mike@espnaustin.com

Mike Rosenthal grew up in Granger, Indiana where he swam and played soccer, baseball, and basketball. He started playing for his junior high football team in 8th grade. After a dropped pass, the coach’s experiment having Mike play tight end proved disastrous and he has been an offensive lineman ever since.

In high school he was named USA Today All-America as a senior at Penn High School in Mishawaka, Indiana. He also garnered All-America honors from Parade, Super Prep, and Blue Chip Illustrated, earning top OL honors nationally by Super Prep and ranking # 2 by Blue Chip. He was tabbed as Indiana's Gatorade Circle of Champions Player of the Year as a senior.

He earned a football scholarship to the University of Notre Dame. At Notre Dame he started all four years. As a senior he was tabbed All-America by Walter Camp Foundation and a 2nd-team All-America by Football News. He was also honorable mention All-America by Football News as a junior, and All-Independent 1st-team choice. He ended his career as a Fighting Irish captain.

He was drafted out of Notre Dame in the fifth round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the New York Giants. In March 2003 he became an unrestricted free agent, and signed with the Minnesota Vikings. In 2007, Mike signed with the Miami Dolphins for his final year in the NFL.

He married Lindsay Treadwell in 2000 and has three kids: Kasen (4), Tanon (3), and Tread (1 ½). They have settled in Austin and own 1379, an athletic store for kids.