MATT SPAETH

'Matt Spaeth'

'Personal Info'
'DOB'	November 24, 1983
'High School'	St. Michael-Albertville High School, Albertville, Minnesota
'Height'	6'7"
'Weight'	265 pounds
'Team Information'
'Current Team'	Pittsburgh Steelers
'Position'	Tight End
'Number'	89
'Honors'
'2006'	First Team All-Big Ten John Mackey Award winner 1st Team All American (AP)
'2005'	First Team All-Big Ten
'2004'	Honorable Mention All Big Ten
'2003'	Sportingnews.com Freshman All American
'Bowl Games'
'2006'	Insight Bowl
'2005'	Music City Bowl
'2004'	Music City Bowl
'2003'	Sun Bowl
'NFL Draft'
'2007'	Pittsburgh Steelers, Round 3 (77th Overall)

'Matt Spaeth' (born November 24, 1983) is an American football tight end. He was selected in the 2007 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Spaeth was a four year starter from 2003–2006 at the University of Minnesota. He is the winner of the 2006 John Mackey Award, presented annually to college football's best tight end and was regarded as one of the top blocking tight ends in college football.

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High school

College

See also

External links

High school

Spaeth is a 2002 graduate of Saint Michael-Albertville High School were he was a standout football player for coach Earl Baumann.

College

In 2003 Matt started the season off as a reserve, but was inserted into the starting lineup when starter Ben Utecht got injured and ended up starting 10 games. On the season he had 12 catches for 98 yards and was named to the Sportingnews.com and Rivals.com freshman All American team.
In 2004 Matt increased his production to 24 catches for 298 yards and 4 TD's. He started every game was an honorable mention pick to the All-Big Ten team.
In 2005 Spaeth against started every game, hauling in 26 catches for 333 yards and 4 TD's. He was named to the All-Big Ten First team.
2006 was the best season of Spaeth's career. Despite playing the last month of the season with a separated shoulder, Matt went on to get career highs in receptions (47) & receiving yards (564), and tied his career high in touchdowns (4). For the second consecutive year, he was named to the All-Big Ten First team, and in December was named a First Team All American. Spaeth did not play in the Insight Bowl on December 29 because of an injured shoulder.

'Career Receiving Statistics

'YEAR'	'REC'	'YDS'	'AVG'	'LNG'	'TD's'
2002	'DNP - Redshirt'
2003	12	98	8.2	12	0
2004	24	298	12.4	47	4
2005	26	333	12.8	36	4
2006	47	564	12.0	48	4
'Career'	'109'	'1293'	'11.9'	'48'	'12'

See also

★ Minnesota Golden Gophers football

External links

★ Gophersports.com bio

★ NFL Draft Scout Profile

★ John Mackey Award Profile