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COMMUNITY<br />
ADMIN. &<br />
COACHES<br />
SPITZ<br />
LAMBEAU RECORDS &<br />
DRAFT &<br />
MISC. FIELD HISTORY 2008 REVIEW FREE AGENTS<br />
VETERANS<br />
was taken to the hospital at halftime after vomiting blood.<br />
Diagnosed with a minor tear in his esophagus, but returned<br />
to full practice during the ensuing bye week…At Miami<br />
(Oct. 22): With Clifton suddenly inactive due to illness,<br />
started at LG with Colledge moving to LT and Tony Moll<br />
taking the RG spot, marking the first time since at least the<br />
1970 merger that the Packers started three rookies on the<br />
offensive line, according to Elias Sports Bureau; was part<br />
of an offensive line that helped the team gain 155 yards<br />
rushing, including 118 from Ahman Green. On Green’s<br />
70-yard TD run, made a key block, preventing Pro Bowl<br />
linebacker Zach Thomas from making the tackle…Vs. Arizona<br />
(Oct. 29): Helped the offense amass 203 yards on<br />
the ground (383 total), including 100-yard performances<br />
from both Green (106) and Vernand Morency (101) to give<br />
the Packers their first pair of 100-yard rushers in the same<br />
game since 1985.<br />
college<br />
A four-year starter at Louisville, started<br />
the final 38 games of his college career<br />
at guard and earned all-conference honors his final three<br />
seasons…Earned a B.S. degree<br />
in marketing…Senior season<br />
(2005): Earned first-team All-<br />
Big East Conference honors as<br />
a senior, starting all 12 games<br />
at LG…Helped Cardinals rank<br />
ninth in nation in total offense<br />
(482 yards per game), third in<br />
scoring (43.2 points per game),<br />
and third in pass-efficiency rating<br />
(159.85)…Allowed only two<br />
sacks on the season…Junior<br />
season (2004): Experimented<br />
at C during fall camp, but started<br />
all 12 games at RG and was<br />
named second-team All-Conference<br />
USA for the second time…<br />
Part of an offense that led Division<br />
I-A in total offense (539.0<br />
ypg), scoring (49.75 ppg) and<br />
pass-efficiency rating (174.36)…<br />
Allowed only 2½ sacks on the<br />
season…Sophomore season (2003): Started all 13<br />
games at RG and was named second-team All-Conference<br />
USA…Part of an offensive line that allowed only 13 sacks<br />
for the season…Helped Cardinals rank in the top 10 nationally<br />
in rushing with 2,966 yards, a school record…<br />
Redshirt freshman season (2002): Cracked starting<br />
lineup at RG in second game, at Duke (Sept. 7)…Started<br />
five straight games before suffering torn medial collateral<br />
ligament in left knee…Missed five games but returned to<br />
starting lineup vs. Marshall (Dec. 18) in GMAC Bowl.<br />
Ja s o n Sp i t z’s Pr o Ga m e s Pl a y e d/St a r t e d<br />
Year Team GP GS<br />
2006 Green Bay. ..............14 13<br />
2007 Green Bay. ..............14 12<br />
2008 Green Bay. ..............16 16<br />
<strong>NFL</strong> totals (three years) .......44 41<br />
Postseason ..................2 2<br />
Additional statistics: Miscellaneous tackles —<br />
3 in 2006, 1 in 2007, 1 in 2008; <strong>NFL</strong> total: 5.<br />
Miscellaneous fumble recoveries — 1 in 2006.<br />
personal<br />
Given name Jason Russell Spitz…Born<br />
in Boardman, Ohio…Single…Father,<br />
Russell, played nose guard at Yale…High school: At The<br />
Bolles High School in Jacksonville, Fla., was a first-team<br />
All-First Coast selection as a two-way lineman…As a senior,<br />
finished with 10 sacks and 56 total tackles to earn second-team<br />
all-state honors from the Florida Times-Union…<br />
Coach at Bolles was Corky Rodgers, who also coached<br />
former Packers running back and current RB coach Edgar<br />
Bennett at Robert E. Lee High in Jacksonville…Began prep<br />
career at Wolfson High School in Jacksonville…Also lettered<br />
in track and field as a shot put and discus thrower and<br />
<strong>com</strong>peted in organized weightlifting, winning a state championship<br />
as a senior with a bench press of 425 pounds and<br />
a clean and jerk of 335 pounds…Community involvement:<br />
Has participated in numerous <strong>com</strong>munity events<br />
during his time in Green Bay, including activities to benefit<br />
the March of Dimes, Muscular Dystrophy Association and<br />
Family Services of Northeast Wisconsin…Also has played<br />
games and eaten dinner with patients at the local Families<br />
of Children with Cancer holiday party, rung bells for the<br />
Salvation Army during Red Kettle<br />
campaign over the holidays,<br />
served hot lunch to students at<br />
De Pere (Wis.) Middle School<br />
who donated food as part of the<br />
Packers Women’s Association<br />
food drive, and helped refurbish<br />
the Green Bay West H.S. football<br />
field as part of the Home Depot<br />
Neighborhood MVP Program…<br />
Attended a pep rally at Our Lady<br />
of Lourdes school in De Pere after<br />
they won a makeover of their<br />
equipment room and brand new<br />
sports equipment…Has taken<br />
part in Edgar Bennett’s Celebrity<br />
Bowl-A-Thon to benefit the Angel<br />
Fund, the Brett Favre Celebrity<br />
Softball Game, the Al Harris<br />
Stars and Strikes Celebrity Bowling<br />
Event, a dinner to benefit the<br />
Donald Driver Foundation, the<br />
Packers Tailgate Tours and the TRIFECTA golf tournament<br />
put on by former teammate Mark Tauscher…Spread woodchips<br />
around new playground equipment and played with<br />
Beaumont Elementary School students at the <strong>NFL</strong>’s annual<br />
Hometown Huddle event…Hobbies/interests: Likes to<br />
read, play golf and is close to finishing a second college<br />
major in finance…Residence: Jacksonville, Fla.<br />
CAREER TRANSACTIONS<br />
u2006 Selected by Green Bay Packers as second of two<br />
third-round selections (75th overall) of ’06 <strong>NFL</strong><br />
Draft, April 29 (pick obtained from New England<br />
with second-round choice for Patriots’ secondround<br />
selection)…Signed first contract, July 26.<br />
<strong>NFL</strong> debut/first start: vs. Chicago, 9/10/06<br />
CURRENT CONTRACT EXPIRATION: After 2009<br />
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