Lyle Sendlein

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Lyle Sendlein

Sendlein in the 2013 preseason.

No. 63 Arizona Cardinals

Center

Personal information

Date of birth: March 18, 1984

Place of birth: Edina, Minnesota

Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

Weight: 308 lb (140 kg)

Career information

High school: Scottsdale (AZ) Chaparral

College: Texas

Undrafted in 2007

Debuted in 2007 for the Arizona Cardinals

Career history

Arizona Cardinals (2007–present)

Roster status: Active

Career NFL statistics as of Week 17, 2012

Games played	89
Games started	77
Stats at NFL.com

Lyle Sendlein (born March 18, 1984) is an American football center for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. He was signed by the Cardinals as an undrafted free agent in 2007. He played college football at Texas.

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 at a great school for football 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

Arizona Cardinals

Sendlein went undrafted in the 2007 NFL Draft, but signed with the Arizona Cardinals as an undrafted free agent. 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. This will be a homecoming for Sendlein since he played for Scottsdale Chaparral as a prepster.^[1]

Sendlein started only 2 games as a rookie in 2007. He became the starting center (American football) for Arizona in his sophomore year, and has maintained that position ever since, without missing a game for 3 years (2008 to 2010). The Cardinals reached the 2008-09 NFL playoffs with a won-lost record of 9-7, head coach Ken Whisenhunt's second year, scoring 427 points (26.7 points/game), 3rd in the NFL. The Cardinals beat the Atlanta Falcons in a wild card game, amassing 271 net passing yards with Kurt Warner as quarterback. They then defeated the Carolina Panthers with 215 net passing yards in the divisional round and the Philadelphia Eagles with 267 net passing yards in the NFC championship game. However, they lost Super Bowl XLIII to the Pittsburgh Steelers despite 374 net passing yards. Throughout the playoffs, Sendlein provided excellent pass protection with Reggie Wells and Deuce Lutui at guards and Mike Gandy and Levi Brown at tackles. In the 2009-10 NFL playoffs, with the same offensive line except for Jeremy Bridges replacing Gandy at left tackle, the Cardinals beat the Green Bay Packers in a wild card game, with 375 net passing yards, but lost in the divisional round to the New Orleans Saints. Without Warner at quarterback, they missed the playoffs in 2010.

Personal

Lyle Sendlein is the son of former UT and NFL player Robin Sendlein.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Sendlein signs with Arizona Cardinals". MackBrownTexasFootball.com. May 1, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-02.

External links

Arizona Cardinals bio

2005 Texas Longhorns football—consensus national champions

Head coach: Mack Brown

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Name	Sendlein, Lyle
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Short description	Player of American football
Date of birth	March 18, 1984
Place of birth	Edina, Minnesota, USA
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