Matthew Gotel
| Profile | |
|---|---|
| Position | Nose tackle |
| Personal information | |
| Born | January 2, 1999 Tacoma, Washington, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 341 lb (155 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Lakes (Lakewood, Washington) |
| College | Snow (2017–2018) West Florida (2019–2021) |
| NFL draft | 2022: undrafted |
| Career history | |
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |
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Matthew Gotel (born January 2, 1999) is an American football nose tackle. He played college football for the Snow Badgers and West Florida Argonauts and has also been a member of the Seattle Seahawks and the Atlanta Falcons.
Early life and college career
[edit | edit source]Gotel was born on January 2, 1999, in Tacoma, Washington.[1] He attended Lakes High School in Lakewood, Washington, and was a member of their highly-successful football team under coach Dave Miller.[2] His only offer to play college football came from the junior college ranks in Snow College in Ephraim, Utah.[2] He totaled 19 tackles as a freshman in 2017 and 26 as a sophomore in 2018.[3]
Gotel was noticed by a football recruiter at the University of West Florida while playing in a bowl game for Snow College.[2] He liked the school and enrolled there in 2019.[2] He helped them win an NCAA Division II national championship that season while totaling 31 tackles.[3][4] The 2020 season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] As a senior in 2021, he posted 26 tackles, 1.5 tackles-for-loss and 1.5 sacks.[3][4]
Professional career
[edit | edit source]| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 1+3⁄4 in (1.87 m) |
341 lb (155 kg) |
32+3⁄8 in (0.82 m) |
9+3⁄4 in (0.25 m) |
5.34 s | 1.87 s | 3.02 s | 4.75 s | 7.83 s | 27.0 in (0.69 m) |
8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
32 reps | |
| All values from Pro Day[5] | ||||||||||||
Seattle Seahawks
[edit | edit source]Gotel paid his way to being one of 58 players at the rookie minicamp of the Seattle Seahawks, for players not selected in the 2022 NFL draft.[2] He impressed the team and was offered a contract as an undrafted free agent.[2] He was waived on August 20, 2022.[6]
Atlanta Falcons
[edit | edit source]Gotel had a brief stint with the Atlanta Falcons and was released.
San Antonio Brahmas
[edit | edit source]Gotel joined the San Antonio Brahmas of the XFL after having been selected in the 2023 XFL draft.[7] He made the Brahmas final roster and appeared in all 10 games for the team, making 23 tackles.[7][8]
Atlanta Falcons (second stint)
[edit | edit source]Gotel signed with the Falcons on August 4, 2023.[9] He was released three days later.[10]
Seattle Seahawks (second stint)
[edit | edit source]Gotel signed with the Seattle Seahawks on August 17.[11] He was released at the final roster cuts and subsequently re-signed to the practice squad.[12][13] He was released from the practice squad on November 10, then re-signed on January 1, 2024.[14][15] He was elevated to the active roster for the team's season finale in Week 18 against the Arizona Cardinals.[16] He signed a reserve/future contract on January 8, 2024.[17]
Gotel was waived on August 8, 2024, and later re-signed to the practice squad.[18][19]
San Antonio Brahmas (second stint)
[edit | edit source]On April 10, 2025, Gotel signed with the San Antonio Brahmas of the United Football League (UFL).[20]
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