Joseph Madsen[1] (born September 1, 1989) is a former arena football offensive lineman. He played college football at West Virginia. He was originally signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted free agent.

Joe Madsen
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Madsen (74) in 2017
No. 74
Position:Offensive lineman
Personal information
Born: (1989-09-01) September 1, 1989 (age 34)
Chardon, Ohio, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:315 lb (143 kg)
Career information
High school:Chardon
(Chardon, Ohio)
College:West Virginia
Undrafted:2013
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Career Arena statistics
Tackles:4
Receptions:1
Rec. yards:8
Player stats at NFL.com · ArenaFan.com

High school career edit

Madsen attended Chardon High School where he played both offensive tackle and defensive tackle.[2] While at Chardon he recorded 59 total tackles, five sacks, 18 tackles-for-loss and forced four fumbles.[2] During his sophomore season, Chardon reached the Ohio Reginal Finals where they lost to Nordonia.[3] As a senior, he was selected First-team All-Ohio as an offensive tackle.[2]

College career edit

Madsen attended West Virginia. While there he started 50 games and earned Second-team-All Big XII as a senior and appeared in the 2013 Senior Bowl.

He redshirt as a true freshman in 2008.[2] In 2009, he started 13 games and 12 in 2010.[2] In 2011, he started 13 games and was named All-Big East Second-team.[2] As a senior, in 2012, he started 12 games, however, he was ruled academically ineligible for the Pinstripe Bowl.[2] He was also named All-Big XII Second-team.[2]

Professional career edit

Pre-draft edit

Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
6 ft 3 in
(1.91 m)
310 lb
(141 kg)
30 in
(0.76 m)
9+12 in
(0.24 m)
5.20 s -- s -- s 4.83 s -- s 25 in
(0.64 m)
8 ft 2 in
(2.49 m)
25 reps
All values from NFL combine[2]

At the West Virginia Pro Day, Madsen chose not to re-attempt his 40-yard dash.[4] However, he did re-attempt some other drills.[4] He recorded a 27-inch vertical leap and an 8-foot-10 broad jump.[4] In the running drills, Madsen ran a 4.86 short shuttle and a 7.58 second three-cone shuttle.[4]

National Football League edit

On April 27, 2013, after going undrafted, Madsen was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers.[5]

On January 3, 2015 Madsen was signed by the Green Bay Packers to their practice squad.[5] On May 4, he was released by the Packers.[6][7] On June 22, he was signed by the Cleveland Browns.[8][9] He was signed when Tyler Loos informed the team he was retiring.[10] He was released on August 16.[6] On August 26, he was then signed by the Detroit Lions.[11][12] He was released on September 5, 2015.[6]

Arena Football League edit

After being released by the Steelers on August 31, 2013, he joined the Los Angeles Kiss for the 2014 season.[5] For the season he appeared in 16 games and recorded one tackle as well as one reception for eight yards. He started the 2015 season,[3] however, he was signed by the Browns and was placed on the other league exempt list.

He became an AFL free agent on November 5.[3] Later that month, he joined the Cleveland Gladiators.[13][3] On May 22, 2017, Madsen was placed on reassignment by the Gladiators.[14]

On May 23, 2017, Madsen was claimed off waivers by the Washington Valor.[14] On July 15, 2017, Madsen was placed on reassignment.[14]

Personal life edit

Madsen was born to Eric and Reta Madsen.[2] He has three older siblings.[2]

Madsen currently resides in Twinsburg, Ohio.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Joseph Madsen".
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Joe Madsen Draft Profile - NFL.com". NFL.com. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d e "No Place Like Home for Joe Madsen". November 25, 2015. Archived from the original on January 10, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d Brandt, Gil (March 17, 2013). "Jaguars, Eagles make presence known at WVU pro day". Retrieved April 23, 2016.
  5. ^ a b c "Green Bay Packers: Joe Madsen". www.packers.com. Archived from the original on January 14, 2015.
  6. ^ a b c "NFL News, Scores, Standings & Stats".
  7. ^ "Packers release C Madsen". May 4, 2015. Archived from the original on May 6, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
  8. ^ "Browns sign OL Joe Madsen". July 22, 2015. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
  9. ^ Reed, Tom (July 22, 2015). "Browns sign OL and Chardon native Joe Madsen, place Randall Telfer, Ifo Ekpre-Olomu on injury list". Cleveland.com. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
  10. ^ Ginley, Joe (July 23, 2015). "Browns sign Chardon native Joe Madsen". Retrieved April 23, 2016.
  11. ^ Meinkie, Kyle (August 26, 2015). "Lions sign Joe Madsen to bolster offensive line depth; DeAndre Levy out again". Retrieved April 23, 2016.
  12. ^ Twentyman, Tim (August 26, 2015). "Lions sign center Joe Madsen". Archived from the original on May 7, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
  13. ^ "Gladiators Bolster Lines with Madsen, Colling". November 24, 2015. Archived from the original on March 30, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
  14. ^ a b c "Transactions". afldigital.com. Archived from the original on July 19, 2017. Retrieved July 19, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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