Mark Setterstrom | |
Number: | 66 |
Position: | Guard |
Birth Date: | 3 March 1984 |
Birth Place: | Northfield, Minnesota, U.S. |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 4 |
Weight Lbs: | 318 |
High School: | Northfield (MN) |
College: | Minnesota |
Draftyear: | 2006 |
Draftround: | 7 |
Draftpick: | 242 |
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Statlabel1: | Games played |
Statvalue1: | 19 |
Statlabel2: | Games started |
Statvalue2: | 12 |
Statlabel3: | Fumble recoveries |
Statvalue3: | 1 |
Pfr: | SettMa20 |
Mark David Setterstrom (born March 3, 1984) is a former American football guard. He was selected by the St. Louis Rams in the seventh round of the 2006 NFL draft. He played college football at Minnesota.
Setterstrom earned All-State, All-Metro, and All-Conference honors as senior at Northfield High School in Minnesota, where he was a two-way lineman who totaled 127 tackles, six sacks, five forced fumbles, and six fumble recoveries over career for Northfield Raiders. Also, he was a four-year letter-winner as heavyweight wrestler, compiling a 38-3 record as a senior.
Setterstrom played collegiately at the University of Minnesota from 2002-2005. During his career with the Gophers, Mark was a two-time First-team All-Big Ten selection (2004–2005), a Second-team All-American (2005) and an All-American selection by Rivals.com in 2004.[1] He was a Second-team All-America and First-team All-Big Ten honors as a senior as a key cog on Gophers' line that allowed three sacks, lowest in Big Ten and best in school history. As a junior, earned All-America selection by Rivals.com and First-team All-Big Ten as part of offensive line that allowed nine sacks, best in school history and second in Big Ten history. He was an Honorable mention All-Big Ten selection in sophomore year.and a Fourth-team All-America Freshman selection by The Sporting News and Big Ten All-Freshman Team.
Setterstrom was selected by the Rams in the seventh round of the 2006 NFL draft.[2] He signed a three-year $1.08 million contract with the Rams on July 22, 2006. In his rookie season with St. Louis, Setterstrom appeared in seven games, starting six of those at left guard.[3] In 2007, he opened the season as starter at left guard, starting the first three games of the season before suffering a season-ending knee injury in Week 3 and he was placed on reserve/injured list 9/26/2007. Also he missed all of the 2008 season with knee injuries but was re-signed by the Rams to one-year deal during the 2009 off-season.[4] Setterstrom was not tendered a contract by the Rams following the 2010 season, making him a free agent.