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Geoffrey Isaiah "Geoff" Schwartz (born July 11, 1986) is an American football offensive guard for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He is 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) tall, and weighs 340 pounds (154 kg). NFL.com described him as a "naturally strong mountain of a man". Schwartz played college football at the University of Oregon, for the Oregon Ducks. He started for three years at right tackle, and in his senior year was a second-team All-Pac-10 selection. Schwartz was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played in all 16 games for the Panthers in 2009, and started all 16 games in 2010 playing both right tackle and right guard, but was injured in 2011. He played for the Minnesota Vikings in 2012, and played all 16 games for the Kansas City Chiefs in 2013 while starting 7. In 2014, he signed a four-year deal to play for the New York Giants. ==Early years and personal life== Schwartz was born in Los Angeles, California, weighing 9 pounds, 7 ounces (4.3 kg). He is the son of Lee Schwartz, a business consultant to manufacturing companies, and Olivia Goodkin, an attorney. Schwartz is Jewish, and was raised in Conservative Judaism, observing all the Jewish holidays. He attended Hebrew school and synagogue Adat Shalom in West Los Angeles.〔 His Hebrew name is Gedalia Yitzhak.〔 When he is on the road during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, he carries a menorah with him on the road and lights its candles in his hotel room. Schwartz didn't start playing football until age 13. Firstly, he was too heavy for the weight requirements of the local youth program.〔 Secondly, his parents wanted him to instead focus on studying for his Bar Mitzvah, a rite-of-passage for Jewish boys of that age.〔〔 His brother, offensive tackle Mitchell Schwartz, was a second-round pick and currently plays in the NFL for the Cleveland Browns. Geoff is the older of the two, an inch taller, and 20 pounds heavier. Geoff credits an excess of matzah ball soup and latkes for their size. Schwartz is "proud to be a role model to young Jewish kids and athletes, letting them know it's possible for them to reach their goals."〔 Other Jewish football players in the NFL include Gabe Carimi, Erik Lorig, Taylor Mays, Nate Ebner, Adam Podlesh, Antonio Garay, Kyle Kosier, Brian de la Puente, and Igor Olshansky.〔 “We can’t have a minyan,” referring to the Jewish requirement of 10 Jewish adults to conduct a service.〔 Geoff and Mitchell are the first Jewish brothers to play in the NFL since Ralph Horween and Arnold Horween in 1923.〔 His father, speaking of the fact that he has two sons playing in the National Football League, said: "I just kvell." His mother, commenting on having two sons play football, said: I started out worrying that they were going to get hurt—but then I realized it was the other players I should be worrying about. They were like trucks hitting small cars. And I started to kind of feel like maybe this was their destiny.〔 Schwartz got married in March 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geoff Schwartz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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