Avonte Maddox


Avonte Maddox is an American football cornerback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League. He played college football for Pittsburgh.

Early career

After playing little league football, Maddox focused on baseball his first two years of high school before switching to football. He received only two Power Five scholarship offers, one from Purdue and one from Pittsburgh. He was also nearly drafted into the MLB after his senior year of high school.

College career

Maddox started at cornerback all four years at Pitt. He was named Honorable Mention All-Atlantic Coast Conference his sophomore year and Third Team his senior year. Maddox missed two games in both his junior and senior years due to injury.

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Professional career

Maddox was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth round in the 2018 NFL Draft. He made his NFL debut during the league season opener on September 6, 2018 against the Atlanta Falcons, playing on special teams. Maddox recorded his first career interception by picking off a pass from Tennessee Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota in the 26–23 overtime loss on September 30.
On September 26, 2019, late in a game between the Eagles and the Green Bay Packers, Maddox collided helmets with teammate Andrew Sendejo on an attempted tackle of Robert Tonyan and had to be carted off the field on a stretcher. The Eagles announced that Maddox had movement in all of his extremities, but was taken to a local hospital overnight as a precaution and for further evaluation, returning with the team the next day.