Yetur Gross-Matos
Yetur Gross-Matos was born in Spotsylvania, VA on February 26th, 1998 and is the Football Player. At the age of 26, Yetur Gross-Matos biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Yetur Akkub Gross-Matos (born February 26, 1998) is an American football defensive end for the Penn State Nittany Lions.
Early life and high school career
Gross-Matos was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, but he grew in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Gross-Matos was two years old when his biological father died as a result of a boating crash while trying to save Yetur from drowning. When he was ten years old, his brother died as a result of a lightning strike while playing baseball.
Gross-Matos attended Chancellor High School in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. He had 37 sacks in his high school career. He committed to Penn State University to play college football.
College career
Gross-Matos played in all 13 games and had 17 tackles and 1.5 sacks as a true freshman in 2017. He started all 13 games as a sophomore in 2018 and had 54 tackles and eight sacks. Gross-Matos decided against his senior year and signed for the 2020 NFL Draft after a rookie season with 14 tackles for loss and 9.5 sacks.
Professional career
The Carolina Panthers picked Gross-Matos as the 38th overall pick in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft. He was the second defensive end taken behind Chase Young.
Gross-Matos had his first career sack, a strip sack on Kyler Murray, which was recovered by the Panthers after the 31-21 victory. He suffered an ankle injury in Week 5 and was put on injured reserve on October 16, 2020. He was activated on November 7, 2020, ahead of Week 9. By the time, the team was on the reserve/COVID-19 list, which was activated on December 10.