Mitchell Schwartz
 Mitchell Schwartz (2017) |
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| Kansas City Chiefs - No. 71 | |
| Offensive tackle | |
| Date of birth: June 8, 1989 | |
| Place of birth: Pacific Palisades , California | |
| Height: 1.96 m | Weight: 145 kg |
| NFL debut | |
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| 2012 for the Cleveland Browns | |
| Career | |
| College : California | |
| NFL Draft : 2012 / Round: 2 / Pick: 37 | |
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| Current status: Active | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Selected NFL stats as of week 17 of the 2019 season |
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| Games | 128 |
| as a starter | 128 |
| Statistics at NFL.com | |
| Statistics at pro-football-reference.com | |
Mitchell Bryan Schwartz (* 8. June 1989 in Pacific Palisades , California ) is an American American football poker players on the position of offensive tackles . He played college football for the University of California, Berkeley and has been with the Kansas City Chiefs in the National Football League (NFL) since 2016 . He previously played for the Cleveland Browns from 2012 to 2015 . With the Chiefs he won the Super Bowl LIV .
college
Schwartz attended Palisades Charter High School and started playing football there after being too big and heavy to play Pop Warner football . After graduating from high school, he went to the University of California, Berkeley , where he played for the California Golden Bears in NCAA Division I FBS. For the Golden Bears he played 35 games as a left tackle and 16 games as a right tackle. Schwartz graduated from college with a degree in American Studies . He played in the Senior Bowl , the all-star game for college football players after their senior year .
NFL
Schwartz was selected 37th by the Cleveland Browns in the 2nd round in the 2012 NFL Draft . For the Browns, he ran in all 64 games as a starter on the position of the right tackle.
After his four-year rookie contract in Cleveland expired after the 2015 season , he signed a five-year deal with the Kansas City Chiefs .
Prior to the 2019 season , Schwartz signed a one-year contract extension to 2021 for $ 11.255 million with the Chiefs, making him the second best paid right tackle in the league.
After playing 121 games in eight seasons on every offensive move his team made, Schwartz's streak of 7,894 snaps - the longest active streak in the league at the time - ended in a 32:35 loss to the Tennessee Titans in week 10 when he missed three plays with a knee injury before half-time.
Private
Mitchell's brother Geoff Schwartz also played as an offensive lineman in the NFL. With him he wrote the book Eat my Schwartz: Our Story of NFL Football, Food, Family, and Faith .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Reed: Cleveland Browns rookie tackle Mitchell Schwartz uses brains, brawn to reach NFL on cleveland.com. August 5, 2012, accessed February 1, 2020.
- ↑ a b Bill Lubinger: Cleveland Browns draft California offensive tackle Mitchell Schwartz in second round on cleveland.com. April 28, 2012, accessed February 1, 2020.
- ↑ Scott Patsko: The best Browns offensive starters since 1999 (and their backups) on cleveland.com. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
- ↑ Terez A. Paylor: Chiefs sign right tackle Mitchell Schwartz to five-year free-agent deal . In: The Kansas City Star . March 9, 2016, accessed February 1, 2020.
- ↑ Kevin Patra: Mitchell Schwartz signs one-year deal with Chiefs on nfl.com. June 12, 2019, accessed February 1, 2020.
- ↑ Matt Derrick: Mitch Schwartz's Consecutive-Snap Streak Comes to an End. . In: Sports Illustrated . November 11, 2019, accessed February 1, 2020.
- ↑ Christian Hardy: NFL brothers' book focuses on more than just football. . In: The Kansas City Star . June 24, 2016, accessed February 1, 2020.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Schwartz, Mitchell |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schwartz, Mitchell Bryan (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1989 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pacific Palisades , California , United States |