Owen Schmitt
Schmitt in the 2012 NFL season.
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| Position: | Fullback | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | February 13, 1985 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Gilman, Wisconsin | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| College: | West Virginia | ||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2008 / Round: 5 / Pick: 163 | ||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2011 | |||||||||||||
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| Rush yards: | 27 |
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| Yards-per-carry: | 3.0 |
| Receptions: | 34 |
| Receiving yards: | 218 |
| Total touchdowns: | 2 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Owen Schmitt (born February 13, 1985) is a former American football fullback. He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the fifth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at West Virginia University.
Schmitt has also played for the Philadelphia Eagles and the Oakland Raiders.
Schmitt was born with a cleft lip and palate and underwent several surgeries to correct it as a child, including one when he was in fourth grade in which doctors inserted a piece of hip bone into his jaw. As a result, he has a scar running from under his nose to his upper lip.
Schmitt played fullback, defensive end, and linebacker first at Paul VI Catholic High School and then Fairfax High School in Virginia.
After graduation from high school, he enrolled at Wisconsin–River Falls. At River Falls, he posted a 1,063 yards and five touchdown performance his freshman year, which earned him WIAC all-conference honors in only nine starting games.
Schmitt attended spring practice the next year at West Virginia University. A walk-on to the Mountaineers' squad, Schmitt became the starter that fall as a sophomore for the 2005 season and it was a breakout year. He was active as both a rusher and as a primary blocker. At the midpoint of the season, freshman Steve Slaton earned the starting spot at halfback, and with quarterback Pat White at the helm, Schmitt and Slaton teamed up to make one of the best rushing tandems in the NCAA. Schmitt totaled 380 yards and two touchdowns himself, while Slaton was a huge beneficiary of his blocking, recording 1,128 yards and seventeen touchdowns.
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