Garrett Celek Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio High School: LaSalle Height / Weight: 6-5 / 252 Position: TE Experience: 3L

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Game-by-Game Statistics: 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011

CAREER NOTES: Three-year letterwinner played in 38 career games, including 12 starts . . . had 14 career receptions for 135 yards and three touchdowns.

2011 SEASON (SENIOR): Played in all 14 games, including six starts (Central Michigan, Ohio State, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana) . . . had three catches for 35 yards . . . hauled in a career-long 21-yard reception vs. Indiana . . . caught an 8-yard touchdown pass from Kirk Cousins in the win over Florida Atlantic . . . recipient of the team's Jim Adams Award on offense (unsung hero) . . . graduated in December with a degree in packaging.

2010 SEASON (JUNIOR): Played in the first two games of the 2010 season, including a starting assignment in Week 2 vs. Florida Atlantic at Ford Field . . . had two catches for 17 yards vs. FAU, including a 15-yard grab from Kirk Cousins that set up MSU's first touchdown . . . sidelined for the next 11 games with a shoulder injury.

2009 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Saw action in 10 games . . . solid run blocker . . . had three receptions for 33 yards (11.0 avg.) and a touchdown . . . grabbed a 13-yard TD pass from Kirk Cousins in the second quarter vs. Western Michigan . . . caught his first two passes of the season, good for 20 yards, at Illinois . . . after missing the first three games of the season with a shoulder injury, returned to action at Wisconsin . . . saw action in 12 games as a red-shirt freshman last season . . . has nine career catches for 83 yards (9.2 avg.) and two touchdowns.

2008 SEASON (RED-SHIRT FRESHMAN): Appeared in 12 of 13 games in 2008 (DNP vs. Penn State due to illness) . . . had five starts to his credit when team opened games in a two tight end set (vs. California, Eastern Michigan, Indiana, Iowa and Ohio State) . . . had six catches for 50 yards (8.3 avg.) . . . had one reception for 8 yards vs. Georgia in the 2009 Capital One Bowl . . . caught his first career touchdown pass, a 3-yarder from Brian Hoyer in the first quarter at Northwestern . . . caught a season-long 18-yard pass from Hoyer on a third-down play at Indiana that gave MSU a first down on its first scoring drive of the game . . . had two receptions for 15 yards against Notre Dame . . . recorded his first career catch for 6 yards vs. Eastern Michigan.

2007 SEASON: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Named to PrepStar's All-Midwest Team . . . rated among the state's top 50 seniors by Scout.com (No. 47) . . . honorable mention All-Southwest Ohio selection as a senior . . . two-time All-Greater Catholic League selection . . . two-year starter at left tackle for Coach Tom Grippa at LaSalle High School in Cincinnati, Ohio . . . also competed in track and field, ranking among the best discus throwers in Southwest Ohio . . . won the Greater Catholic League discus title as a junior . . . son of Steve and Debbie Celek . . . brother Brent earned four letters at Cincinnati (2003-06) where he became the Bearcats' career leader in receptions (88), receiving yards (1,114) and touchdowns (14) by a tight end . . . Brent was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fifth round of the 2007 NFL Draft . . . born May 29, 1988 . . . majoring in packaging.