Matt Bernstein

High school

• Two-time Class C Player of the Year selection at Edgemont Junior – Senior High School in New York.
• Played fullback, linebacker, and tight end.
• Rushed for 1,885 yards and 25 scores as a junior.
• Added 37 touchdowns and 2,002 yards on the ground and made 108 tackles with seven forced fumbles as a senior, earning the prep version of the Heisman Trophy for that performance.
• Finished his career ranked third all-time in New York prep annals in scoring with 504 points.
• Con Edison Scholar-Athlete

  College

• Produced 53 touchdown-resulting blocks for a ground game that totaled 71 rushing touchdowns during his first three seasons at Wisconsin.
• Averaged 10 knockdown blocks per game and made 11 touchdown resulting blocks as a pass protector.
• Preseason All-American and All-Big Ten Conference first-team selection by The NFL Draft Report as a senior.
• Inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.
• Started every game as a junior and finished third on the team with a career-high 300 rushing yards and a touchdown.
• Played in every game in 2003 as a sophomore and emerged as the starting fullback.
• Elroy Hirsch Football Scholarship.
• Academic All-Big Ten Conference selection as a redshirt freshman.
• Signed by the Lions as an undrafted free agent.