Eastern Washington University Athletics

A 10-year veteran of the National Football League,  Schulz is a former All-American and the school's first-ever NCAA Division I Academic All-American. Coming to Eastern from Eisenhower High School in Yakima, Wash., he played for the Eagles from 1988-91. He finished his career with 17 interceptions, 219 interception return yards, 28 passes broken up and 224 total tackles as he set a pair of school records. He earned second team All-Big Sky Conference honors as a junior and senior, but was a first team pick and All-America selection as a sophomore when he ranked third in NCAA Division I-AA with seven interceptions. A second team Academic All-America selection following his senior season in 1991, Schulz was selected to the GTE Academic All-America All-Time Team in July of 1997. He also earned District VIII Academic All-America honors three times, and was a four-time member of the Big Sky All-Academic team. Schulz had a 3.35 grade point average at Eastern and graduated with a degree in business administration. Schulz played in his 10th NFL season in 2001, including the 2000 and 2001 seasons with the Detroit Lions. In his 129-game career - 93 as a starter - he had 671 tackles, 30 interceptions, 80 passes defensed and five forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries. In 2001 he played in 11 games (starting 10), and had 79 tackles, two interceptions and six passes defensed. In his first season with the Lions in 2000, he started all 11 of the games he played before an ankle sprain ended his season. An alternate for the 2001 Pro Bowl, he finished with 68 total tackles, 10 passes defensed and a career-high seven interceptions to rank third in both the NFL and NFC. He intercepted Green Bay's Brett Favre to seal a 31-24 victory over Green Bay, and he had three interceptions in a 21-14 win at Chicago to earn NFC Defensive Player of the Week. On Feb. 18, 2000, Schulz signed a five-year, $10 million contract with the Lions. Prior to that, his entire eight-year career was spent with the Buffalo Bills, where he started all 70 games he played in his final five years there. He started all 16 games in 1999, finishing with 98 tackles, three interceptions and 13 passes defensed. He finished the 1998 season with six interceptions to rank eighth in the NFL and fifth in the AFC. In 1997 he finished with a career-high 107 tackles, two interceptions and 10 passes defensed after a 1996 campaign that saw him finish with 102 tackles, four interceptions and a career-high 16 passes defensed. In 1995 he was a UPI second team All-AFC selection after ranking second in the AFC with six interceptions to go along with 90 tackles and 15 passes defensed. His first career interception came against Carolina in 1995 when he returned it 32 yards for a touchdown. He also had a game-saving interception in the end zone with 52 seconds left against Atlanta in 1995, and was awarded a game ball for his efforts. He had multi-interception games against Cincinnati in 1996 and versus St. Louis in 1998. He had a career-high 12 tackles against St. Louis in 1995. Schulz played in his first Super Bowl in January of 1994 when the Bills lost to Dallas. He made a touchdown-saving tackle on the game's opening kickoff after playing most of the 1993 season with a calf injury suffered in the pre-season. He played in eight regular season games for Buffalo in 1992, becoming only the sixth Bill rookie since 1988 to start when he made his only start of the season against San Francisco. Schulz was one of the 13 defensive backs on Eastern's "100 for 100" All-Time Football Team released in June 2008 by the EWU Athletic Department. The overall "100 for 100" squad consisted of 100 of the top players in school history to help commemorate the 100th year of football at Eastern. Players were honored on Eastern Athletics Hall of Fame Day on Sept. 27, 2008, in conjunction with EWU's Big Sky Conference football game with Idaho State. He and Isaiah Trufant were selected as the "100 for 100" team's top defensive backs in position-by-position fan voting that was conducted.