Matt Cushing

{{Short description|American football player (born 1975)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Matt Cushing

| number = 48, 80

| position = Tight end

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|07|02}}

| birth_place = South Bend, Indiana, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lb = 251

| high_school = Mount Carmel {{avoid wrap|(Chicago, Illinois)}}

| college = Illinois

| undraftedyear = 1998

| pastteams =

• Pittsburgh Steelers ({{NFL Year|1998}})*
• Amsterdam Admirals ({{NFLE Year|1999}})
• Pittsburgh Steelers ({{NFL Year|1999|2004}})

| statlabel1 = Receptions

| statvalue1 = 13

| statlabel2 = Receiving yards

| statvalue2 = 91

| statlabel3 = Touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 1

| pfr = CushMa00

}}

Matthew Jay Cushing (born July 2, 1975) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end for six seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Illinois Fighting Illini.

Cushing was a 1998 undrafted free agent of the Steelers who was released during camp that year. After injuries to Mark Bruener and Mitch Lyons in 1999, he obtained a roster spot. Cushing went on to increase his value to the team by serving as an emergency fullback.

In college at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, he was a three-year starter who received the Bruce Capel award as most courageous player and was an Academic All Big Ten selection.

In February 2010, Cushing was sworn in as a Downers Grove, IL park district commissioner. He has served as President of a Downers Grove, Illinois company, First Choice Dental Lab.{{cn|date=December 2024}}