Matt Bernstein

Matt Bernstein

Matt Bernstein (born December 26, 1982 in Scarsdale, New York) is a former American football standout at University of Wisconsin–Madison, who is currently a free agent of the Arena Football League after a stint in the National Football League with the Detroit Lions. [1][2] Inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2006. He has two brothers, Alex and Ben.

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College highlights

  • Produced 53 touchdown-resulting blocks for a ground game that totaled 71 rushing touchdowns during his first three seasons at Wisconsin.[3]
  • Averaged 10 knockdown blocks per game and made 11 touchdown resulting blocks as a pass protector.[4]
  • Preseason All-American and All-Big Ten Conference first-team selection by The NFL Draft Report as a senior.[3]
  • Inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.[5]
  • Started every game as a junior and finished third on the team with a career-high 300 rushing yards and a touchdown.[3]
  • Played in every game in 2003 as a sophomore and emerged as the starting fullback.[3]
  • Elroy Hirsch Football Scholarship.[6]
  • Academic All-Big Ten Conference selection as a redshirt freshman.[3]
  • Signed by the Lions as an undrafted free agent.[3]

High school highlights

  • Two-time Class C Player of the Year selection at Edgemont High School in New York.[4]
  • Played fullback and linebacker.[3]
  • Rushed for 1,885 yards and 25 scores as a junior.[4]
  • Added 37 touchdowns and 2,002 yards on the ground and made 108 tackles with seven forced fumbles as a senior, earning the prep version of the Heisman Trophy for that performance.[4]
  • Finished his career ranked third all-time in New York prep annals in scoring with 504 points.[3]
  • Con Edison Scholar-Athlete[3]

External links

References

  1. ^ "Former Badger gets taste of Israel", Jerusalem Post, December 29, 2006
  2. ^ "Philadelphia Soul Sign FB's Matt Bernstein and George Layne - AFL", The Raw Feed, January 18, 2007
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "44 Matt Bernstein". DetroitLions.com. Archived from the original on 2007-08-05. http://web.archive.org/web/20070805232642/http://www.detroitlions.com/bio.cfm?bio_id=391&season=8. Retrieved 2007-09-01. 
  4. ^ a b c d "Matt Bernstein Draft Profile". FoxSports.com. http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/draft/prospect?contentId=5527532&year=2006. Retrieved 2007-09-01. 
  5. ^ Profile of Bernstein on National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame web site.
  6. ^ Badger Chalk Talk, Fall 2002, Volume 02, Issue 3.


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