Avonte Maddox is 26 years old as of 2022. He was born on March 31, 1996, in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
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Avonte Maddox is an American football cornerback for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League.
He started at cornerback all four years at Pittsburgh. Maddox was named Honorable Mention All-Atlantic Coast Conference his sophomore year and Third-team his senior year.
Maddox was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fourth round (125th overall) 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.
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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 Jamaal Williams 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.
On November 20, 2021, Maddox signed a three-year, $22.5 million contract extension with the Eagles. He was placed on the COVID list on January 3, 2022. He was activated one week later on January 10, missing just one game where the Eagles did not play their starters.
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