitude A  Break Tackle D+
ROLES
QB D+ C C  DT C- SS C- K F  GUN C-
WR C  G C  DE C- FS D+ P D- KR C-
HB/TB C- T C  ILB C- CB D+ LS D+ KRB C 
FB C  TE C+ OLB D+ H C- HT C+ KOS D-
Year Type ICs Hlth Sta Att Exe ThrP ThrA Crry Ctch PBlk RBlk PCov RCov Tkl Purs KP KA KR Spd Str Jmp Agr Agl Hnd BrkT  Total 
1974 College 57 0/2 0/5 1/2 0/7     3/10 1/8 1/2 0/3     0/2         1/2 0/2 1/4   2/4 0/4   10/57
1975 College 70   0/5 1/1 0/14     0/7 0/10 0/4 0/8     1/3       0/1 0/3 0/1 0/3   1/6 0/4   3/70
1976 College 70 0/2 2/6 1/4 0/6     0/8 1/9 2/7 2/8     0/2       1/2 1/5 0/4 1/2   0/4 0/1   11/70
1977 College 75 0/4 2/4 1/4 0/6     2/7 1/8 3/4 4/10     1/2       0/2 2/6 2/3 0/1   1/5 1/9   20/75
1978 Position 28   0/3   0/1     1/2 1/4 1/4 2/7             1/2 0/2       0/1 1/2   7/28
1978 Drills 25   0/3 1/2 1/5                 1/3           3/5 0/2   2/2 1/3   9/25
1978 Declines 0                       -1/0     -1/0                   -2/0
1979 Position 29   0/1   0/1     4/5 4/8 0/3 0/5             0/1 0/4         1/1   9/29
1979 Drills 25 1/1 0/2 0/2 1/1                 1/2         0/4 0/5 2/4   2/2 0/2   7/25
1979 Declines 0               -1/0                                 -1/0
1980 Position 19   0/1   0/3     0/2 1/3 1/1 2/3             0/1 1/3       0/1 0/1   5/19
1980 Drills 26 2/4 1/1 1/2 2/7                 0/2           2/4 0/3   0/3     8/26
1981 Position 23   0/1   1/2     2/4 1/4 1/4 1/4             0/1 0/1       0/2     6/23
1981 Drills 24 0/1 0/2   0/4                 0/2           4/5 0/1   0/4 1/5   5/24
1981 Declines 0                       -1/0       -1/0                 -2/0
1982 Position 34   0/3   0/3     1/3 0/10 2/3 0/7             0/2 0/3             3/34
1982 Drills 25 0/5 0/3   0/3                 0/4           0/2 0/3   0/4 0/1   0/25
1982 Declines 0       -1/0         -1/0             -1/0         -1/0     -1/0 -5/0
1983 Position 52       0/1     0/3 0/17 1/8 0/8             0/1 0/6       0/4 1/4   2/52
1983 Drills 25 0/3 0/1 0/3 0/7                 0/1         0/1 0/2 0/3     0/4   0/25
1983 Declines 0 -3/0     -2/0         -1/0         -1/0           -1/0   -1/0   -1/0 -10/0
1984 Position 34   0/1   0/2     1/8 0/4 0/5 0/6             1/1 0/5         0/2   2/34
1984 Drills 21 0/8 0/3                               0/3 0/1 0/1   0/3 0/2   0/21
1984 Declines 0 -3/0 -2/0   -3/0       -3/0 -1/0 -1/0   -2/0 -5/0 -1/0 -2/0 -1/0 -1/0 -2/0 -1/0 -3/0 -3/0 -2/0   -2/0 -38/0
1985 Position 42   0/1   1/6     0/2 1/9 0/6 1/12             0/1 0/2       0/1 0/2   3/42
1985 Drills 26 0/3 0/3 0/1 0/3                 0/1         0/3 0/2 0/4   0/3 0/3   0/26
1985 Declines 0 -8/0 -3/0   -3/0 -1/0     -2/0 -2/0 -3/0 -3/0 -4/0 -2/0 -3/0 -2/0 -1/0 -1/0 -5/0 -2/0 -2/0 -4/0 -4/0   -2/0 -57/0
1986 Position 27   0/2   1/5     0/6 0/7 0/1 0/3             0/2 0/1             1/27
1986 Drills 26 0/3 0/2 1/2 0/3                 0/2         0/1 0/2 0/2   0/4 0/5   1/26
1986 Declines 0 -12/0 -6/0     -2/0   -2/0 -5/0 -5/0 -3/0 -3/0 -6/0 -4/0 -3/0 -5/0 -1/0 -2/0 -2/0 -4/0 -3/0 -5/0 -2/0 -4/0 -5/0 -84/0
1987 Position 18   0/1   0/4     1/3 0/1   0/6             0/2         0/1     1/18
1987 Drills 25 0/3 0/3 0/1 0/1                 0/1         0/2 0/2 0/4   0/3 0/5   0/25
1987 Declines 0 -18/0 -8/0   -3/0 -5/0 -3/0 -4/0 -4/0 -5/0 -3/0 -5/0 -6/0 -6/0 -6/0 -1/0 -2/0 -4/0 -5/0 -4/0 -7/0 -6/0 -3/0 -4/0 -9/0 -121/0
1988 Position 10       0/2     0/1 0/2 0/1 1/1               0/1         0/2   1/10
1988 Drills 26 0/1 0/1 2/5 1/2                 0/4         0/1 0/2 0/1   0/4 0/5   3/26
1988 Declines 0 -22/0 -6/0   -4/0 -4/0 -3/0 -12/0 -6/0 -4/0 -5/0 -4/0 -5/0 -4/0 -4/0 -3/0 -3/0 -5/0 -13/0 -5/0 -7/0 -6/0 -7/0 -4/0 -7/0 -143/0
1989 Position 11             0/2   0/3 0/4             0/2               0/11
1989 Drills 25 0/2 0/3 0/1 0/2                 0/7         0/1 0/1 0/2   0/3 0/3   0/25
1989 Declines 0 -33/0 -7/0   -6/0 -4/0 -4/0 -10/0 -8/0 -3/0 -8/0   -9/0 -7/0 -3/0 -9/0 -7/0 -1/0 -5/0 -4/0 -8/0 -8/0 -7/0 -5/0 -3/0 -159/0
Total -96/42 -27/61 9/30 -14/101 -16/0 -10/0 -13/73 -18/104 -10/56 -10/95 -15/0 -34/0 -24/38 -21/0 -23/0 -17/0 -11/21 -27/60 -9/43 -27/40 -33/0 -18/64 -11/70 -30/0 -505/898

Career Transactions
DateTransaction
02-28-1990Matthew Whittington has retired from football.
08-31-1987The St. Louis Lions have waived Matthew Whittington.
12-08-1986The St. Louis Lions have moved Matthew Whittington and Darius Slay to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Elvis Bowling and Travis Swanson to the inactive roster.
10-06-1986The St. Louis Lions have moved Shane Helmsley and Riley Reiff to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Vance Mathison and Matthew Whittington to the inactive roster.
09-22-1986The St. Louis Lions have moved Bennie Blades and Matthew Whittington to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Riley Reiff and Pratt Lewis to the inactive roster.
09-01-1986The St. Louis Lions have moved Dave Compton, Ernie Sims, Bennie Blades, Cliff Avril, Darius Slay, Kevin Jones, Shane Helmsley, Jeff Lamana, and Lewis Zimmerman to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Larry Webster, Elvis Bowling, Derrick Williams, Pratt Lewis, Matthew Whittington, Vance Mathison, Joe Feldhaus, and Adam Moran to the inactive roster.
12-24-1984The St. Louis Lions have moved Tom Fernandes and Matthew Whittington to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Kevin Jones and Adam Moran to the inactive roster.
11-26-1984The St. Louis Lions have moved Lloyd Paul to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Matthew Whittington to the inactive roster.
11-25-1984Matthew Whittington of the St. Louis Lions is injured with an MCL sprain and is expected to be out for approximately 34 days.
08-15-1982The St. Louis Lions have moved Jason Fox, Scotty Anderson, Matthew Whittington, Earl Fawcett, Adam Moran, and Jerry Stoutmire to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Rod Turnbow, Mark Farr, Joe Feldhaus, Carl Treu, and Rob Sims to the inactive roster.
11-22-1981The St. Louis Lions have moved Trumaine Slater to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Matthew Whittington to the inactive roster.
11-09-1981The St. Louis Lions have moved Matthew Whittington to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Trumaine Slater to the inactive roster.
09-06-1981The St. Louis Lions have moved Rod Turnbow, Buzz Davis, Trumaine Slater, Darius Slay, Al Dancewicz, Kevin Brown, and Joe Feldhaus to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Jake Sands, Perry Raemer, Jerald Newman, Leonard Beverly, Matthew Whittington, Earl Fawcett, and Adam Moran to the inactive roster.
08-10-1981The St. Louis Lions have moved Jake Sands, Bill Daigle, Mike Sullivan, Bill Bentley, Mike Hines, Gary Psaltis, Eddie Edinger, Jerald Newman, Leonard Beverly, Matthew Whittington, Carl Treu, Earl Fawcett, and Adam Moran to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Rod Turnbow, Buzz Davis, David Martin, Trumaine Slater, Darius Slay, Al Dancewicz, Sam Kiefer, Mike Freitas, Mel Bowman, Kevin Brown, Joe Feldhaus, Rob Sims, and Jim Gaustad to the inactive roster.
10-27-1980The St. Louis Lions have moved Eric Rothwell to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Matthew Whittington to the inactive roster.
10-13-1980The St. Louis Lions have moved John Bross and Matthew Whittington to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Tahir Whitehead and Eric Rothwell to the inactive roster.
09-01-1980The St. Louis Lions have moved Nick Forbes, Trumaine Slater, Darius Slay, John Bross, Jim Kennard, Shine Seidelson, Jim Bahr, Mark Farr, Kevin Brown, and Joe Feldhaus to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Bill Bentley, Steve Kingsriter, Tahir Whitehead, Leonard Beverly, Matthew Whittington, Paul Ellis, Earl Fawcett, and Adam Moran to the inactive roster.
08-11-1980The St. Louis Lions have moved David Martin, Bill Bentley, Mike Freitas, Tahir Whitehead, Leonard Beverly, Pratt Lewis, Matthew Whittington, Tony Cichowski, Eric Rothwell, Earl Fawcett, and Rob Sims to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Nick Forbes, Trumaine Slater, Darius Slay, John Bross, Skippy Carter, Jim Kennard, Shine Seidelson, Jim Bahr, Mark Farr, Kevin Brown, and Joe Feldhaus to the inactive roster.
10-14-1979The St. Louis Lions have moved Lloyd Paul to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Matthew Whittington to the inactive roster.
09-17-1979The St. Louis Lions have moved Matthew Whittington to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Lloyd Paul to the inactive roster.
09-02-1979The St. Louis Lions have moved Nick Forbes, Coy Tyson, John Saul, Buzz Davis, Trumaine Slater, Sam Kiefer, Toi Carnelly, Riley Reiff, Chris Scott, John Bross, Jim Kennard, Shine Seidelson, Kevin Brown, Joe Feldhaus, and Jim Gaustad to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved David Martin, Mike Freitas, Dan McDonald, Leonard Beverly, Pratt Lewis, Matthew Whittington, Skippy Carter, and Adam Moran to the inactive roster.
04-29-1979The St. Louis Lions have moved Adam Moran, Carl Novak, Frank Tausch, Sterling Ezor, Bob Baugh, Stump Mitchell, Corey Fuller, David Martin, Pratt Lewis, Al Varajon, Mike Freitas, Bob Odomes, and Matthew Whittington to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Jim Gaustad, Toi Carnelly, John Bross, Kevin Brown, Buzz Davis, Jim Kennard, Trumaine Slater, Joe Feldhaus, John Saul, Nick Forbes, Coy Tyson, Riley Reiff, and Chris Scott to the inactive roster.
09-03-1978The St. Louis Lions have moved Nick Forbes, John Saul, Rod Turnbow, Tom Fernandes, Reggie Guyon, Trumaine Slater, Toi Carnelly, Chris Scott, Jim Kennard, Shine Seidelson, and Kevin Brown to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved David Martin, Corey Fuller, Pratt Lewis, Matthew Whittington, Sterling Ezor, Skippy Carter, Bill Midler, and Stump Mitchell to the inactive roster.
08-07-1978The St. Louis Lions have moved Dick Griffith, Stump Mitchell, Steve Gadbois, Loris McCoy, Matthew Whittington, and Greg Garvey to the active roster. The St. Louis Lions have moved Tom Fernandes, Toi Carnelly, Kevin Brown, Shine Seidelson, Jim Kennard, Coy Tyson, and Chris Scott to the inactive roster.