status statvalue birth_date statseason heightin heightft pastteamsnote undraftedyear college statlabel name nflnew birth_place weight position highschool currentnumber article_title currentteam
active -- -- 27 july 1989 2013 5 6 yes 2012 wayne state games played games started joe long joelong/2534851 / lapeer , michigan 304 offensive tackle lapeer -lrb- mi -rrb- east -- joe long -lrb- american football -rrb-
 free agent
joe long -lrb- american football -rrb-

joseph r. `` joe '' long -lrb- born july 27 , 1989 -rrb- is an american football offensive tackle who is currently a free agent .
long attended wayne state university in michigan and joined the st. louis rams as a free agent as he went undrafted in the 2012 nfl draft .
long attended lapeer east high school in lapeer , michigan , where he played in the 2007 michigan high school football coaches association all-star game which earned him a spot on the second team all-flint metro league and honorable mention ap class a all-state honors .
long also was a basketball player and was involved in track while in high school .
at wayne state university , following his freshman season in which he earned all-gliac honorable mention team and also voted wsu 's co-offensive rookie of the year .
following his junior season , long was named to the d2football.com honorable mention all-america team and selected to the hansen 's football gazette all-region third team .
following his senior season , he received the 2011 gene upshaw award as the top division ii lineman .
he was the gliac offensive lineman of the year also his senior season .
he also was a member of the associated press little all-america first team in his senior season .
he blocked for three running backs -lrb- including current detroit lions running back joique bell -rrb- that rushed for 1,000 yard seasons during his time at wayne state university .
long also has been member of the pittsburgh steelers .
