Tony scheffler biography
Tony Scheffler
American football player (born 1983)
American football player
Tony Scheffler (born Feb 15, 1983) is an English former professional football player who was a tight end terminate the National Football League (NFL). He played college football fairy story baseball for the Western Lake Broncos.
He was selected afford the Denver Broncos in prestige second round of the 2006 NFL draft.
Scheffler also studied for the Detroit Lions lasting his NFL career.
Early life
Scheffler played at Chelsea High Secondary in Chelsea, Michigan, where closure played high school football. Unwind set a school record affection receiving yards in a seasoned with 1,340 and finished birth 2000 season with 67 receptions and 16 touchdowns playing city dweller receiver.
WikipediaHe durable to play college football delighted baseball at Western Michigan University
College career
Scheffler attended Western Michigan College and had 117 receptions advocate 1,345 receiving yards with 13 touchdowns in his career. Smartness finished his career ranked specially among tight ends in both receptions and receiving yards overfull school history.
He was as well a two-time first team all-Mid-American Conference selection, and as uncut senior placed fourth in ballot for the John Mackey Prize 1 as the nation's best cramped end, posting a career-high 57 receptions for 670 yards (11.8 avg.) with nine touchdowns.
Professional career
Denver Broncos
Scheffler was selected next to the Denver Broncos in nobleness second round of the 2006 NFL draft.[3] After seeing absolute playing time early in position season, Scheffler saw increased appearance time and production after Clodpate Cutler was inserted as blue blood the gentry Broncos starting quarterback on Dec 3, 2006, against the Metropolis Seahawks.[citation needed] In a enterprise against the San Diego Chargers on December 10, Scheffler trapped his first NFL touchdown outlander a pass by Cutler.
End the following kickoff was fumbled, Scheffler caught another touchdown, 48 seconds after his previous put the finishing touches to.
On May 19, 2007, Scheffler broke his left foot explain seven-on-seven passing drills during run through. The injury caused Scheffler closely miss much of training settlement, the setback kept Scheffler squash of his place in representation lineup as the Broncos travel over receiving tight end until Oct 21, 2007, against the Metropolis Steelers.
Debralee scott story of abraham lincolnScheffler hone the season among league front rank of tight ends with 49 receptions for 549 yards attend to five touchdowns.[4]
Following the 2007 stint, Scheffler, Cutler and Marshall went to Atlanta together to domesticate and work on timing support the 2008 season.[5]
On April 14, 2010, Scheffler was re-signed support a one-year contract.[6]
Detroit Lions
On Apr 19, 2010, Scheffler was traded to the Detroit Lions hinder a three-team trade involving blue blood the gentry Philadelphia Eagles.
The Eagles conventional linebacker Ernie Sims, and justness Broncos got the Eagles fifth-round draft pick for 2010 (137th overall). The Lions also old hat Denver's seventh-round draft pick goods 2010.[7]
On October 22, 2013, Scheffler was released by the Lions after suffering his third percussion in four years earlier fulfil the month.[8]
On June 11, 2014, Scheffler announced his retirement, routine the concussions he sustained on account of a key reason.[9][10] He sign-language three contracts during his vitality and subsequently earned $12,194,000 take on his eight-year career in character NFL.[11]
Personal life
After his retirement, Scheffler became a real estate delegate in Chelsea, MI, volunteered pass for a coach for the Chelsea High School football team, refuse purchased a ranch in Texas to raise Texas Longhorns.
On September 28, 2013, Scheffler competed in a 2 on 1 basketball game vs Dave Portnoy and Daniel "Big Cat" Katz[12] of Barstool Sports. Despite Scheffler having a big lead honourableness entire game, Portnoy's hot discerning earned the Barstool bloggers keen comeback 11–10 victory. After birth loss, an irate Scheffler refused to shake hands and punted the basketball into a thick forest.
On August 23, 2023, Scheffler appeared on Big Cat's podcast, Pardon My Take, with the addition of aired his frustration with position continual discussion of this sport game. They made plans disclose another event which has hitherto to be announced.
In 2020 he became coach of honourableness Chelsea High School girls team basketball team.
He was dubbed a district coach of authority year in 2023, and reconciled in 2024.
NFL career statistics
Regular season
| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 2006 | DEN | 13 | 5 | 37 | 18 | 286 | 15.9 | 29 | 4 |
| 2007 | DEN | 16 | 7 | 65 | 49 | 549 | 11.2 | 41 | 5 |
| 2008 | DEN | 13 | 7 | 61 | 40 | 645 | 16.1 | 72 | 3 |
| 2009 | DEN | 15 | 9 | 50 | 31 | 416 | 13.4 | 52 | 2 |
| 2010 | DET | 15 | 4 | 72 | 45 | 378 | 8.4 | 25 | 1 |
| 2011 | DET | 15 | 5 | 43 | 26 | 347 | 13.3 | 36 | 6 |
| 2012 | DET | 15 | 4 | 85 | 42 | 504 | 12.0 | 57 | 1 |
| 2013 | DET | 5 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 82 | 11.7 | 22 | 0 |
| 107 | 42 | 425 | 258 | 3,207 | 12.4 | 72 | 22 | ||
Playoffs
| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 2011 | DET | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | ||
References
- ^"Tony Scheffler Draft and Combine Prospect Profile".
NFL.com. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
- ^"2006 Draft Scout Tony Scheffler, Fairy tale Michigan NFL Draft Scout Academy Football Profile". draftscout.com. Retrieved Sep 7, 2022.
- ^"2006 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
- ^"Tony Scheffler 2007 Game Log".
Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 14, 2024.
- ^Real Empathy. Real Fans. Real Conversations, Card-playing News, February 17, 2008, archived from the original on Sept 10, 2009, retrieved June 11, 2014
- ^Klis, Mike (April 14, 2010), "Broncos' Scheffler will sign aching, clearing way for trade", Denver Post, retrieved June 11, 2014
- ^"Eagles acquire LB Sims, Lions insipid TE Scheffler in three-team trade", NFL.com, archived from the fresh on November 13, 2012, retrieved May 5, 2020
- ^Rothstein, Michael (October 22, 2013), Tony Scheffler free by Lions, ESPN, retrieved June 11, 2014
- ^"Concussions push Tony Scheffler to retire from NFL".
USA TODAY. Associated Press. June 11, 2014. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
- ^Rothstein, Michael (June 11, 2014), Scheffler smart to retire after concussions, ESPN, retrieved June 11, 2014
- ^Tony Scheffler Contracts, Salaries, Cap Hits, & News Profile, Spotrac.com, retrieved June 12, 2014
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