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Matt Spaeth 
Matt Spaeth at the Steelers 2008 training camp.No. 89 Chicago Bears Tight end Personal information Date of birth: November 24, 1983 Place of birth: St. Michael, Minnesota Height: 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Weight: 270 lb (122 kg) Career information College: Minnesota NFL Draft: 2007 / Round: 3 / Pick: 77 Debuted in 2007 for the Pittsburgh Steelers Career history - Pittsburgh Steelers (2007–2010)
- Chicago Bears (2011–present)
Roster status: Active Career highlights and awards - Sporting News Freshman All-American (2003)
- Honorable mention All-Big Ten (2004)
- 2x First-team All-Big Ten (2005-2006)
- First-team AP All American (2006)
- John Mackey Award (2006)
- Super Bowl Champion (XLIII)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 7, 2011 Receptions 39 Receiving Yards 290 Touchdowns 6 Stats at NFL.com Matt Spaeth (born November 24, 1983 in St. Michael, Minnesota) is an American football tight end for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Minnesota.
Spaeth won 2006's John Mackey Award as college football's best tight end.
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Early years
Spaeth graduated from Saint Michael–Albertville High School in 2002, where he played both football and basketball. St Michael was in the Wright County Conference at the time. Spaeth holds multiple records at St. Michael–Albertville in both sports. As a three year starter in basketball he set records for most rebounds in a game (23), most steals in a game (8), most points in a career (1359), most career rebounds (804).
College career
Spaeth played college football at Minnesota. In 2003 Matt started the season as a reserve, but was inserted into the starting lineup when starter Ben Utecht got injured. Spaeth went on to start 10 games where 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 again 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 most productive 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.
Professional career
Pittsburgh Steelers
Spaeth started the season primarily on the goal line package and special teams. Spaeth's first catch in the NFL was a touchdown – catching a 5 yard pass from Ben Roethlisberger in the Steelers' 34-7 win over Cleveland Browns on September 9, 2007. When second-string tight end Jerame Tuman was placed on injured reserve, Spaeth was promoted to second-string.
Spaeth caught 5 passes for 34 yards and 3 touchdowns in the 2007 NFL season. In the 2008 season, Spaeth added 17 more catches to his career and 136 yards during the regular season. Along with both an increase in catches and yards, Matt also played in the Super Bowl where he had one catch. The Steelers went on to win. In 2009, Matt had 5 catches for 25 yards and 1 touchdown.[1]
Chicago Bears
As an unrestricted free agent following the 2010 season, Spaeth signed with the Chicago Bears.[2]
Statistics
YEAR TEAM REC YDS AVG LNG TD's 2002 MIN DNP - Redshirt 2003 MIN 12 98 8.2 12 0 2004 MIN 24 298 12.4 47 4 2005 MIN 26 333 12.8 36 4 2006 MIN 47 564 12.0 48 4 2007 PIT 5 34 12.8 13T 3 2008 PIT 17 136 8.0 13 0 2009 PIT 5 25 5.0 9 1 2010 PIT 9 80 8.9 13 1 NCAA Career 109 1293 11.9 48 12 'NFL Career 33 275 8.3 13T 5 References
- ^ http://www.nfl.com/players/mattspaeth/careerstats?id=SPA090352
- ^ "Acquisition Tracker". Pro Football Talk. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/28/post-lockout-acquisitions/. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
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Chicago Bears current roster Active roster 6 Jay Cutler | 8 Adam Podlesh | 9 Robbie Gould | 10 Nathan Enderle | 11 Roy Williams | 12 Caleb Hanie | 13 Johnny Knox | 18 Dane Sanzenbacher | 20 Craig Steltz | 21 Corey Graham | 22 Matt Forté | 23 Devin Hester | 24 Marion Barber | 26 Tim Jennings | 27 Major Wright | 30 D. J. Moore | 31 Brandon Meriweather | 32 Kahlil Bell | 33 Charles Tillman | 35 Zackary Bowman | 37 Anthony Walters | 44 Tyler Clutts | 47 Chris Conte | 52 Brian Iwuh | 53 Nick Roach | 54 Brian Urlacher | 55 Lance Briggs | 58 Dom DeCicco | 60 Lance Louis | 63 Roberto Garza | 65 Patrick Mannelly | 67 Chris Spencer | 68 Frank Omiyale | 69 Henry Melton | 70 Edwin Williams | 71 Israel Idonije | 72 Gabe Carimi | 73 J'Marcus Webb | 74 Chris Williams | 75 Matt Toeaina | 80 Earl Bennett | 81 Sam Hurd | 85 Andre Smith | 87 Kellen Davis | 89 Matt Spaeth | 90 Julius Peppers | 91 Amobi Okoye | 92 Stephen Paea | 93 Jabara Williams | 94 Nick Reed | 95 Anthony Adams | 96 Mario Addison | 98 Corey Wootton
Reserve lists 48 Harvey Unga (Left Squad) | 86 Kyle Adams (IR) | 97 J.T. Thomas (IR)
Practice Squad 25 Armando Allen | 49 Draylen Ross | 59 Patrick Trahan | 62 Reggie Stephens | 64 Ricky Henry | 76 Jordan Miller | 79 Levi Horn | 83 Max Komar
AFC East: BUF · MIA · NE · NYJ • North: BAL · CIN · CLE · John Mackey Award winners Touchdown Club of Columbus College Football Tight End of the Year Pittsburgh Steelers 2007 NFL Draft selections Lawrence Timmons • LaMarr Woodley • Matt Spaeth • Daniel Sepulveda • Ryan McBean • Cameron Stephenson • William Gay • Dallas BakerCategories:- 1983 births
- Living people
- People from Wright County, Minnesota
- American football tight ends
- Minnesota Golden Gophers football players
- Pittsburgh Steelers players
- Players of American football from Minnesota
- Chicago Bears players
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