Evan Mathis presently plays offensive guard for the Philadelphia Eagles.  Evan was a sleeper high school player from Homewood High School in Birmingham, earning All Metro area awards, when he began training for reporting to Alabama at 6-5 247lbs offensive lineman. He told Coach Eyer CSCS Personal Trainer in the Birmingham area that coaches wanted him to come in at 275lbs. Eyer said he had the perfect body to train on my Progressive Overload system called cycleyer training. With his big bone structure, and hard working wrestling background, I felt strongly he would adapt extremely well which he did gaining in 51/2 months, almost 100lbs each in core lifts: Bench Press, Incline Bench Press, Hang Clean, and Squat. In July, he won a state powerlifting meet at Fultondale High School setting some records including the Dead Lift which we only done as a support exercise. Evan got faster and quicker while gaining 29lbs of muscle reporting to Tuscaloosa at 276lbs. As a freshman he beat out Dante Ellington a 2 year starter at left tackle, going on to start 47 consecutive games at tackle and guard for Alabama. His sophmore year at the “Night of Champions” weight lifting exhibition, he Flat Bench Pressed 515lbs, and 5 minutes later done 30 reps. of 225lbs, which may be a record for a sophmore. NFL veteran guard Mike Wahle nicknamed Evan Mathis ”Ogre” because he’s freakishly strong; he’s, like too big, so we call him ogre, Wahle said. “But he’s a very well spoken your man. He’s strong, he’s like ogre strong.” Birmingham News. Evan begins his 10th year in the NFL.