Chris Matthews Reminisces on his Super Bowl Performance of a Lifetime

KSR Football Podcast

This Sunday the Kansas City Chiefs will try to defend their title as Super Bowl Champions against Tom Brady's Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl LV. Six years ago the Seattle Seahawks were in a similar situation against Brady. Before a disaster at the goal line, former Kentucky wide receiver Chris Matthews was the Seahawks' unlikely hero.

An undrafted rookie, Matthews did not catch a pass in the regular season. After recovering a pivotal onside kick in the NFC Championship Game, Matthews had four receptions for 109 yards and a touchdown in the final football game of the 2014 NFL season. Ahead of Super Bowl Sunday KSR sat down for a one-on-one interview with the only Wildcat to score a touchdown in the Super Bowl, Chris Matthews. He spoke candidly about...

-- How Randall Cobb helped him grow on and off the field ahead of the 2010 UK football season.

-- Was he actually working at Footlocker when he got the call from The Seahawks?

-- The toughest defensive back to face in practice from the Legion of Boom.

-- An inside look of the deflated Seahawks locker room after Pete Carrol's infamous goal line pass.

-- His fondest memories from UK.

-- What was going through his head before the iconic onside kick.

-- Who you got, Lynn Bowden or Randall Cobb?

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