Matt Chmielewski

Position:
Guard
Class:
Senior
Height:
6-4
Weight:
300
Hometown:
Lockport, Ill.
High School:
Lockport
Major:
Mechanical Engineering

2019 (JUNIOR)

• After missing the first game, played the remaining 11 and started the final 6 at right guard
• Helped block for a pair of 1,000-yard rushers (D.J. Davis and Javon Williams Jr.)
• SIU ranked No. 12 in the nation in rushing (233.4) and No. 32 in total offense (418.6)

2018 (SOPHOMORE)

• Played in 8 games

2017 (FRESHMAN)

• Played in all 11 games and started two
• Started vs. Mississippi Valley State and SEMO

2016

• Redshirted
• Named to the MVFC Academic Honor Roll

HIGH SCHOOL

Honorable mention All-State selection in 2015...Earned first-team All-Area honors as a senior in 2015 by the Joliet Herald News...Two-time first-team All-Conference honoree (SouthWest Suburban Blue)...Two-time Academic All-State selection...Two-time team offensive lineman of the year...Helped key Lockport's rushing attack that gained more than 1,000 yards...Also competed in track and field, where he qualified for the state meet in the shot put...Also participated in basketball and track and field.

PERSONAL

Son of Karen and Brian Chmielewski...Father played basketball at Iowa Wesleyan ... Majoring in mechanical engineering.