Professional football player Jason Spitz is an offensive center and guard for the Green Bay Packers in the National Football League. Spitz joined the NFL in 2006 after he was selected 75th overall in the third round of the NFL Draft by the Packers and has played with Green Bay in the years since.http://www.packers.com/team/roster/Jason-Spitz/74e5828c-99bc-4335-abdd-d2b8c29dce61

Spitz joined the Packers for all 16 regular-season games in the 2010 season.http://www.nfl.com/players/jasonspitz/profile?id=SPI655376 He helped the team finish the season with a 10-6 record to finish behind the Chicago Bears in the NFC North and qualify for a position in the 2010-11 NFL Playoffs.http://www.nfl.com/standings Spitz also joined the Packers in the postseason including in the 2011 Wild Card Weekend against the Philadelphia Eagles and the 2011 NFL Divisional Weekend against the Atlanta Falcons, both wins.http://www.nfl.com/players/jasonspitz/gamelogs?id=SPI655376

Jason Russell Spitz was born in Boardman, Ohio, on December 19, 1982.http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/players/profile?playerId=9661 http://www.packers.com/team/roster/Jason-Spitz/74e5828c-99bc-4335-abdd-d2b8c29dce61 He attended Bolles High School in Jacksonville, Florida, where he had 10 sacks and 56 tackles during his senior season to earn all-state and All-First Coast team selections. Spitz moved on to play college football with the Louisville Cardinals football team in the NCAA. He started in the final 38 games he played in college and earned All-Big East Conference honors three seasons. Spitz helped the team allow just two sacks during his senior season in 2005.http://www.packers.com/team/roster/Jason-Spitz/74e5828c-99bc-4335-abdd-d2b8c29dce61

Off the field, Spitz is single. His father, Russell, played football at Yale University. He enjoys cooking, traveling and volunteering in the community. In the past, Spitz has worked with the March of Dimes, Muscular Dystrophy Association and other charities.http://www.packers.com/team/roster/Jason-Spitz/74e5828c-99bc-4335-abdd-d2b8c29dce61

After the NFL Draft, Spitz joined the Green Bay Packers for 14 games as a rookie in 2006. He was sidelined with a thigh injury early in the season, but managed to appear in 932 of the 1,117 offensive snaps played by the Packers. Spitz continued with the Packers, playing 14 games in 2007 and all 16 games, with 16 starts, in 2008. In the 2009 campaign, he was limited to the opening five games of the year before suffering a back injury. Spitz needed surgery for the injury and was placed on season-ending injured reserve on November 7, 2009.http://www.packers.com/team/roster/Jason-Spitz/74e5828c-99bc-4335-abdd-d2b8c29dce61