Pete Chryplewicz (born April 27, 1974) is a former American football tight end who played in the NFL for the Detroit Lions.
No. 81 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Position: | Tight End | ||||||
Personal information | |||||||
Born: | (1974-04-27) April 27, 1974 (age 48) Detroit, Michigan | ||||||
Career information | |||||||
High school: | Sterling Heights Stevenson (Sterling Heights, Michigan) | ||||||
College: | Notre Dame | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 1997 / Round: 5 / Pick: 135 | ||||||
Career history | |||||||
| |||||||
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||||
| |||||||
Player stats at NFL.com | |||||||
Chryplewicz attended high school at Sterling Heights Stevenson High School in Sterling Heights, Michigan. He was named Michigan's top high school football recruit in 1991.[1]
Chryplewicz played for the University of Notre Dame, where he had 48 catches and five touchdowns over five seasons. He sat out the 1994 season with a broken wrist, which allowed him the fifth season of eligibility. He was a named an honorable mention to the 1996 College Football All-America Team.[2]
Chryplewicz was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the fifth round (135th overall) of the 1997 NFL Draft. He played three seasons with the Lions, recording nine catches and three touchdowns.
Chryplewicz is fluent in Polish.[3] He now works in manufacturing sales.[4]
Detroit Lions 1997 NFL draft selections | |
---|---|
|
![]() | This biographical article relating to an American football tight end born in the 1970s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |