Dan Kreider
Kreider (center) with a coach while with the Steelers in 2006.
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| Position: | Fullback | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | March 11, 1977 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Manheim, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Manheim (PA) Central | ||||||||||||||
| College: | New Hampshire | ||||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2000 | ||||||||||||||
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| Rushing yards: | 144 |
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| Rushing average: | 4.5 |
| Rushing TDs: | 2 |
| Receptions: | 64 |
| Receiving yards: | 491 |
| Receiving TDs: | 2 |
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Dan Kreider (born March 11, 1977) is a former American football fullback. He was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted free agent in 2000. He played college football at New Hampshire.
Kreider earned a Super Bowl ring with the Steelers in Super Bowl XL, defeating the Seattle Seahawks. He has also played for the St. Louis Rams and Arizona Cardinals.
Kreider earned state Section II Best Player honors as a senior at Manheim, Pennsylvania's Manheim Central High School. He attended the University of New Hampshire and was an A student and letterman in football. In football, he was a three-year starter at fullback, and as a senior, he posted 92 rushing attempts for 518 yards (5.6 yards per rushing attempt avg.), and 25 receptions for 275 yards (11.00 yards per reception avg.) and a touchdown. He majored in business administration.
Kreider entered the league when the Steelers signed him as an undrafted free agent following the 2000 NFL Draft. After playing on the team's practice squad, he was signed to the active roster on October 17, 2000, to replace Jon Witman, who had been injured. He remained on the active roster for the remainder of the season and was named the Steelers' Rookie of the Year, playing better than draftees Plaxico Burress and Marvel Smith. Starting at fullback in Super Bowl XL vs Seattle, Kreider threw a key block for quarterback Ben Roethlisberger on a one-yard touchdown run in the second quarter to give the Steelers a 7-3 lead.
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