Geoff Schwartz

He was rated first-team All-City and All-Westside by the L.A. Times, California's 5th-best offensive line recruit by Tom Lemming, among the top 75 prep prospects in California by Super Prep, 36th on the Rivals.com list of the nation's top offensive tackle prospects, and included among the Tacoma News Tribune's Western One-hundred selections.

Schwartz played college football at the University of Oregon.

His major was political science.

Schwartz started for three years at right tackle, playing in 41 games (36 starts).

He had the team's best record in the squat strength training exercise, at 505 pounds (229 kg).

Geoffrey Isaiah Schwartz (born July 11, 1986) is a former American football offensive guard in the NFL and author.

In 2005, as a sophomore, Schwartz started all 12 games and allowed only three sacks.

In 2006, as a junior, he played in 12 games with 11 starts.

In 2007, as a senior, Schwartz started all 13 games and helped the team lead the Pac-10 in rushing for a second consecutive year.

He was a second-team 2007 All-Pac-10 selection.

Schwartz holds the Pac-10 record for rushing by a right tackle, at three yards.

He was selected by the Carolina Panthers in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft, and played for them from 2008-11.

He has also played for the Minnesota Vikings, Kansas City Chiefs, New York Giants and Detroit Lions.

Schwartz played college football at the University of Oregon, for the Ducks.

He started for three years at right tackle, and in his senior year was a second-team All-Pac-10 selection.

Schwartz was born in Los Angeles, California.

He is the son of Lee Schwartz, a business consultant to manufacturing companies, and Olivia Goodkin, an attorney.

Schwartz is Jewish, and was raised in Conservative Judaism, observing all the Jewish holidays.

He attended Hebrew school and synagogue Adat Shalom in West Los Angeles.

His Hebrew name is Gedalia Yitzhak.

When he is on the road during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, he carries a menorah with him and lights its candles in his hotel room.

Schwartz did not start playing football until age 13.

Firstly, he was too heavy for the weight requirements of the local youth program.

Secondly, his parents wanted him to instead focus on studying for his Bar Mitzvah.

Schwartz attended Palisades Charter High School.

There, he was the starting center on the basketball team.

He was also an All-League pitcher in baseball, throwing in the upper-80s miles-per-hour.

As a pitcher, he had a 13–6 record with a 1.30 ERA, 4 saves, and 130 strikeouts in his last two years.

In addition, he played football for the high school team, on both the offensive line and the defensive line.

He played tackle and guard on offense, and nose guard, defensive end, and defensive tackle on defense.

Schwartz was selected by the Panthers in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft.

That year, he was on the Panthers' practice squad, after being waived in the final training camp roster cut.

In 2009, he played in all 16 games with 3 starts at right tackle.

In 2010, he started all 16 games (the first 5 at right tackle, and the last 11 at right guard), and played 1,016 snaps.

In 2011, he was projected to start at right guard again, but suffered an injured right hip consisting of a hip impingement (a bone spur in his femur that tore his hip cartilage) during practice.

He spent the season on the injured reserve list, and had hip surgery in September 2011.

On March 21, 2012, Schwartz signed a one-year deal with the Minnesota Vikings.

He 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.

Schwartz signed with the Kansas City Chiefs on March 15, 2013.

His one-year contract was worth up to $1.2 million, including incentives.