Super Bowl champion dead at 41

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Former Indianapolis Colts offensive lineman and Super Bowl champion Matt Ulrich died at the age of 41, according to Colts owner Jim Irsay.

“I am heartbroken to hear of the passing of Matt Ulrich,” Irsay posted on X on Wednesday morning. “Matt was with us only two seasons, but left his mark on many. Great guy, I hear he was a great dad — and he was a Super Bowl champ. My prayers to his family.

The former Northwestern captain played in 10 games across two seasons with Indianapolis — five in each season — which marked his only two seasons in the“I’d love to tell you that I could have played for another decade. But the fact of the matter is, and I’ve probably said this to you before, that the NFL stands for ‘Not For Long.’ I was a guy who had to beat out a draft pick in 2005 and beat out another draft pick in 2006,” Ulrich told Montanasports.com.

“We won the Super Bowl that year, the 2007 Super Bowl 41. Went on to have another season in NFL Europe, came on to training camp with the Colts and just knew those roster spots are so slim and I tell the athletes I work with, have something past football.

 

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