Geoff Schwartz

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." “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.

On February 21, 2017, Schwartz announced his retirement from the NFL.

On March 30, 2016, Schwartz signed a one-year contract with the Detroit Lions. The Lions released Schwartz on August 29, 2016.

Schwartz married in March 2014. Schwartz was co-author of Eat My Schwartz: Our Story of NFL Football, Food, Family, and Faith with his brother, Mitchell. It was published on September 6, 2016. He currently works as a writer for SB Nation and hosts his own podcast titled Block'em Up.

On November 29, 2015, Schwartz sustained a broken left leg in the Week 12 loss to the Washington Redskins. During the 2015 season, Schwartz started 11 games at guard for the Giants before missing the final five games due to injury. On December 1, 2015, Schwartz was placed on season-ending injured reserve. On February 10, 2016, Schwartz was released by the Giants.

On March 12, 2014, Schwartz signed a four-year, $16.8 million deal with $6.2 million guaranteed with the New York Giants. ESPN reported that he was in line to start, most likely at left or right guard, for the Giants. PFF and Rotoworld had rated him the #1 free agent guard. In the Giants' third preseason game against the New York Jets, Schwartz suffered a broken toe and missed the first eleven weeks of the regular season. After his return, he started against the Dallas Cowboys and Jacksonville Jaguars. In the game against the Jaguars, he suffered a broken ankle and was ruled out for the rest of the season.

Schwartz attended Palisades Charter High School. There, he was the starting center on the basketball team. He was also an All-League pitcher in baseball, throwing in the upper-80s miles-per-hour. As a pitcher, he had a 13–6 record with a 1.30 ERA, 4 saves, and 130 strikeouts in his last two years.

Schwartz signed with the Kansas City Chiefs on March 15, 2013. His one-year contract was worth up to $1.2 million, including incentives.

On March 21, 2012, Schwartz signed a one-year deal with the Minnesota Vikings. He played right guard in parts of 13 games for the team in 2012, and helped running back Adrian Peterson rush for 2,097 yards, just 9 yards short of the NFL single-season record.

In 2009, he played in all 16 games with 3 starts at right tackle. In 2010, he started all 16 games (the first 5 at right tackle, and the last 11 at right guard), and played 1,016 snaps. In 2011, he was projected to start at right guard again, but suffered an injured right hip consisting of a hip impingement (a bone spur in his femur that tore his hip cartilage) during practice. He spent the season on the injured reserve list, and had hip surgery in September 2011.

Schwartz was drafted by the Panthers in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft. That year, he was on the Panthers' practice squad, after being waived in the final training camp roster cut.

In 2005, as a sophomore, he started all 12 games and allowed only three sacks. In 2006, as a junior, he played in 12 games with 11 starts. In 2007, as a senior he started all 13 games and helped the team lead the Pac-10 in rushing for a second consecutive year. He was a second-team 2007 All-Pac-10 selection. Schwartz holds the Pac-10 record for rushing by a right tackle, at 3 yards.

Geoffrey Isaiah Schwartz (born July 11, 1986) is a former American football offensive guard in the National Football League and author. He was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft, and played for them from 2008-11. He has also played for the Minnesota Vikings, Kansas City Chiefs, New York Giants and Detroit Lions. 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.

In addition, he played football for the high school team, on both the offensive line and the defensive line. He played tackle and guard on offense, and nose guard, defensive end, and defensive tackle on defense. He was rated first-team All-City and All-Westside by the L.A. Times, California's 5th-best offensive line recruit by Tom Lemming, among the top 75 prep prospects in California by Super Prep, 36th on the Rivals.com list of the nation's top offensive tackle prospects, and included among the Tacoma News Tribune' s Western One-hundred selections.