Height: 6-1   Weight: 226
Born: Jan 27, 1976 – Pahokee, FL
College: Florida
Draft: 1998 – 1st round (9th pick) by the Jacksonville Jaguars

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Jaguars CB Mathis nearing return from knee injury (The Associated Press)

Publish Date: May 22, 2012

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Rashean Mathis is seemingly way ahead of schedule. …

Andre Johnson has arthroscopic surgery (National Football Post)

Publish Date: May 21, 2012

Texans receiver to miss time in OTAs. …

Tanier’s Team Reviews: The Kansas City Chiefs, via Todd Haley (Shutdown Corner)

Publish Date: May 20, 2012

Any website can post “offseason grades” for NFL teams, mixing the draft and free agency into transaction soup, then straining it through the mind of some sportswriter who doesn’t know who half the players are. Only the Shutdown Corner has the resources to get actual players, coaches, and executive …

Pasquarelli: Pittsburgh completes overdue overhaul of O-line (The SportsXchange)

Publish Date: May 18, 2012

With quarterback Ben Roethlisberger now 30, and the team’s most valuable player sacked an average of 43.5 times over the last six seasons — including 40 or more sacks in all but one of those campaigns, and coming off an ankle injury last year — Pittsburgh has drastically retooled its blocking unit …

Around the League: USFL to become NFL minor leagues? (The SportsXchange)

Publish Date: May 18, 2012

Some of the discussion at Tuesday’s league meeting is expected to focus on the resurrected USFL, which is being reconstituted as a “feeder” or minor league, and on how involved the NFL should be with it. Former NFL executive Jim Steeg, who once presided over Super Bowl preparations, is chairman of t …

Tanier’s Team Reviews: The Seattle Seahawks, via Pete Carroll and Russell Wilson (Shutdown Corner)

Publish Date: May 18, 2012

Any website can post “offseason grades” for NFL teams, mixing the draft and free agency into transaction soup, then straining it through the mind of some sportswriter who doesn’t know who half the players are. Only the Shutdown Corner has the resources to get actual players, coaches, and executive …