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Former Pointer
Kriewaldt Prepares for First Super Bowl Appearance
UW-Stevens Point will be represented at Sunday�s
Super Bowl in Detroit when former Pointer standout Clint Kriewaldt takes the
field as a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers against the Seattle Seahawks.
Kriewaldt, who played for the Pointers as a four-time all-conference
selection from 1995-98, is in his seventh season in the National Football
League. He actually began his career in Detroit, playing four seasons with
the Lions before moving on to Pittsburgh, where he is in his third season.
It marks the second time UW-Stevens Point has been
represented on a Super Bowl roster. Wide receiver Barry Rose was a member of
the 1992 Buffalo Bills, but was not in uniform for the Super Bowl. Kriewaldt
will be the only Division III player in this year�s Super Bowl. Jerheme
Urban, a wide receiver from Trinity (Texas), played in five games this
season for the Seahawks, but is not on the active playoff roster.
Wearing number 57 as a reserve linebacker who
plays in nearly every special teams situation, Kriewaldt has appeared in
every game this season and started two games at mid-season due to an injury
to starter James Farrior. In his two starts, he made nine tackles in a loss
at Baltimore and four in a win at Cleveland. Kriewaldt also had four tackles
at Lambeau Field against Green Bay on Nov. 6.
This season, Kriewaldt has made a career-high 25
solo tackles along with six assisted tackles. He has played in all three
postseason games this year and recorded a tackle in the wins over both
Indianapolis and Denver. For his career, Kriewaldt has played in 95 games,
making 143 total tackles, including 109 solo stops.
Kriewaldt is a Shiocton native and is UW-Stevens
Point�s all-time leading tackler with 416 career tackles. He also was a
running back for the Pointers in goalline situations and scored 16
touchdowns in his final two seasons. A sixth round draft choice of the Lions
in 1999, Kriewaldt completed a degree in interior architecture from
UW-Stevens Point in 2000. |
