Gabe Carimi Player Issued & Signed Wisconsin Badgers Football #68 Cold Weather Adidas 4XL Sweatpants

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Gabe Carimi is a former NFL guard and tackle who is currently a free agent. Carimi was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the first round, 29th overall pick, of the 2011 NFL Draft. He began the 2011 season as the Chicago Bears’ starting right tackle. Carimi was traded to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on June 9, 2013, for the Buccaneers 2014 6th round pick. Carimi then signed with the Atlanta Falcons in 2014, and played in all 16 games for them that season, making 7 starts.

Carimi attended Monona Grove High School in Monona, Wisconsin. He started there as a 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m), 220-pound (100 kg) freshman. He grew into his body, worked on his flexibility, and developed his athleticism by becoming a karate black belt. He credits his karate training with laying a foundation for his later discipline, improving his flexibility, and helping him develop the hand coordination and hand placement he uses as a football player. The talented athlete was also on the high school’s track team. Seeded 15th in the state in discus as a senior, he placed 5th in the 2006 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association track and field Division 1 discus championships, at 157 ft 8 in (48.1 m). He earned four letters in track, and was team captain in his senior year.

Carimi also played football for the high school’s Silver Eagles. Playing both offensive and defensive tackle, he lettered for four years. In 2005, the Silver Eagles ran behind him 70% of the time when he was at offensive tackle, while as a defensive end he had five quarterback sacks. He was voted a football Parade All-American and PrepStar All-American as a senior, while he captained the team. He was also the Capital Times and Wisconsin State Journal Player of the Year, first-team all-state in 2005, a first-team selection by the Associated Press and the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association (as a two-way player), and was twice first-team all-conference.

As a senior at Wisconsin, Carimi won the 2010 Outland Trophy, awarded to the nation’s top collegiate interior lineman. He was the second Outland Trophy winner in school history, joining Joe Thomas, and the 14th Big Ten awardee. Seven of the prior ten Outland Trophy winners were top-10 NFL draft picks. He was also named the Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year, and was recognized as a unanimous first-team All-American, having received first-team honors from the Associated Press, American Football Coaches Association, Football Writers Association of America, Sporting News, and Walter Camp Football Foundation. In addition, he was a consensus first-team All-Big Ten selection, and Academic All-Big Ten, and won the Wayne Souza Coaches Appreciation Award (Offense). Carimi’s tremendous play helped Wisconsin to an 11–2 record for the season, and a Rose Bowl appearance. In March 2011, the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame awarded him the Marty Glickman Award, as the male Jewish Athlete of the Year.

The featured gray adidas 4xl sweatpants were issued to Gabe Carimi as a member of the Wisconsin Badgers. He wore these sweatpants in training throughout his Badgers career. The pants feature “Wisconsin Football 68” on the left side and Carimi has signed the opposite side and added “2006-2010 Cold Weather Worn” in black. The pants show wear. Awesome Item by one of the Badgers greatest lineman of all time!