1. Geoffrey Isaiah Schwartz was born on July 11,1986 and is an American former professional football player who was an offensive guard in the National Football League.
32 Facts About Geoff Schwartz
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Geoff Schwartz was selected by the Carolina Panthers in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL draft, and played for them from 2008 to 2011.
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Geoff Schwartz was a member of the Minnesota Vikings, Kansas City Chiefs, New York Giants, and Detroit Lions.
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Geoff Schwartz started for three years at right tackle, and in his senior year was a second-team All-Pac-10 selection.
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Geoff Schwartz is the son of Lee Schwartz, a business consultant to manufacturing companies, and Olivia Goodkin, an attorney.
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Geoff Schwartz is Jewish, and was raised in Conservative Judaism, observing all the Jewish holidays.
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Geoff Schwartz attended Hebrew school and synagogue Adat Shalom in West Los Angeles.
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Geoff Schwartz was an All-League pitcher in baseball, throwing in the upper-80s miles-per-hour.
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Geoff Schwartz played tackle and guard on offense, and nose guard, defensive end, and defensive tackle on defense.
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Geoff Schwartz started for three years at right tackle, playing in 41 games.
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Geoff Schwartz had the team's best record in the squat strength training exercise, at 505 pounds.
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In 2005, as a sophomore, Geoff Schwartz started all 12 games and allowed only three sacks.
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In 2007, as a senior, Geoff Schwartz started all 13 games and helped the team lead the Pac-10 in rushing for a second consecutive year.
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Geoff Schwartz holds the Pac-10 record for rushing by a right tackle, at three yards.
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Geoff Schwartz was selected by the Panthers in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL draft.
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Geoff Schwartz spent the season on the injured reserve list, and had hip surgery in September 2011.
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On March 21,2012, Geoff Schwartz signed a one-year deal with the Minnesota Vikings.
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Geoff Schwartz played right guard in parts of 13 games for the team in 2012, and helped running back Adrian Peterson rush for 2,097 yards, just 9 yards short of the NFL single-season record.
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Geoff Schwartz signed with the Kansas City Chiefs on March 15,2013.
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Geoff Schwartz was expected to compete either with Donald Stephenson to start at right tackle, or with Jon Asamoah and Jeff Allen for playing time at guard.
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Geoff Schwartz played in all 16 games for the Chiefs, starting 7 of them, moving into the starting lineup at right guard in the latter part of the season.
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Geoff Schwartz received a plus-18.6 Pro Football Focus grade in 549 snaps, the highest grade of any Chiefs offensive lineman, and was rated as the top free-agent guard by the site.
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Geoff Schwartz has elite power at the point of attack, but he rarely gets beat cleanly.
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Geoff Schwartz had the sixth-lowest percentage of run snaps that took a downgrade among all guards.
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On March 12,2014, Geoff Schwartz signed a four-year, $16.8 million deal with $6.2 million guaranteed with the New York Giants.
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On November 29,2015, Geoff Schwartz sustained a broken left leg in the Week 12 loss to the Washington Redskins.
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On December 1,2015, Geoff Schwartz was placed on season-ending injured reserve.
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On February 10,2016, Geoff Schwartz was released by the Giants.
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On March 30,2016, Geoff Schwartz signed a one-year contract with the Detroit Lions.
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On February 21,2017, Geoff Schwartz announced his retirement from the NFL.
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In July 2020 Geoff Schwartz debuted a new podcast named Minus Three with Shek and Geoff Schwartz with former NFL Network personality Dave Dameshek which focuses on the NFL.
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Geoff Schwartz was co-author of Eat My Geoff Schwartz: Our Story of NFL Football, Food, Family, and Faith with his brother, Mitchell.