John Michels
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Position: | La Jolla, California, U.S. | ||||
Height: | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||
Weight: | 300 lb (136 kg) | ||||
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High school: | La Jolla | ||||
College: | Southern California | ||||
NFL draft: | 1996 / Round: 1 / Pick: 27 | ||||
Career history | |||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
John Spiegel Michels (born March 19, 1973) is an American former professional
High school career
Michels attended La Jolla High School, where he was a three time letterman in football, basketball, and track. In football, he was a two-way starter and was named First-team All-American and Western League Defensive MVP as a defensive tackle, and First-team All-San Diego County as an offensive tackle. In track and field, he was the 1991 Western League Champion in the discus.
Michels was named as one of San Diego's 100 all-time greatest prep football players by the
College career
Michels played
Professional career
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle |
Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | ||
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6 ft 6+1⁄2 in (1.99 m) |
282 lb (128 kg) |
33+7⁄8 in (0.86 m) |
10+5⁄8 in (0.27 m) |
5.12 s | 1.78 s | 2.97 s | 4.66 s | 26.5 in (0.67 m) |
9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) |
25 reps | ||
All values from NFL Combine[3] |
Michels was selected in the first round, 27th pick overall, of the 1996 NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers.[4] When then-starter and fellow Trojan Ken Ruettgers went down with a knee injury, Michels took over the left tackle duties. He started 9 games in his rookie season, helping the Packers win Super Bowl XXXI. He was named the Green Bay Packers 1996 Co-Rookie of the Year (along with Tyrone Williams) and earned NFL All-Rookie honors.
In 1997, he returned as the starting left tackle, starting the first five games of the season before injuring his right knee against the
Personal
Born John Spiegel Michels, Jr., Michels is the great-great-grandson of
From 2000-2002 he served as the Youth Director at Canyon Hills Church in Mission Viejo, California.
In 2008 Michels received his medical degree from the
References
- ^ "USC Legends John Michels". Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "John Michels RAS". RAS.football. January 4, 2020. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
- ^ "1996 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 30, 2023.