Austin Schlottmann

Austin Schlottmann (born September 18, 1995) is an American football center for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at TCU.

Austin Schlottmann
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Schlottmann in the 2019 NFL season
No. 65 – Minnesota Vikings
Position:Center
Personal information
Born: (1995-09-18) September 18, 1995
Brenham, Texas, U.S.
Height:6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight:300 lb (136 kg)
Career information
High school:Brenham High School
College:TCU (2014–2017)
Undrafted:2018
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career NFL statistics as of 2022
Games played:58
Games started:11
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Early years

Schlottmann was born and raised in Brenham, Texas, where he became a football star at Brenham High School, earning All-State honors in 2013[1] while helping lead the Cubs to the Class 4A Championship game at AT&T Stadium.[2] On February 5, 2014, he signed a national letter of intent to play college football at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas.[3]

College career

Schlottmann enrolled at TCU in the summer of 2014, and played in all 13 of the Frogs' games that fall as true freshman in 2014, a season in which they won a Big 12 championship and rank third in the final polls after blowing out Ole Miss, 42-3, in the Peach Bowl.[4] He started 29 games for the TCU in the next three seasons and was named 2nd Team All-Big 12 as a junior in 2016.[5]

Professional career

Denver Broncos

After going undrafted in the 2018 NFL Draft, Schlottmann signed as a free agent with the Denver Broncos as an undrafted free agent [6] which reunited him with high school teammate Courtland Sutton.[7] He spent the entire 2018 season on the Broncos' practice squad, but made the active roster coming out of training camp in his second year with the team [8] and made his regular season debut September 9, 2019 against the Oakland Raiders on Monday Night Football. He was named the starting right guard in Week 14 after Ronald Leary was out the rest of the season.

On August 31, 2021, Schlottmann was waived by the Broncos and re-signed to the practice squad the next day.[9][10] He was promoted to the active roster on November 9, 2021.[11]

Minnesota Vikings

On March 16, 2022, Schlottmann signed with the Minnesota Vikings.[12] He was placed on injured reserve on January 3, 2023.[13]

Schlottmann re-signed with the Vikings on March 17, 2023.[14]

References
  1. "The 2013 Texas Sports Writers Association's All-State Football Teams". Texas Sports Writers Association. December 30, 2013.
  2. "Brenham can't slow Aledo in state title game". Bryan/College Station Eagle. December 22, 2013.
  3. "Austin Schlottmann". 247Sports.com. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  4. "Scorned Frogs: TCU crushes Ole Miss in Peach Bowl". USAToday.com. December 31, 2014.
  5. "2016 All-Big 12 Football Awards Announced". Big12Sports.com. December 7, 2016.
  6. "Denver Broncos undrafted rookie spotlight: OT Austin Schlottmann". USA Today. May 26, 2018.
  7. "Broncos' OL Austin Schlottmann rising on depth chart with position flexibility". Denver Post. August 23, 2019.
  8. "First Look At The Denver Broncos 2019 Roster". CBS 4 Denver. August 31, 2019.
  9. DiLalla, Aric (August 31, 2021). "Broncos make series of roster transactions to reach 53-man limit". DenverBroncos.com.
  10. DiLalla, Aric (September 1, 2021). "Broncos sign 14 players to their practice squad". DenverBroncos.com.
  11. DiLalla, Aric (November 9, 2021). "Broncos promote G Austin Schlottmann to active roster, place G Graham Glasgow on IR". DenverBroncos.com.
  12. Peters, Craig (March 16, 2022). "Vikings Agree to Terms with G/C Austin Schlottmann". Vikings.com.
  13. Ragatz, Will (January 3, 2023). "Vikings Place Brian O'Neill, Austin Schlottmann on IR; Sign C Greg Mancz, OT Bobby Evans". SI.com.
  14. Peters, Craig (March 17, 2023). "Austin Schlottmann & Vikings Agree to Terms for Return". Vikings.com.
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