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{{Short description|American football player (born 1984)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        = Mark Setterstrom
| image       =
| number      = 66
| position    = [[Guard (gridiron football)|Guard]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1984|3|3}}
| birth_place = [[Northfield, Minnesota]], U.S.
| height_ft   = 6
| height_in   = 4
| weight_lbs  = 318
| high_school = [[Northfield High School|Northfield]]
| college     = [[Minnesota Golden Gophers football|Minnesota]]
| draftyear   = 2006
| draftround  = 7
| draftpick   = 242
| pastteams   =
* [[St. Louis Rams]] ({{NFL Year|2006}}–{{NFL Year|2010}})
| highlights  =
* Second-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[2005 College Football All-America Team|2005]])
* 2× First-team [[List of All-Big Ten Conference football teams|All-Big Ten]] ([[2004 All-Big Ten Conference football team|2004]], [[2005 All-Big Ten Conference football team|2005]])
* Fourth-team [[Freshman All-American]] (2002)
* [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]] All-Freshman (2002)
|statlabel1= Games played 
|statvalue1= 19
|statlabel2= Games started 
|statvalue2= 12
|statlabel3= [[Fumble|Fumble recoveries]]
|statvalue3= 1
| pfr         = SettMa20 
}}
'''Mark David Setterstrom''' (born March 3, 1984) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[Guard (gridiron football)|guard]] for the [[St. Louis Rams]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He played [[college football]] for the [[Minnesota Golden Gophers football|Minnesota Golden Gophers]] and was selected by the [[St. Louis Rams]] in the seventh round of the [[2006 NFL draft]].

== Early life ==
Setterstrom earned All-State, All-Metro, and All-Conference honors as senior at Northfield High School in Minnesota, where he was a two-way lineman who totaled 127 tackles, six sacks, five forced fumbles, and six fumble recoveries over career for Northfield Raiders. Also, he was a four-year letter-winner as heavyweight wrestler, compiling a 38–3 record as a senior.

==College career==
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Setterstrom played collegiately at the [[Minnesota Golden Gophers|University of Minnesota]] from 2002 to 2005.  During his career with the Gophers, Mark was a two-time First-team [[List of All-Big Ten Conference football teams|All-Big Ten]] selection (2004–2005), a Second-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] (2005) and an [[2004 College Football All-America Team|All-American]] selection by [[Rivals.com]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web  | title = Mark Setterstrom #66  | publisher = [[St. Louis Rams]]  | url = http://www.stlouisrams.com/team/players/53739/  | access-date = 2007-05-01 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070504033233/http://www.stlouisrams.com/team/players/53739/ <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-05-04}}</ref> He was a Second-team All-America and First-team All-Big Ten honors as a senior as a key cog on Gophers' line that allowed three sacks, lowest in Big Ten and best in school history. As a junior, earned [[2004 College Football All-America Team|All-America]] selection by [[Rivals.com]] and First-team All-Big Ten as part of offensive line that allowed nine sacks, best in school history and second in Big Ten history. He was an Honorable mention All-Big Ten selection in sophomore year.
and a Fourth-team  All-America Freshman selection by [[The Sporting News]] and Big Ten All-Freshman Team.

==Professional career==
{{NFL predraft
| height ft    = 6
| height in    = 4
| weight       = 314
| arm span     = 
| hand span    = 
| dash         = 5.38
| ten split    = 
| twenty split = 
| shuttle      = 4.53
| cone drill   = 7.63
| vertical     = 26+1/2
| broad ft     = 8
| broad in     = 4
| bench        = 19
| wonderlic    = 
| note         = All values from [[NFL Combine]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Mark Setterstrom Stats |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/S/SettMa20.htm |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=March 3, 2021}}</ref>
}}

Setterstrom was selected by the Rams in the seventh round of the [[2006 NFL draft]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2006 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2006/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He signed a three-year $1.08 million contract with the Rams on July 22, 2006. In his rookie season with St. Louis, Setterstrom appeared in seven games, starting six of those at left guard.<ref name="nflbio">{{cite web  | title = # 66 Mark Setterstrom  | work = [[National Football League|NFL.com]]  | url = http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/420641  | access-date = 2007-05-01 }}</ref>  In 2007, he opened the season as starter at left guard, starting the first three games of the season before suffering a season-ending knee injury in Week 3 and he was placed on reserve/injured list 9/26/2007. Also he missed all of the 2008 season with [[knee]] injuries but was re-signed by the Rams to one-year deal during the 2009 off-season.<ref>[https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090317/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_rams_setterstrom;_ylt=AuBjMpowvdnB6Yuv2cnkPDoLMxIF Rams Re-Sign Stterstrom] Yahoo Sports, March 17, 2009</ref> Setterstrom was not tendered a contract by the Rams following the 2010 season, making him a free agent.<ref>{{Citation |date=December 30, 2011 |title=Recent news on Mark Setterstrom - St. Louis Rams - Rotoworld.com |url=http://www.rotoworld.com/recent/nfl/4023/mark-setterstrom}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070504033233/http://www.stlouisrams.com/team/players/53739/ St. Louis Rams profile]

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[[Category:1984 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American football offensive guards]]
[[Category:Minnesota Golden Gophers football players]]
[[Category:People from Northfield, Minnesota]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Minnesota]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area]]
[[Category:St. Louis Rams players]]