Mitchell Schwartz

Geoff and Mitchell are the first Jewish brothers to play in the NFL since Ralph Horween and Arnold Horween, in 1923.

His father, speaking of the fact that he has two sons playing in the National Football League, said: "I just kvell."

His mother, commenting on having two sons play football, said: "I started out worrying that they were going to get hurt, but then I realized it was the other players I should be worrying about. They were like trucks hitting small cars. And I started to kind of feel like maybe this was their destiny."

Schwartz attended Palisades Charter High School.

Playing football for his high school team, on which he was the team captain, he was regarded as a three-star offensive tackle prospect by Rivals.com; Scout.com ranked him #23.

He began as a quarterback, but quickly moved over to offensive tackle where he was a four-year starter.

Mitchell Bryan Schwartz (born June 8, 1989) is a former American football offensive tackle who played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL).

Schwartz was a two-time All-State "underclassman" pick, and earned 2005 All-Western League and All-City honors as a junior.

As a senior, he was the 2006 California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Los Angeles City Offensive Lineman of the Year, 2006 Western League Lineman of the Year, and received Prepstar 2006 All-West Region honors.

Schwartz was also an all-league pitcher on the school baseball team.

Academically, he had a 4.3 GPA and a 34 ACT, and was named to the Principal's Honor Roll and Dean's List.

Coming out of high school, he received football offers from Cal, Michigan, Stanford, Virginia, Tennessee, Oregon, and Washington State.

At a spring LA Scout.com combine, Schwartz measured 6 ft tall, and weighed 303 lb. He ran the 40-yard dash in 5.28, and had a time in the 20-yard shuttle of 4.87; he also had a time in the shuttle of 4.78 at the Stanford Nike combine.

Schwartz attended the University of California, Berkeley, from 2007 to December 2011.

He graduated with a bachelor's degree in American Studies, with an emphasis on human development and identity.

He redshirted in 2007.

He started all 51 games possible from 2008 to 2011, at either left tackle or right tackle.

He was named second-team All-Pac-10 as a junior, and first-team All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All-Academic as a senior.

He also earned honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic (2008–10), and the Brick Muller Award as Cal's Most Valuable Offensive Lineman (2009–11), for three seasons each.

In 2008, Schwartz started all 13 games, the first three games at right tackle and the remaining 10 at left tackle.

He was named a second-team Freshman All-American by College Football News, received the Bob Tessier Award as Cal's Most Improved Offensive Lineman, and received honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic honors.

In 2009, Schwartz started all 13 games at right tackle.

He was Lindy's second-team preseason All-Pac-10, was Athlon third-team preseason All-Pac-10, was a Phil Steele preseason, midseason, and postseason third-team All-Pac-10 choice, received All-Pac-10 honorable mention and Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention, and received Cal's Brick Muller Award as its Most Valuable Offensive Lineman.

In 2010, he started all 12 games at left tackle, heading an offensive line that blocked for 1,167-yard rusher Shane Vereen.

Schwartz was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the second round (37th overall) of the 2012 NFL Draft.

Schwartz played college football at the University of California, Berkeley.

He was named to the Pro Football Focus (PFF) 2012 All-Rookie Team, lauded for his "top-notch pass blocking", and to the 2014 PFF All-Third Year Team.

He signed with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2015.

Following the 2018 season, he was named the winner of the Pro Football Focus Matthews Award, given out by the organization to their highest-rated offensive lineman each year, and was named a First-team All-Pro by the Associated Press.

In 2019 he was named to the CBS Sports' NFL All-Decade Team.

He has started over 120 consecutive games, and had 7,894 consecutive snaps (which made him the active iron man leader in the snaps category).

Schwartz was born in Pacific Palisades, California and grew up in West Los Angeles.

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.

His Hebrew name is Mendel.

Schwartz and his brother Geoff authored the book Eat my Schwartz: Our Story of NFL Football, Food, Family, and Faith.

Schwartz didn't start playing football until he was a freshman in high school.

When he started the ninth grade, he was already 6 ft tall and 240 lb, too big for the size restrictions of the local Pop Warner youth leagues.

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

His brother, offensive guard Geoff, played in the NFL for four different teams.