Brian Schwenke
American football player, offensive lineman
Brian Max Schwenke Jr. ( SHWANK-ee; born March 22, 1991) is an American former professional football player who was a center in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the California Golden Bears and was selected by the Tennessee Titans in the fourth round of the 2013 NFL draft.
After four seasons with the Titans, Schwenke had an offseason stint with the Indianapolis Colts in 2017 before returning to the Titans for the regular season. He spent the 2018 season as a backup for the New England Patriots, winning Super Bowl LIII. Despite re-signing with the Patriots after the conclusion of the 2018 season, he later retired during the 2019 offseason.
Early life
Schwenke was born in Waukegan, Illinois and is of Samoan descent. Due to his father’s job in the Navy, he grew up in Hawaii and later San Diego. Schwenke attended Oceanside High School, where he played for the Oceanside Pirates high school football team. Schwenke was teammates with lineman Larry Warford, who attended Oceanside during his freshman, and sophomore year, Sam Brenner offensive lineman and with quarterback Jordan Wynn. Regarded as a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, Schwenke was rated as the No.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Brian Schwenke” as american football player, offensive lineman. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as american football player, offensive lineman. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q12403707. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1991, 2013, 2017 and 2018.
Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Read biographical claims against dates, named institutions and the cited references. Distinguish a subject’s later reputation from evidence produced during their lifetime.
- Establishing names and roles
- Building a first chronology
- Locating cited institutions
Personal papers, civil or court records, institutional files and the scholarship cited by the source.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Brian Schwenke”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Brian Schwenke primary sources, Brian Schwenke archive and Brian research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Brian Schwenke”?
- Which claims depend on a single source or contested interpretation?
- Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Brian Schwenke” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.