Mitchell Schwartz

Mitchell Schwartz

Schwartz with the Cleveland Browns
No. 71 Kansas City Chiefs
Position:	Offensive tackle
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1989-06-08) June 8, 1989 (age 27)
Place of birth:	Pacific Palisades, California
Height:	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:	320 lb (145 kg)
Career information
High school:	Pacific Palisades (CA) Charter
College:	California
NFL Draft:	2012 / Round: 2 / Pick: 37
Career history
Cleveland Browns (2012–2015) Kansas City Chiefs (2016–present)
Career highlights and awards
Second team All-Pro (2016)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2016
Games played: 80 Games started: 80 Player stats at NFL.com

Mitchell Bryan Schwartz (born June 8, 1989) is an American football offensive tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL).

Schwartz played college football at the University of California, Berkeley, for the Golden Bears. He started all 51 games possible from 2008–11, 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.

Schwartz was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the second round (37th overall) of the 2012 NFL draft. He started all 48 games of his first three years at right tackle, without missing a snap. Schwartz 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.

Schwartz was born in Pacific Palisades, California and grew up in West Los Angeles. He is the son of Lee Schwartz, a business consultant to manufacturing companies, and Olivia Goodkin, an attorney. Schwartz is Jewish, and was raised in Conservative Judaism. His Hebrew name is Mendel.

Schwartz didn't start playing football until he was a freshman in high school. When he started the ninth grade, he was already 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) tall and 240 pounds (110 kg), too big for the size restrictions of the local Pop Warner youth leagues. Second, his parents wanted him to instead focus on studying for his Bar Mitzvah.