2. Clay Matthews
The Green Bay Packers linebacker has football in his blood—his father, uncle, brother, and cousins all have been involved in the sport at the professional or college level—and that makes Matthews a natural fit as one of the most feared hitters in the league. The 6’3”, 255-pound bruiser won the NFL Defensive Player of the Year award in 2010 while helping the Packers win Super Bowl XLV. Matthews plays hard from whistle-to-whistle, and even sometimes a little extra, as with this tackle of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick in Week 1 of the 2013 season that sparked an all-out brawl between the Packers and the Niners.
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