Matt O’Dwyer (Class of 1990): In high school, O’Dwyer was selected on the All-Conference team in 1989, on a team that went 7-3 and qualified for the I.H.S.A. Playoffs under Head Coach Bill Mitz. He went on to play at Northwestern University, where he earned first-team all-Big Ten honors at offensive guard in 1994. O'Dwyer was the 33rd pick overall in the 1995 NFL draft (first pick of the second round) by the New York Jets, and went on to play 10 seasons in the league with four teams. He played in 122 games during his career at the offensive guard position, starting 105. He played in all 16 games in five seasons, including four straight from 1996-99. He was a mainstay for a Jets team that went from 1-15 in his rookie season to 12-4 and AFC East champions two years later. He played four seasons with the Jets (1995-98), five with the Cincinnati Bengals (1999-2003), one with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2004) and one with the Green Bay Packers (2005).