Schwartz Signed by Panthers

Former Palisades High football player Geoff Schwartz has signed with the Carolina Panthers, the NFL team announced Monday. Schwartz, a seventh-round draft choice (241st overall) out of the University of Oregon, was a three-sport star (football, basketball and baseball) at Palisades High and won the Post Cup Award as the school’s senior athlete of the year in 2004. A 6′ 6,’ 331-pound tackle, Schwartz started 36 of 41 games at tackle for Oregon. He made 13 starts as a senior last season and earned second-team All-Pac 10 Conference on an offensive line that led the conference in rushing with an average of 251.7 yards per game. Schwartz also opened holes for Carolina’s 2008 first-round draft choice, running back Jonathan Stewart, who set the Ducks’ single-season record with 1,722 rushing yards. Training camp begins Friday in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and Schwartz is vying for a spot on the 53-player roster.