Chad Aaron Setterstrom (born June 13, 1980 in Northfield, Minnesota

Northfield, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 17,147 people, 4,909 households, and 3,210 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,452.2 people per square mile . There were 5,119 housing units at an average density of 732.1 per square mile...

) is an American football

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 guard

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 who is currently a free agent

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. He signed with the New Orleans Saints

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 as an undrafted

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 rookie free agent in 2003. He played college football

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 at Northern Iowa

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College

Setterstrom started 45 games at tackle at Northern Iowa, entering the lineup as a redshirt freshman in 1999. As a junior and senior was named to the All-Gateway Conference team, and did not allow a sack in 20 of his last 23 games.

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Signed with the New Orleans Saints

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 as an undrafted free agent

Free agent

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 in 2003, where he spent the next four seasons as a reserve offensive lineman. He spent the majority of his first 3 seasons on the team's practice squad and played for the Amsterdam Admirals

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 in NFL Europe

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, and spent all of 2006 on injured reserve

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In 2007, Setterstrom signed with the New Orleans VooDoo

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 of the AFL. He spent the first two weeks on the team's practice squad before being activated in week 3 and starting the final 14 games of the season.

Personal life

Setterstrom is married to Sara (Freeman),and has a daughter. Chad is also the older brother of St. Louis Rams

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 guard Mark Setterstrom

Mark Setterstrom

Mark David Setterstrom is an American football guard for the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Rams in the seventh round of the 2006 NFL Draft...

. Graduated from Northern Iowa with a degree in biology

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 education. He currently is living in Fairfield, Iowa

Fairfield, Iowa

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, working as a football coach for the high school.