Tight end, Minnesota, 2002–06
Matt Spaeth
- Born
- Nov 24, 1983, in St. Michael, Minnesota
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Matt Spaeth played tight end at Minnesota (2002–06). He won the 2006 John Mackey Award. The Pittsburgh Steelers took Spaeth in round 3, No. 77 overall in the 2007 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
6catches, best game on filefive times; last vs. North Dakota State, 200699receiving yards, best game on filevs. Penn State, 20062receiving touchdowns, best game on filetwice; last at Indiana, 2004Honors
All-America: AP first team 2006; Rivals.com 2006
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Receiving
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here).
Game by game
2006 Minnesota 11 games, 47 catches, 564 yards, 4 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | at Kent State | W 44–0 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 35 |
| Sep 9 | at California | L 17–42 | 6 | 91 | 0 | 48 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Temple | W 62–0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Sep 23 | at Purdue | L 21–27 | 5 | 48 | 1 | 20 |
| Sep 30 | vs. Michigan | L 14–28 | 4 | 47 | 0 | 26 |
| Oct 7 | vs. Penn State | L 27–28 | 6 | 99 | 1 | 30 |
| Oct 14 | at Wisconsin | L 12–48 | 4 | 42 | 0 | 16 |
| Oct 21 | vs. North Dakota State | W 10–9 | 6 | 49 | 0 | 19 |
| Nov 4 | vs. Indiana | W 63–26 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 23 |
| Nov 11 | at Michigan State | W 31–18 | 4 | 51 | 0 | 38 |
| Nov 18 | vs. Iowa | W 34–24 | 5 | 44 | 1 | 13 |
2005 Minnesota 10 games, 26 catches, 333 yards, 4 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17 | vs. Florida Atlantic | W 46–7 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Sep 24 | vs.Purdue | W 42–35 | 4 | 68 | 1 | 36 |
| Oct 1 | atPenn State | L 14–44 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 8 |
| Oct 8 | atMichigan | W 23–20 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Oct 15 | vs.Wisconsin | L 34–38 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Oct 29 | vs. Ohio State | L 31–45 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 35 |
| Nov 5 | atIndiana | W 42–21 | 4 | 66 | 1 | 30 |
| Nov 12 | vs.Michigan State | W 41–18 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 9 |
| Nov 19 | atIowa | L 28–52 | 4 | 49 | 0 | 18 |
| Dec 30 ✦ | vs. Virginia | L 31–34 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 13 |
2004 Minnesota 7 games, 24 catches, 298 yards, 4 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Rec | Yds | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18 | at Colorado State | W 34–16 | 6 | 71 | 2 | 19 |
| Sep 25 | vs. Northwestern | W 43–17 | 5 | 72 | 0 | 27 |
| Oct 16 | atMichigan State | L 17–51 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Oct 23 | vs. Illinois | W 45–0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Oct 30 | atIndiana | L 21–30 | 6 | 95 | 2 | 47 |
| Nov 6 | atWisconsin | L 14–38 | 2 | 28 | 0 | 15 |
| Nov 13 | vs.Iowa | L 27–29 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 10 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2007 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′7⅛″ |
| Weight | 270 lb |
| Arm length | 34″ |
| Hand size | 10⅜″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.83 sW |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
9 seasons, 64 games with a stat; latest team: Pittsburgh Steelers.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 9 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 9 | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | Chicago Bears | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | Chicago Bears | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 4 | – | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 64 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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