Alex Mateas

Alex Mateas
No. 56
	Mateas before a Redblacks game in 2019
Born:	March 28, 1991 (age 33); Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Career information
Status	Retired
CFL status	National
Position(s)	Offensive lineman
Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight	309 lb (140 kg)
College	Connecticut
CJFL	Ottawa Sooners
High school	Merivale High School
CFL draft	2015, round: 1, pick: 1
Drafted by	Ottawa Redblacks
Career history
As player
2015–2020	Ottawa Redblacks
Career highlights and awards
	Grey Cup champion (2016);
CFL East All-Star	2017, 2018
Career stats
	Playing stats at CFL.ca;

Alex Peter Traian Mateas (born March 28, 1991) is a former professional Canadian football offensive lineman who played for five seasons for the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted by the Redblacks with the first overall pick in the 2015 CFL Draft.^[1] He won a Grey Cup championship with the Redblacks in 2016. He announced his retirement on July 5, 2021.^[2]

Mateas played college football at the University of Connecticut from 2012 to 2014 after redshirting at Penn State University in 2010.^[3] His father, Traian Mateaş is a retired soccer player and current youth coach at Ottawa TFC.^[4]

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