(1967-06-07) June 7, 1967 (age 57) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Height:
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:
185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school:
Redan (Redan, Georgia)
College:
New Mexico
NFL draft:
1990 / Round: 6 / Pick: 140
Career history
As a player:
New York Jets (1990–1993)
Atlanta Falcons (1994–2001)
Pittsburgh Steelers (2002)
As a coach:
Savannah State (2011–2012) Offensive coordinator & inside wide receivers coach
Pinecrest Academy (GA) (2017–2019) Head coach
Blessed Trinity HS (GA) (2020) Assistant coach
Fellowship Christian (GA) (2021) Assistant coach
Morehouse (2024–present) Head coach
Career highlights and awards
Second-team All-Pro (1994)
Pro Bowl (1994)
Consensus All-American (1989)
Third-team All-American (1987)
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:
689
Receiving Yards:
8,809
Touchdowns:
63
Head coaching record
Career:
0–0 (–)
Player stats at PFR
College Football Hall of Fame
Terance Paul Mathis (born June 7, 1967) is an American college football coach and former wide receiver.[1] He is the head football coach for Morehouse College, a position he has held since 2024. He played college football for the New Mexico Lobos, earning consensus All-American honors in 1989. Selected in the 1990 NFL Draft by the New York Jets, Mathis played the majority of his career with the Atlanta Falcons, earning second-team All-Pro honors in 1994. He last played in the NFL in 2002 with the Pittsburgh Steelers, then retired after the conclusion of the 2002 season. Currently, he is second in career two-point conversions with six, behind Marshall Faulk's seven.
On February 1, 2011, Mathis was named as the Offensive Coordinator at Savannah State University.
On May 3, 2017, Mathis was named as the Head Football Coach at Pinecrest Academy in Cumming, Georgia.
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subsequently scored on a 14-yard touchdown pass from Chris Chandler to TeranceMathis to cut their deficit to 20–14 by the end of the half. The Falcons forced...
starting streak to 97-straight games to move past DE Patrick Kerney and WR TeranceMathis into fifth place all-time in that category. The Falcons had 10 players...
Randy Moss), but at the end of the first half Chris Chandler found TeranceMathis for a 14-yard score following a Cunningham fumble (forced by Chuck Smith...
games, but their season was effectively ruined by going 3–7 afterwards. TeranceMathis, Franchise Record, Most Receptions in One Season, 111 Receptions...
and Sprint Cup Series with a team owned by former NFL wide receiver TeranceMathis, but the deal ultimately fell through. Buckles has a degree in mechanical...
for his actions. White became the first Falcon wide receiver since TeranceMathis in 1999 to reach 1,000 single-season receiving yards on December 23...
000-yard receiving tandem the Falcons have had since 1998 (Tony Martin and TeranceMathis). He was ranked 26th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players...
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blocking the kick. Late in the extra quarter Maddox was picked off by Kevin Mathis, but the subsequent 56-yad Feely try was blocked, with one second left on...
Falcons recovered on the Minnesota 14 and cashed in with a Chandler to TeranceMathis touchdown on the next play, mending the rift to a more manageable 20–14...
Randy Moss), but at the end of the first half Chris Chandler found TeranceMathis for a 14-yard score. After a Morten Andersen field goal made it 20–17...
offensive lineman Todd McClure, who both retired after the 2012 season. TeranceMathis, Franchise Record, Most Receptions in One Season, 111 Receptions (Broken...
announced as a driver for a new team, Victory Motorsports, owned by TeranceMathis, but the team never ran. In 2006, Long ran the No. 80 for Hover Motorsports...
Mexico (3) 0–11 Mike Sheppard Barry Garrison threw for 3,163 yards, with TeranceMathis having 1132 yards receiving. 1987 Kansas State (6) 0–10–1 Stan Parrish...