Former Frog Retkofsky To Play In Super Bowl XLIII
1/29/2009 12:00:00 AM | Football
Jan. 29, 2009
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Former TCU defensive lineman Jared Retkofsky will play in Sunday's Super Bowl XLIII as the Pittsburgh Steelers' long snapper.
Retkofsky, in his first season on the Steelers' active roster, is the 18th former Horned Frog to be a member of a Super Bowl team.
Retkofsky was a three-year letterman (2004-06) for TCU, totaling 34 tackles in his career. Eight of those stops were for a loss, including 4.5 sacks. At one time, he held the TCU weight room record in the broad jump (10-1) for defensive linemen.
A native of Justin, Texas, Retkofsky served as TCU's deep snapper in 2005 and 2006. He played in all 36 TCU games his final three seasons and in the last 40 dating back to his redshirt freshman campaign in 2003.
Retkofsky recorded a career-best 17 tackles, including three sacks, as a sophomore in 2004.
Former TCU players on Super Bowl teams
Lyle Blackwood - Miami (Super Bowl XVII, XIX)
Larry Brown - Dallas (Super Bowl XXVII, XXVIII, XXX)
Norm Bulaich - Baltimore (Super Bowl V)
Kenneth Davis - Buffalo (Super Bowl XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII)
Norm Evans - Miami (Super Bowl VI, VII, VIII)
Gaylon Hyder - St. Louis (Super Bowl XXXIV)
Cedric James - New England (Super Bowl XXXIX)
Bob Lilly - Dallas (Super Bowl V, VI)
James Maness - Chicago (Super Bowl XX)
Mickey McCarty - Kansas City (Super Bowl IV)
Guy Morriss - Philadelphia (Super Bowl XV), New England (Super Bowl XX)
Bobby Pollard - Seattle (Super Bowl XL)
Jared Retkofsky - Pittsburgh (Super Bowl XLIII)
Barret Robbins - Oakland (Super Bowl XXXVII)
Bo Schobel - Indianapolis (Super Bowl XLI)
Michael Toudouze - Indianapolis (Super Bowl XLI)
Greg Townsend - Los Angeles Raiders (Super Bowl XVIII)
Ryan Tucker - St. Louis (Super Bowl XXXIV)
