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Matt Carufel
2/4/2008 12:00:00 AM | Football
Matt Carufel
Offensive Lineman
6-5, 295
Forest Lake, Minn.
Notre Dame/Cretin-Derham Hall
Transfer from Notre Dame who was one of the nation’s most highly sought-after offensive linemen in the class of 2006 was one of 18 linemen on the Parade prep All-America team coming out of St. Paul’s Cretin-Derham Hall an extremely versatile offensive lineman who drilled at both guard positions while at Notre Dame received four stars from Rivals, which rated him as the No. 6 offensive tackle prospect in the nation and the No. 1 player in the state of Minnesota in the Class of 2006 considered offers from Notre Dame, Florida, Iowa, Miami (Fla.) and Minnesota coming out of high school will sit out the 2008 season under NCAA transfer guidelines.
NOTRE DAME: 2007 (Sophomore) Listed on the Notre Dame depth chart for the first six games of the 2007 season made starts vs. Michigan State, at Purdue and at UCLA at right guard before deciding to leave the Irish football program 2006 (Freshman) Earned 2:41 of playing time as a reserve offensive lineman coached by Charlie Weis.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at local power Cretin-Derham Hall one of 18 linemen on Parade prep All-America team USA Today second-team pick on its prep All-America squad rated the 56th-best prep player nationally by USA Today rated 59th on list of top 100 players in the nation by Dallas Morning News rated 56th on list of top 100 players nationally by Chicago Sun-Times Gatorade Player of the Year in 2005 in Minnesota selected to play in the prestigious U.S. Army All-American Bowl ranked 15th on list of top 20 players in the Midwest on Detroit Free-Press Best in the Midwest team first team Minnesota all-state selection as senior by the St. Paul Pioneer-Press helped Cretin-Derham Hall to a 10-3 mark as senior and a berth in the Minnesota Class 5A state title game collected 106 pancake blocks as senior and 74 as junior helped lead CDH to a 9-4 mark as a junior coached by Mike Scanlan.
RECRUITING: Selected Minnesota over Iowa after deciding to transfer from Notre Dame.
PERSONAL: Matt Carufel was born Nov. 20, 1987 son of Julie and Kevin Carufel.
Offensive Lineman
6-5, 295
Forest Lake, Minn.
Notre Dame/Cretin-Derham Hall
Transfer from Notre Dame who was one of the nation’s most highly sought-after offensive linemen in the class of 2006 was one of 18 linemen on the Parade prep All-America team coming out of St. Paul’s Cretin-Derham Hall an extremely versatile offensive lineman who drilled at both guard positions while at Notre Dame received four stars from Rivals, which rated him as the No. 6 offensive tackle prospect in the nation and the No. 1 player in the state of Minnesota in the Class of 2006 considered offers from Notre Dame, Florida, Iowa, Miami (Fla.) and Minnesota coming out of high school will sit out the 2008 season under NCAA transfer guidelines.
NOTRE DAME: 2007 (Sophomore) Listed on the Notre Dame depth chart for the first six games of the 2007 season made starts vs. Michigan State, at Purdue and at UCLA at right guard before deciding to leave the Irish football program 2006 (Freshman) Earned 2:41 of playing time as a reserve offensive lineman coached by Charlie Weis.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at local power Cretin-Derham Hall one of 18 linemen on Parade prep All-America team USA Today second-team pick on its prep All-America squad rated the 56th-best prep player nationally by USA Today rated 59th on list of top 100 players in the nation by Dallas Morning News rated 56th on list of top 100 players nationally by Chicago Sun-Times Gatorade Player of the Year in 2005 in Minnesota selected to play in the prestigious U.S. Army All-American Bowl ranked 15th on list of top 20 players in the Midwest on Detroit Free-Press Best in the Midwest team first team Minnesota all-state selection as senior by the St. Paul Pioneer-Press helped Cretin-Derham Hall to a 10-3 mark as senior and a berth in the Minnesota Class 5A state title game collected 106 pancake blocks as senior and 74 as junior helped lead CDH to a 9-4 mark as a junior coached by Mike Scanlan.
RECRUITING: Selected Minnesota over Iowa after deciding to transfer from Notre Dame.
PERSONAL: Matt Carufel was born Nov. 20, 1987 son of Julie and Kevin Carufel.
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