Position: Center Height 1.93 m Undrafted: 2013 Weight 132 kg | Name Matt Stankiewitch Date joined 2013 Role American football center | |
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Date of birth: (1990-02-08) February 8, 1990 (age 25) Place of birth: Pottsville, Pennsylvania Current team Jacksonville Jaguars (#62 / Center) College Penn State Nittany Lions football | ||
Center matt stankiewitch talks nfl future at penn state football pro day
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.
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- Center matt stankiewitch talks nfl future at penn state football pro day
- Penn state football q a with matt stankiewitch
- Early years
- College Career
- Professional career
- Matt stankiewitch 2012 all big ten
- References
Penn state football q a with matt stankiewitch
Early years
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.
College Career
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). In 2012, Stankiewitch anchored the Penn State offensive which led the Big Ten Conference in total offense (427.0 ypg) and ranked second in scoring (32.6 ppg) and passing (283.1 ypg). He also 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 selected to the 2012 All-Big Ten Conference football team. Stankiewitch played the most plays on the Penn State football team during Joe Paterno's last season as head football coach.
Professional career
On April 28, 2013, he was signed as an undrafted free agent by the New England Patriots. On August 5, 2013, Stankiewitch was re-signed by the Patriots.
On December 30, 2013, the Jacksonville Jaguars signed Stankiewitch to reserve/future contract.
He was released from injured reserve on August 20, 2014 after sustaining a hand fracture.