Lyle Sendlein

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Lyle Sendlein
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Sendlein with the Arizona Cardinals
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Position: Center
Personal information
Born: (1984-03-16) March 16, 1984 (age 39)
Edina, Minnesota, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:308 lb (140 kg)
Career information
High school: Chaparral (Scottsdale, Arizona)
College: Texas
Undrafted: 2007
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:136
Games started:124
Player stats at NFL.com  ·  PFR

Lyle Sendlein (born March 16, 1984) is a former American football center. He played college football at Texas, where he won the BCS national champion and 9 years of pro football for the Arizona Cardinals with whom he played in Super Bowl XLIII.

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Early years

Coached by Ron Estabrook at Chaparral High School in Scottsdale, Arizona, Sendlein was a four-year letter winner and three-year starter as a prepster. He started varsity football early and became a first-team all-region choice at offensive tackle as a sophomore. He started at defensive tackle and linebacker as a senior, linebacker as a junior and offensive tackle as a sophomore. Sendlein also helped lead team to back-to-back Arizona 4A State Championships in 1999–2000 and a 28-game winning streak. He became a first-team all-state, all-region and all-city selection as a senior he posted 110 tackles, six sacks, three fumble recoveries (one returned for a TD) and a 29-yard interception return for a TD that year, he also had 21 tackles, two sacks and a 29-yard INT return for a TD against rival Saguaro in 2001. He earned second-team all-state and first-team all-region and all-city honors as a junior. Sendlein was also named the Valley's 2000 Defensive Player of the Year. He racked up 157 tackles that year, his top game of his junior season was a 19-tackle performance against the Saguaro Sabrecats.

College career

Sendlein played in 50 games while at Texas and he started in his final 26 games. He was a two-time all-conference performer as center in the Big 12. He started for the 2005 National Championship team and helped the Longhorns set an NCAA single-season record with 652  total points scored and a UT single-season record with 6,657 total offensive yards. [1]

He earned a degree in liberal arts in December 2006. [1]

Professional career

Sendlein went undrafted in the 2007 NFL Draft, but signed with the Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted free agent shortly after the draft. On his signing with the Cardinals, Sendlein said, "I had about 20 to 25 teams call to check on my status, but my agent and I felt like Arizona would be a good fit." said Sendlein. It was a homecoming for Sendlein since he played for Scottsdale Chaparral. [1]

Sendlein started only 2 games as a rookie in 2007, but he became the starting center for Arizona in his second year, and maintained that position throughout most of his career. It was also in his second year that he helped the Cardinals make it to Super Bowl XLIII, which the Cardinals lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers 27-23.

Following the 2010 season, he was not re-signed by the Cardinals until July.

During the 2012 season he suffered an injury and missed the last six games of the season. [2]

On March 12, 2015, Sendlein was released, but he re-signed with the team on August 7, 2015. [3]

After the 2015 season, his contract expired and he was not resigned. [2]

Personal

Sendlein, who is of German descent, is the son of former NFL player Robin Sendlein [1] and Carrie Sendlein.

After football, he became a real estate investor. [4]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Lyle Sendlein NFL stats" . Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  3. Gantt, Darin. "Cardinals bringing back former center Lyle Sendlein". Pro Football Talk. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  4. "A New Real Estate Class That Combines Business and Pleasure". 12 April 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2023.