Mitchell Schwartz
Schwartz with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2017 | |||||||
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| Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||||
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| Born: | June 8, 1989 Pacific Palisades, California, U.S. | ||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||
| Weight: | 320 lb (145 kg) | ||||||
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| High school: | Palisades Charter (Pacific Palisades) | ||||||
| College: | California (2007–2011) | ||||||
| NFL draft: | 2012: 2nd round, 37th pick | ||||||
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Mitchell Bryan Schwartz (born June 8, 1989) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Schwartz was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the second round of the 2012 NFL draft.
Schwartz played college football for the California Golden Bears. 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.
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).