Matt Stankiewitch
| No. -- Free agent | |||
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| Position: | Center | ||
| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth: | February 8, 1990 | ||
| Place of birth: | Pottsville, Pennsylvania | ||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Weight: | 305 lb (138 kg) | ||
| Career information | |||
| College: | Penn State | ||
| Undrafted: | 2013 | ||
| Career history | |||
| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||
| Career NFL statistics | |||
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Matt Stankiewitch (born February 8, 1990) is an American football center who is currently a free agent. He played college football for Penn State from 2008 to 2012.
Stankiewitch graduated from Blue Mountain High School in Pennsylvania in 2008. Stankiewitch was a 2 time all-state football player after his junior and senior session. He started at left guard in the Under Armour All-America Game and started at center in the Big 33 Football Classic.
At Penn State, Stankiewitch redshirted in 2008 before starting two games at left guard in 2009. In 2010, Stankiewitch played in six games before missing the rest of the season due to illness. He was able to remain healthy throughout 2011 and 2012, finishing his career having made 25 starts at center and 2 starts at guard. The talented and tough Stankiewitch helped anchor a unit that led the Big Ten in fewest sacks allowed in 2011 (14 in 13 games). The physical and driven Stankiewitch led the Penn State Nittany Lions in snaps played in 2011 & 2012 with 966 in 2011. During the course of the 2012 season, Stankiewitch was awarded 5 game balls and was a finalist for the Rimington Trophy. He was a 1st team all Big Ten center. Stankiewitch played the most plays on the Penn State football team during Joe Paterno's last season as head football coach. [1]
On April 28, 2013 he was signed as an undrafted free agent by the New England Patriots.[2] On August 5, 2013, Stankiewitch was re-signed by the Patriots.[3]
On December 30, 2013, the Jacksonville Jaguars signed Stankiewitch to reserve/future contract.
He was released from injured reserve on August 20, 2014.
| Ht | Wt | Arm length | Hand size | 40-yd dash | 10-yd split | 20-yd split | 20-ss | 3-cone | Vert | Broad | BP | ||||||||
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| 6 ft 3 in | 302 lb | 32 1/2 in | 10 in | 5.42 s | 4.96 s | 7.90 s | 24 in | 8 ft 1 in | 27 reps | ||||||||||
| All values from 2013 NFL Combine[4] | |||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ McCrystal, Ryan (April 15, 2013). "Matt Stankiewitch Scouting Report: NFL Outlook for Penn State C". Bleacher Report. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
- ↑ Boyer, Leroy (April 28, 2013). "Stankiewitch to sign free-agent deal with New England Patriots". The Republican-Herald.
- ↑ Petraglia, Mike (August 5, 2013). "Patriots re-sign Matt Stankiewitch, Mike Zupancic, undecided on Tom Brady, prepare for Philadelphia". WEEI.com. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
- ↑ "Matt Stankiewitch Draft Profile", NFL.com, retrieved May 25, 2013