Julian Vandervelde

{{Short description|American football player (born 1987)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Julian Vandervelde

| image = Julian Vandervelde.JPG

| caption = Vandervelde with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2013

| number = 73, 61

| position = Center

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|10|7|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Davenport, Iowa, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lbs = 300

| high_school = Davenport Central
(Davenport, Iowa)

| college = Iowa

| draftyear = 2011

| draftround = 5

| draftpick = 161

| pastteams =

• Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|2011}})
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|2011}}–{{NFL Year|2012}})*
• Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|2012}}–{{NFL Year|2015}})
• Quad City Steamwheelers (2018)

| highlights =

• Second-team All-Big Ten (2010)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 18

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 =

| pfr = VandJu00

}}

Julian Vandervelde (born October 7, 1987) is an American former professional football center. He was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the fifth round of the 2011 NFL draft with the 161st overall pick.{{Cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2011/draft.htm |title=2011 NFL Draft Listing |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en |access-date=2019-02-26}} He played college football at Iowa and was a prep at Davenport Central High School in Davenport, Iowa. He began his NFL career playing guard, but was reassigned as a center at the beginning of the 2013 season. Vandervelde holds the record for most NFL contracts signed with 21.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ndo_dwQZ2Dw|title=Julian Vandervelde: Released 21 Times to Launching Logs at the Highland Games |website=YouTube.com |publisher=NFL Films |date=November 3, 2016 |accessdate=November 15, 2020}}

{{NFL predraft

| height ft = 6

| height in = 1 7/8

| weight = 301

| dash = 5.21

| ten split = 1.68

| twenty split = 2.94

| shuttle = 4.59

| cone drill = 7.46

| vertical = 31.0

| broad ft = 8

| broad in = 8

| bench = 23

| arm span = 32 3/4

| hand span = 9 5/8

| wonderlic =

| note = All values from NFL Combine{{Cite web |url=https://www.nfl.com/prospects/julian-vandervelde/32005641-4e47-2249-cdec-2b2491772eab |title=Julian Vandervelde Draft and Combine Prospect Profile |website=NFL.com |access-date=January 24, 2022}}{{Cite web |url=https://nflcombineresults.com/playerpage.php?i=6310 |title=Julian Vandervelde, Combine Results, OG - Iowa |website=nflcombineresults.com |access-date=January 24, 2022}}

}}