Lorenz Metz, a 6-9, 316-pound offensive lineman, who didn't play football until he was 17, might be the biggest curiosity on the Bears roster this spring. He's certainly a mountain of a man who has the size and length that NFL teams love.
During one of Lorenz Metz's first practices as an offensive lineman at Cincinnati, former Bearcats offensive line coach Ron Crook remembers Metz playing tackle and lining up too close to the guard beside him. "You need about a 2-foot split on every play," said Crook, who now coaches the O-line at Virginia Tech.That's when Crook knew there might be a learning curve for his 6-foot-9 German offensive lineman.
by signing up you agree to our terms of service Metz grew up in Neuotting in Bavaria. It's a city of about 84,000 people not far from the border with Austria. He played a wide variety of sports growing up: soccer, karate, swimming, even Ping-Pong.
Metz was initially a defensive lineman. He redshirted during the 2018 season, then made a switch to the offensive line the following year.
"When you get in a football locker room, all you really need to do to fit in is show that you're going to work hard and show that it's important to you," Crook said. In 2021, he started eight games at right guard and made All-AAC first-team honors. The Bearcats began the season 13-0 and earned a berth in the College Football Playoff.
Injuries kept him off the field until midway through the 2022 season. He started the final five games at right guard. All that missed time likely hurt his draft stock and he wound up signing with the Bears as an undrafted rookie.
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