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'''Matt Kranchick''' is a [[National Football League]] [[Free Agent|free agent]] tight end.  He was born on December 13, 1979 in Carlisle, [[Pennsylvania]] and is 6-7 tall and weighs 260 pounds.

'''Matt Kranchick''' is a [[National Football League]] [[Free Agent|free agent]] tight end.  He was born on December 13, 1979 in Carlisle, [[Pennsylvania]] and is 6-7 tall and weighs 260 pounds.

== College Football ==

== College Football ==

While attending [[Penn State]] Kranchick played in 23 games with the Penn State [[Nittany Lions]] and caught a total of 24 passes for 352 yards and a touchdown. The best game of his college career came on October 4, 2003 in a game  vs the [[University of Wisconsin]] Badgers when he caught 4 passes for 136 and a touchdown (the touchdown came on a Kranchick career best 73 yard catch and run in the third quarter of the game)<ref>http://www.frontiernet.net/~bchaffee/psu2003/06wisconsin.shtml</ref>.

While attending [[Penn State]] Kranchick played in 23 games with the Penn State [[Nittany Lions]] and caught a total of 24 passes for 352 yards and a touchdown. The best game of his college career came on October 4, 2003 in a game  vs the [[University of Wisconsin]] Badgers when he caught 4 passes for 136 and a touchdown (the touchdown came on a Kranchick career best 73 yard catch and run in the third quarter of the game).<ref>http://www.frontiernet.net/~bchaffee/psu2003/06wisconsin.shtml</ref>

== NFL Career ==

== NFL career ==

In 2004, Kranchick was drafted in the sixth round of the [[2004 NFL Draft]] by the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]. He was only active for two games (both starts) in his rookie season and did not make a reception. After the 2004 season the Steelers allowed the [[New York Giants]] to sign Kranchick from the Pittsburgh practice squad. As a New York Giant he played in six games (2005 season) and made one reception for six yards. After the season was completed though, Kranchick was allowed to become a free agent. On June 29, 2006, he  signed<ref>http://www.buccaneers.com/news/newsdetail.aspx?newsid=5191</ref> with the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] but they released him from the team on the final preseason player cutdown and and he once again became a free agent. In December of 2006 the [[New England Patriots]] signed Kranchick to their practice squad<ref>http://www.patriots.com/search/index.cfm?ac=searchdetail&pid=23112&pcid=47</ref> before releasing him from the team on August 12, 2007<ref>http://www.patriots.com/search/index.cfm?ac=searchdetail&pid=27046&pcid=47</ref>. He is currently a free agent and can sign with any NFL team.

In 2004, Kranchick was drafted in the sixth round of the [[2004 NFL Draft]] by the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]. He was only active for two games (both starts) in his rookie season and did not make a reception. After the 2004 season the Steelers allowed the [[New York Giants]] to sign Kranchick from the Pittsburgh practice squad. As a New York Giant he played in six games (2005 season) and made one reception for six yards. After the season was completed though, Kranchick was allowed to become a free agent. On June 29, 2006, he  signed<ref>http://www.buccaneers.com/news/newsdetail.aspx?newsid=5191</ref> with the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] but they released him from the team on the final preseason player cutdown and and he once again became a free agent. In December 2006 the [[New England Patriots]] signed Kranchick to their practice squad<ref>http://www.patriots.com/search/index.cfm?ac=searchdetail&pid=23112&pcid=47</ref> before releasing him from the team on August 12, 2007.<ref>http://www.patriots.com/search/index.cfm?ac=searchdetail&pid=27046&pcid=47</ref> He is currently a free agent and can sign with any NFL team.

==References==

==References==

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== External Links ==

== External links ==

*[http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/492984 NFL Stats]

*[http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/492984 NFL Stats]

*[http://www.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=31397 Patriots Bio]

*[http://www.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=31397 Patriots Bio]

*[http://www.nfl.com/draft/profiles/matt_kranchick Draft Profile]

*[http://www.nfl.com/draft/profiles/matt_kranchick Draft Profile]

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[[Category:NFL Players]]

[[Category:NFL Players]]