Lyle Sendlein

Infobox NFLactive


currentteam=Arizona Cardinals
currentnumber=63
currentpositionplain=Center
birthdate=birth date and age|1984|3|18
birthplace=Edina, Minnesota
heightft=6
heightin=3
weight=305
debutyear=2007
debutteam=Arizona Cardinals
college=Texas
High School= Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, AZ
undraftedyear=2007
pastteams=
* Arizona Cardinals (2007-"present")
nfl=SEN108904

Lyle Sendlein (born March 18 1984)cite news | url=http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=40&url_article_id=2806&url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2 | title=Lyle Sendlein | publisher=MackBrownTexasFootball | accessdate=2007-05-02] is a professional American football player. On May 1 2007 he announced he had signed as a free agent with the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. Prior to that, he played college football for The University of Texas Longhorns and helped them win a national championship. He played in the offensive line as center.

College career

Sendlein played in 50 games while at Texas and he started in his final 26 games. He was a two-time all-conference performer as center in the Big 12. He started for the 2005 National Championship team and helped the Longhorns set an NCAA single-season record with 652 total points scored and a UT single-season record with 6,657 total offensive yards.

He earned a degree in liberal arts in December 2006.

High School Career

Coached by Ron Esthbrook at Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Arizona, Sendlein was a four-year letter winner and three-year starter as a prepster. He started varsity football early at a great school for football and became a first-team all-region choice at offensive tackle as a sophomore. He started at defensive tackle and linebacker as a senior, linebacker as a junior and offensive tackle as a sophomore. Sendlein also helped lead team to back-to-back Arizona 4A State Championships in 1999-2000 and a 28-game winning streak. He became a first-team all-state, all-region and all-city selection as a senior he posted 110 tackles, six sacks, three fumble recoveries (one returned for a TD) and a 29-yard interception return for a TD that year, he also had 21 tackles, two sacks and a 29-yard INT return for a TD against rival Saguaro in 2001. He earned second-team all-state and first-team all-region and all-city honors as a junior. Sendlein was also named the Valley's 2000 Defensive Player of the Year. He racked up 157 tackles that year, his top game of his junior season was a 19-tackle performance against the Saguaro Sabrecats.

Pro career

Seven Longhorn team-mates of Sendlein were selected in the 2007 NFL Draft - Michael Griffin (number 19 overall), Aaron Ross (number 20 overall), Justin Blalock (number 39 overall), Tim Crowder (number 56 overall), Brian Robison (number 102 overall), Tarell Brown (number 147 overall), Kasey Studdard (number 183 overall).cite news |url=http://insider.espn.go.com/nfldraft/draft/tracker/school?id=2432&action=login&appRedirect=http%3A%2F%2Finsider.espn.go.com%2Fnfldraft%2Fdraft%2Ftracker%2Fschool%3Fid%3D2432 | title=NCAA Schools: TEXAS | publisher=ESPN | date=April 29 2007 | accessdate=2007-05-01] Like Sendlein, Selvin Young was not drafted but signed with an NFL teams as a free agent.cite news | url=http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=40&url_subchannel_id=&url_article_id=2797&change_well_id=2 | title=2007 NFL Draft | publisher=MackBrownTexasFootball | accessdate=2007-05-01]

On his signing with the Arizona Cardinals, Sendlein said, "I had about 20 to 25 teams call to check on my status, but my agent and I felt like Arizona would be a good fit." said Sendlein. This will be a homecoming for Sendlein since he played for Scottsdale Chaparral as a prepster.cite news | url=http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=40&url_article_id=2923&url_subchannel_id=&change_well_id=2 | title=Sendlein signs with Arizona Cardinals | publisher=MackBrownTexasFootball.com | date=May 1 2007 | accessdate=2007-05-02]

Personal

Lyle Sendlein is the son of former UT and NFL player Robin Sendlein.

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