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{{Short description|American football player (born 1974)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019 }}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| image         =
| name          = Matt Lepsis
| caption       = 
| number        = 78
| position      = [[Offensive tackle]]
| height_ft     = 6
| height_in     = 4
| weight_lb     = 290
| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1974|1|13}}
| birth_place   = [[Conroe, Texas]], U.S.
| death_date    = 
| undraftedyear = 1997
| high_school   = [[Frisco High School|Frisco (TX)]]
| college       = [[Colorado Buffaloes football|Colorado]]
| teams         =
* [[Denver Broncos]] ({{NFL Year|1997}}–{{NFL Year|2007}})
| statlabel1    = Games played
| statvalue1    = 150
| statlabel2    = Games started
| statvalue2    = 133
| statlabel3    = [[Fumble|Fumble recoveries]]
| statvalue3    = 2
| pfr           = LepsMa20
| highlights    =
* 2× [[Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XXXII|XXXII]], [[Super Bowl XXXIII|XXXIII]])
* Second-team All-[[Big Eight Conference|Big Eight]] ([[1995 All-Big Eight Conference football team|1995]])
}}

'''Matthew Stanley Lepsis''' (born January 13, 1974) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] [[offensive tackle]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He was originally signed by the [[Denver Broncos]] as an [[undrafted free agent]] in 1997 and remained with the team until his retirement following the 2007 season. He played [[college football]] at [[University of Colorado at Boulder|Colorado]].

Lepsis won [[Super Bowl XXXIII]] as a member of the Broncos.

==Early life==
Matt Lepsis attended [[Frisco High School]] in [[Frisco, Texas]], and was a letterman in football and track and field. In football, he was an All-Southwest selection and was named the Class 3A Defensive Player of the Year as a senior. In track and field, he was a two-time State Discus Champion.

==College career==
Lepsis went to the [[University of Colorado at Boulder|University of Colorado]], where he earned All-Big Eight Conference honors as a tight end.

==Professional career==
Lepsis was signed by the Denver Broncos as an [[undrafted free agent]] in 1997. He did not miss an offensive snap on a 2004 line that set a franchise record by allowing only 15 sacks, shattering the previous best of 22 sacks set in 1971, to rank third in the NFL.

In Week 7 of the 2006 season, he suffered a season-ending knee injury in a 17–7 victory over the [[Cleveland Browns]]. He once again suffered a season-ending injury, in the 2007 season. On January 1, 2008, he announced to his team that he would be retiring after his performance slipped in [[2007 NFL season|2007]] and wanted to end his career on his own terms.[https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=3176167] He officially retired on February 12, 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pasquarelli |first=Len |author-link=Len Pasquarelli |date=2008-01-01 |title=Longtime Bronco Lepsis retires with $9M on table |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=3176167 |access-date=2025-05-18 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.denverbroncos.com/page.php?id=498&contentID=730 Denver Broncos bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060322211444/http://www.denverbroncos.com/page.php?id=498&contentID=730 |date=March 22, 2006 }}

{{Super Bowl XXXII}}
{{Super Bowl XXXIII}}
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[[Category:1974 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Conroe, Texas]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Montgomery County, Texas]]
[[Category:American football tight ends]]
[[Category:American football offensive tackles]]
[[Category:Colorado Buffaloes football players]]
[[Category:Denver Broncos players]]
[[Category:Barcelona Dragons (NFL Europe) players]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]


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