Max Unger (football player)
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Positions: Guard , Center |
Jersey number (s): 60 |
| born on April 14, 1986 in Kailua-Kona , Hawaii | |
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| Active : 2009 - 2018 | |
| NFL Draft : 2009 / Round: 2 / Pick: 49 | |
| College : Oregon | |
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| Games | 130 |
| as a starter | 130 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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Maxwell McCandless "Max" Unger (* 14. April 1986 in Kailua-Kona , Hawaii ) is a former American American football poker players, mainly on the position of the center . He played in the National Football League (NFL) with the New Orleans Saints and the Seattle Seahawks , with whom he won Super Bowl XLVIII . Unger was called up to the Pro Bowl three times .
college
Unger attended the University of Oregon and played for their team, the Ducks College Football, from 2005 to 2008 . He has received multiple awards and was included in an All-American selection in 2008.
NFL
Seattle Seahawks
At the NFL Draft 2009 he was selected in the 2nd round by the Seattle Seahawks and was able to establish himself in this team immediately. In his rookie year he was a starter on the offensive line . By 2014 he played a total of 67 games for the Seahawks, initially as a guard , then as a center and was able to reach the Super Bowl twice with the team . The Super Bowl XLVIII was against the Denver Broncos won Super Bowl XLIX went against the New England Patriots lost.
New Orleans Saints
On March 10, 2015 Unger was handed over to the New Orleans Saints for the tight end Jimmy Graham and the exchange of draft rights in the 1st and 4th round .
He also quickly became a key player with the Saints. In the 2017 regular season, for example, he was on the field for every snap of the offense, a total of 1037.
Overall, he ran in his four seasons in New Orleans in 63 of 64 possible games and was in 96.4% of all moves on the field. In March 2019, he announced his retirement from active sports.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Report in the Washington Post , March 10, 2015. Retrieved May 2, 2015
- ↑ Times-Picayune report of January 1, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
- ↑ Times-Picayune report of March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
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| SURNAME | Unger, Max |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Unger, Maxwell McCandless (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1986 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kailua-Kona , Hawaii , United States |