Chad Rinehart is a versatile lineman who can play both the guard and tackle positions. At Northern Iowa, he appeared in 40 games with 37 starts at left tackle. Rinehart earned consensus All-American and unanimous All-Gateway Conference first-team selections in 2007. He was a semifinalist for the Draddy Award given to the nation’s top scholar athlete.
How Acquired: Selected by the Washington Redskins in the third round (96th overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft
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Spent his rookie season as a reserve guard in 2008
2008 (WAS)
Was declared inactive for 13 regular season games
Was active but did not play at Cincinnati (12/14), vs. Philadelphia (12/21) and at San Francisco (12/28)
Appeared in 47 games with 44 starts at left tackle at Northern Iowa, a Football Championship Subdivision school
Named a consensus FCS All-American and first-team All-Gateway Conference
Recognized as a finalist for the Draddy Trophy, an award that acknowledges an individual as the absolute best in the country for his combined academic success, football performance and exemplary community leadership
Led the way for Northern Iowa’s rush offense to average 227.4 yards per game, which ranked second in the Gateway Conference and 15th in the nation
Collected 103 knockdown blocks, 17 touchdown-resulting blocks and 12 down field blocks while starting 13 games at left tackle in 2007
As a junior started 11 games at left tackle and received second-team All-America honors by The NFL Draft Report, Sports Network and the Associated Press
Also named to the All-Gateway Conference first-team and All-Northwest Region first-team from Football Gazette
As a sophomore earned an All-Gateway Conference first-team selection and second-team All-Northwest Region honors from Football Gazette while starting 15 games at left tackle and helping an offense that averaged 400.5 yards per game in total offense, including 163.7 rushing yards
Named third-team freshma All-American by The Gridiron Report
Started the first five games of his freshman season before undergoing a laparoscopic appendectomy and returning as a reserve for the final three games
Gained recognition as an All-State second-team performer during his junior and senior campaigns at Boone High School in Boone, Iowa
Named first-team All-District during his final two seasons
Member of the track team and qualified for the state finals in the discuss
Majored in sports psychology at Northern Iowa
Spent an afternoon preparing meals at the DC Central Kitchen as part of the Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation’s “Tackle Hunger with the Redskins” event
Joined the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots and the Washington Redskins Charitable Foundation in handing out toys to underserved youth
