 | Steve Wisniewski |
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Penn State '89
| | Position:
Strength and Conditioning Intern
| | Experience:
1st season
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Steve Wisniewski, an eight-time Pro Bowler and two-time All-America selection at Penn State, enters his first season at Stanford as strength and conditioning intern.
Wisniewski was a three-year starter at guard for the Nittany Lions and was one of two sophomores to start on the 1986 National Championship team and he opened holes for two first All-America running backs, Blair Thomas (1987) and Dozier (1986). One of just four Penn State offensive linemen to earn a pair of first-team All-America honors, he was recognized in 1988 by the American Football Coaches (AFCA) and repeated All-America accolades from Sporting News. A 1988 team captain, Wisniewski is one of just two offensive linemen to earn Penn State's team MVP honor since its creation in 1978.
A second round draft pick (29th overall) of the Dallas Cowboys in the 1989 NFL Draft, Wisniewski was immediately traded to the Raiders, where he would spend his entire 13-year NFL career (1989-2001), starting the final 175 games of his career. He was selected to the Pro Bowl eight times (1991-96, '98 and 2001), tying a Raider franchise record, and was elected as a Raiders team captain seven times. Wisniewski was named to the NFL's All-Decade Team for the 1990's and to Oakland's 50-Year All-Raider Team. Wisniewski missed only two of a possible 208 career games.
A native of Rutland, Vt., Wisniewski earned a bachelor of science degree in marketing from Penn State in 1989. His older brother, Leo, was a standout defensive lineman for the Nittany Lions from 1979-81, while his nephew, Stefen, has started the past two seasons on Penn State's offensive line and as a third-team All-America center in 2009.
Steve currently resides in Danville, Calif.
