Height: 6-1
Weight: 238
College: Air Force; Ohio State
Position: LB
No: 51
| Defensive | ||||||||||||||
| TACKLES | SACKS | INT | INT YDS | FORCED FUMBLES | FUMBLE RECOVERY | |||||||||
| 8.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
Born: 3/1/1981
Hometown: Mansfield, TX
Professional Career Highlights: Third round draft pick of the New York Jets in 2006; played in four games his rookie season; joined the Cincinnati Bengals in 2007 and started five of the 13 games in which he appeared, recording a career-high 33 tackles.
College Accomplishments: Played at Air Force, but transferred to Ohio State after his sophomore year; while playing for the Air Force, Schlegel was the team’s co-captain, earning All-Conference honors in 2004; at Ohio State, ranked third on the team in tackles with 84; in 2005, his 82 tackles were second on the Buckeyes; on his college career, saw action in 47 games, with 38 starts, recording 330 tackles, 8.5 sacks , 31.5 tackles for losses, two fumble recoveries, a forced fumble and an interception.
Personal: Lettered four years in wrestling and three in football at Highland Park High School; in football was a two-time All-District selection, third-team All-State selection and first-team All-Area selection; state heavyweight champion in wrestling as a junior and runner-up as a senior; played a year of prep school at the Air Force Academy and was named team’s Defensive Player of the Year; graduated Ohio State with a degree in consumer affairs and a minor in business and finance; married to Stephanie and has a son, Hunter and daughter, Faith.
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