Tony Boselli
| Tony Boselli | |
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Position (s): Offensive tackle |
Jersey number (s): 71 |
| born on April 17, 1972 in Modesto , California | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1995 - 2006 | |
| NFL Draft : 1995 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2 | |
| College : Southern California | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Total games | 91 |
| Play as a starter | 90 |
| Fumble secured | 5 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
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Don Anthony "Tony" Boselli, Jr. (born April 17, 1972 in Modesto , California ) is a radio sports commentator and former American football player. He played from 1995 to 2002 in the National Football League (NFL) on the offensive tackle position for the Jacksonville Jaguars and Houston Texans .
College career
Boselli played for the University of Southern California (USC) during his college years . During this time he was voted All-American three times and won the Cotton Bowl Classic with his team in 1995. In the same season he was voted Most Valuable Player of his team and got the Morris Trophy as the best offensive line player in the Pacific-10 Conference awarded.
NFL career
Boselli was selected in the 1995 NFL Draft as the second player by the Jacksonville Jaguars. He was the first player in the history of the Jaguars to be drafted. In the following seven years he was elected five times to the Pro Bowl and three times to the All Pro Team. After suffering a serious shoulder injury in 2001 and only being able to play three games that season, the Jaguars released him for the Expansion Draft so that he was selected by the Houston Texans. Since the shoulder did not fully regenerate despite several operations, he could not play a single game for his new team. In 2006 he signed a contract with Jacksonville that was only valid for one day to say goodbye to active professional sport with his original team. Boselli was inducted into the 2006 Pride of the Jaguars to honor him for his contributions to the team.
After the professional career
Boselli lives in Ponte Vedra Beach , Florida with his wife and four children . He has shares in several companies and, together with his wife, runs his Boselli Foundation, which is committed to looking after and supporting schoolchildren. From 2007 to 2009 he worked as a commentator for the television channel FOX . He is currently working as an NFL commentator for the radio station Westwood One of the CBS group and a sports program on morning radio by ESPN . It was reported in the press that he will run for the 2011 mayor of Jacksonville . Since the end of his football career, Boselli has lost weight and now competes in triathlons .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tony Boselli ( Memento of the original from December 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. tributetotroy.com Accessed December 11, 2010
- ↑ Tony Boselli ( Memento of the original from July 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , urbanjacksonvill.com , accessed December 11, 2010
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| SURNAME | Boselli, Tony |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boselli, Don Anthony Jr. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Modesto , California |