Grant Mattos

Grant Mattos
Date of birth (1981-03-12) March 12, 1981
Place of birth Mountain View, California
Career information
Position(s) WR
Height 6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight 220 lb (100 kg)
College Southern California
Career history
As player
2003-2004 San Diego Chargers
2005 Denver Broncos
2006 Tennessee Titans
Career stats

Grant Logan Mattos (born March 12, 1981) is known as a former National Football League wide receiver and special teams player who played for three different teams over a four-year career, and a contestant on Survivor: Redemption Island.

High school and college career

Mattos went to Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, CA. He then played college football at the University of Southern California after transferring from Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California and graduated in 2003.[1][2] In 2003 he was part of the teams Orange Bowl Triumph.[3][4]

NFL career

After college, Mattos played for the San Diego Chargers.[5] He would earn a spot on the Chargers roster in 2003 with his impressive performances in training camp, despite having not even been initially recruited by a major college.[6] He would last two years with the Chargers, and four years in the League overall, also being signed by the Denver Broncos, and later the Tennessee Titans. Knee problems would limit his effectiveness and chances of game action in later years. He was criticized for his slowness on foot for NFL standards, but praised for his great hands, work ethic, and competitiveness.

Survivor: Redemption Island

Mattos appeared on Survivor: Redemption Island, the 22nd season of the reality TV competition Survivor. On the Ometepe tribe, Mattos quickly formed a close friendship and strong alliance with eventual winner Rob Mariano. When the tribes merged, the former Ometepe members outnumbered the members of the opposing Zapatera tribe, and used their majority to systematically eliminate those outside their alliance. On Day 35, after intended target Ashley Underwood won the Immunity/Reward Challenge, Mattos was blindsided and voted out, as he was deemed by Rob and the other tribe mates to be the largest threat to win the jury's vote at the end of the game.[7][8][9][10][11][12] The following day, he lost the Redemption Island challenge to return to the game, and finished the game in eighth place, as the fifth member of the jury. Mattos later voted for Mariano to win the game over fellow former Ometepe members Natalie Tenerelli and Phillip Sheppard.[13][14][15] Grant was very upset by Rob's choice to vote him out, and as of April 2016 has not talked or communicated with Rob since sometime between the airing of the season and the Reunion.

Personal life

During the Survivor: Redemption Island reunion, Mattos confirmed that following his return from competing in the game, he married actress Christina Cox. They now have one daughter named Flynn, born on December 30, 2013.[16]

Before and in the years after Survivor, Mattos worked as full-time yoga instructor at City Yoga LA.[17][18] He then became a yoga instructor at Moda Yoga International in Los Angeles, California from mid 2013 onwards,[19] until April 2015, when he moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[20] He moved to New York City in September 2015 and works at Moda Yoga NYC.[21]

He also joined Team Gleason, a team that is headed by his friend and ex NFL player and ALS sufferor Steve Gleason. In February and March he ran a fundraising campaign for the Steve Gleason team, which was one of many efforts by various team members to raise awareness and money to help research for the ALS disease, and also medical care for the many who suffer with it. [22] As the climax of the campaign Grant participated in the 10 km fundraising run in New Orleans on March 26, 2016.

References

  1. ↑ "He Was Taken for Granted - latimes". Articles.latimes.com. 2001-10-17. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  2. ↑ "Grant Mattos Bio - University of Southern California Official Athletic Site". Usctrojans.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  3. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1728101/fullcredits/
  4. ↑ http://www.fanbase.com/photo/537488
  5. ↑ Trotter, Jim (6 November 2003). Mattos to make like Moss on scout team, San Diego Union Tribune
  6. ↑ "San Diego Chargers NFL Football Front Page". Scout.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  7. ↑ Reiher, Andrea (2011-05-11). "'Survivor: Redemption Island': Grant Mattos or Natalie Tenerelli? Who will Boston Rob turn on?". Zap2It. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  8. ↑ "Another person out of Rob Mariano's way in his march to $1 million or another loss". reality blurred. 2011-05-12. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  9. ↑ "'Survivor: Redemption Island' Season 22, Episode 13 Recap". Aoltv.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  10. ↑ Salerno, Michael (2011-05-12). "Survivor: Redemption Island 22.13 "Too Close for Comfort" Recap". Tvovermind.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  11. ↑ Barry Stagg (2011-11-05). "Survivor: Redemption Island Recap and Analysis 5/11/2011". ApeDonkey. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  12. ↑ "Survivor: He’s Mr. Blindside". Couchtime With Jill. 2011-05-12. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  13. ↑ "Survivor: Redemption Island". Boxofficeprophets.com. 2011-05-18. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  14. ↑ "Survivor Redemption Island Watch: Season Finale". Cinemablend.com. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  15. ↑ Barry Stagg (2014-06-20). "Survivor: Redemption Island Recap and Analysis "Seems Like a No Brainer" Finale". ApeDonkey. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  16. ↑
  17. ↑ http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Happy-New-Year-to-the-incredible-City-Yoga-Community.html?soid=1011367688276&aid=QWoguDDQ0Dg
  18. ↑ http://www.mindfulyogahealth.com/local-classes/los-angeles/ basics-with-grant-mattos
  19. ↑ Matthew Case (2014-09-30). "The Transition from NFL Player to Yogi: Grant Mattos Tells it Like it is". Purpose 2 Play. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  20. ↑ "Modo Yoga LA - Timeline Photos". Facebook. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
  21. ↑ http://www.grantmattos.com/
  22. ↑ http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/grant-mattos/ccc10k

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