Matt Gono

Matthew Gono (born May 10, 1996) is a former American football offensive tackle. He played college football at Wesley College. He went undrafted and signed with the Atlanta Falcons.

Matt Gono
No. 73
Position:Offensive tackle
Personal information
Born: (1996-05-10) May 10, 1996
Liberia[1]
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:305 lb (138 kg)
Career information
High school:Cinnaminson (NJ)
College:Wesley
Undrafted:2018
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career NFL statistics
Games played:21
Games started:4
Player stats at NFL.com

Professional career

Atlanta Falcons

Gono signed with the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent on May 1, 2018.[2] He made the Falcons initial 53-man roster but did not play in a regular season game and was inactive for all but the Falcons' final game of the season.[3]

The Falcons placed a second-round restricted free agent tender on Gono on March 17, 2021.[4] He signed the one-year contract on March 25.[5]

Gono was placed on the reserve/physically unable to perform list to start the 2021 season after undergoing surgery in the offseason.[6]

On January 28, 2022, Gono was released by the Falcons.[7]

New York Giants

On March 9, 2022, Gono signed a one-year contract with the New York Giants.[8] On August 3, 2022, Gono was placed on left squad/exempt list.[9] Two days later, on August 5, it was revealed that Gono's neck condition could end his career playing football. His contract was terminated by the New York Giants on August 8, 2022.[10]

References
  1. Walter, Any. "Wesley's Gono ready to 'dominate the field'". Delaware State News. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  2. Weaver, Tim (May 1, 2018). "Falcons announce agreements with 27 undrafted free agents". Falcons Wire. USA Today. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  3. Ledbetter, D. Orlando (December 30, 2018). "Inactives: Falcons at Buccaneers". AJC.com. Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
  4. Williams, Charean (March 17, 2021). "Darious Williams only one of 26 RFAs in NFL to receive first-round tender". NBCSports.com. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  5. Haley, Matt (March 25, 2021). "Gono Signs RFA Tender". AtlantaFalcons.com. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
  6. "Falcons announce 53-man roster". AtlantaFalcons.com. August 31, 2021.
  7. Bair, Scott (January 28, 2022). "Falcons released offensive lineman who missed entire 2021 season". atlantafalcons.com. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  8. Schwartz, Paul (March 9, 2022). "Giants add depth to shaky offensive line with Matt Gono signing". nypost.com.
  9. Williams, Charean (August 3, 2022). "Giants place Matt Gono on the left squad/exempt list". nbcsports.com.
  10. Eisen, Michael (August 8, 2022). "Giants bring back OT Eric Smith, terminate Matt Gono". Giants.com.


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