2008 Football Roster
Roster
Celek, Garrett

Jersey Number 85
Garrett Celek
- Position:
- TE
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 238
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- High School:
- LaSalle
Bio
Bio in PDF Format
Game-by-Game Statistics: 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011
CAREER NOTES: Three-year letterwinner played in 38 career games, including 12 starts . . . had 14 career receptions for 135 yards and three touchdowns. 2011 SEASON (SENIOR): Played in all 14 games, including six starts (Central Michigan, Ohio State, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana) . . . had three catches for 35 yards . . . hauled in a career-long 21-yard reception vs. Indiana . . . caught an 8-yard touchdown pass from Kirk Cousins in the win over Florida Atlantic . . . recipient of the team's Jim Adams Award on offense (unsung hero) . . . graduated in December with a degree in packaging. 2010 SEASON (JUNIOR): Played in the first two games of the 2010 season, including a starting assignment in Week 2 vs. Florida Atlantic at Ford Field . . . had two catches for 17 yards vs. FAU, including a 15-yard grab from Kirk Cousins that set up MSU's first touchdown . . . sidelined for the next 11 games with a shoulder injury. 2009 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Saw action in 10 games . . . solid run blocker . . . had three receptions for 33 yards (11.0 avg.) and a touchdown . . . grabbed a 13-yard TD pass from Kirk Cousins in the second quarter vs. Western Michigan . . . caught his first two passes of the season, good for 20 yards, at Illinois . . . after missing the first three games of the season with a shoulder injury, returned to action at Wisconsin . . . saw action in 12 games as a red-shirt freshman last season . . . has nine career catches for 83 yards (9.2 avg.) and two touchdowns. 2008 SEASON (RED-SHIRT FRESHMAN): Appeared in 12 of 13 games in 2008 (DNP vs. Penn State due to illness) . . . had five starts to his credit when team opened games in a two tight end set (vs. California, Eastern Michigan, Indiana, Iowa and Ohio State) . . . had six catches for 50 yards (8.3 avg.) . . . had one reception for 8 yards vs. Georgia in the 2009 Capital One Bowl . . . caught his first career touchdown pass, a 3-yarder from Brian Hoyer in the first quarter at Northwestern . . . caught a season-long 18-yard pass from Hoyer on a third-down play at Indiana that gave MSU a first down on its first scoring drive of the game . . . had two receptions for 15 yards against Notre Dame . . . recorded his first career catch for 6 yards vs. Eastern Michigan. 2007 SEASON: Redshirted. HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Named to PrepStar's All-Midwest Team . . . rated among the state's top 50 seniors by Scout.com (No. 47) . . . honorable mention All-Southwest Ohio selection as a senior . . . two-time All-Greater Catholic League selection . . . two-year starter at left tackle for Coach Tom Grippa at LaSalle High School in Cincinnati, Ohio . . . also competed in track and field, ranking among the best discus throwers in Southwest Ohio . . . won the Greater Catholic League discus title as a junior . . . son of Steve and Debbie Celek . . . brother Brent earned four letters at Cincinnati (2003-06) where he became the Bearcats' career leader in receptions (88), receiving yards (1,114) and touchdowns (14) by a tight end . . . Brent was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fifth round of the 2007 NFL Draft . . . born May 29, 1988 . . . majoring in packaging. Celek, Garrett
Game-by-Game Statistics: 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011
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RECEIVING G Rec Yds TD Lg Rec/G Avg/C Avg/G2008................ 12 6 50 1 18 0.5 8.3 4.22009................ 10 3 33 1 14 0.3 11.0 3.32010................ 2 2 17 0 15 1.0 8.5 8.52011................ 14 3 35 1 21 0.2 11.7 2.5TOTAL............... 38 14 135 3 21 0.4 9.6 3.6SCORING G TD Rush Pass Retn PAT 2PAT FG Total Avg/G2008................ 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0.52009................ 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0.62010................ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.02011................ 14 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0.4TOTAL............... 38 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 18 0.5KICK RETURNS G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/R Avg/G2008................ 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.02009................ 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.02010................ 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.02011................ 14 1 7 0 7 7.0 0.5TOTAL............... 38 1 7 0 7 7.0 0.2ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KR IR Total Avg/G2008................ 12 0 50 0 0 0 50 4.22009................ 10 0 33 0 0 0 33 3.32010................ 2 0 17 0 0 0 17 8.52011................ 14 0 35 0 7 0 42 3.0TOTAL............... 38 0 135 0 7 0 142 3.7
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