Tony Boselli
Position(s): Offensive tackle	Jersey #: N/A
Date of birth: April 17, 1972 (1972-04-17) (age 35)
Place of birth: Boulder, CO
Height: 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Weight: 322 lb (146 kg)
Career information
NFL Draft: 1995 / Round: 1 / Pick 2
College: Southern California
Career highlights
Pro Bowls	1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 2001
Honors	NFL 1990s All-Decade Team
Teams
1995-2001 2002 2006	Jacksonville Jaguars Houston Texans Jacksonville Jaguars
Stats at NFL.com

Don Anthony "Tony" Boselli, Jr. (born April 17, 1972 in Boulder, Colorado) is a former American football offensive tackle in the NFL, who played the entirety of his career with the Jacksonville Jaguars, excluding a season with the Houston Texans in 2002 in which he never played a down. A diagram showing typical football positions In American football, each team has 11 players on the field at one time. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... is the 107th day of the year (108th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Pearl Street Mall in Downtown Boulder Boulder (40n01, 105w16 MST) is a city located in Boulder County, Colorado, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 94,673. ... The NFL Draft (officially the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting[1]) is an annual sports draft in which National Football League (NFL) teams take turns, through seven rounds[2], selecting amateur college American football players and other first-time eligible players. ... The 1995 NFL Draft There were 32 picks on the first round of this draft due to the new expansion teams, the Carolina Panthers and Jacksonville Jaguars, receiving 2 first-round picks. ... This is a list of athletic conferences of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). ... The Trojan Shrine, better known as Tommy Trojan located in the center of University of Southern California campus. ... In professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the all-star game of the National Football League (NFL). ... The 1997 AFC-NFC Pro Bowl was played on February 2, 1997 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. ... The 1998 AFC-NFC Pro Bowl was played on February 1, 1998 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. ... The 1999 AFC-NFC Pro Bowl was played on February 7, 1999 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. ... The 2000 AFC-NFC Pro Bowl was played on February 6, 2000 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. ... The 2001 AFC-NFC Pro Bowl was played on February 4, 2001 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii. ... The NFL 1990s All-Decade Team was a fictional team comprised of outstanding performers in the National Football League in the 1990s chosen by voters of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. ... City Jacksonville, Florida Team colors Teal, Black, White, and Gold Head Coach Jack Del Rio Owner Wayne Weaver General manager James Harris Mascot Jaxson de Ville League/Conference affiliations National Football League (1995–present) American Football Conference (1995-present) AFC Central (1995-2001) AFC South (2002-present) Team history Jacksonville... This article is about the current National Football League team. ... City Jacksonville, Florida Team colors Teal, Black, White, and Gold Head Coach Jack Del Rio Owner Wayne Weaver General manager James Harris Mascot Jaxson de Ville League/Conference affiliations National Football League (1995–present) American Football Conference (1995-present) AFC Central (1995-2001) AFC South (2002-present) Team history Jacksonville... is the 107th day of the year (108th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The City of Boulder ( , Mountain Time Zone) is a home rule municipality located in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... NFL redirects here. ... City Jacksonville, Florida Team colors Teal, Black, White, and Gold Head Coach Jack Del Rio Owner Wayne Weaver General manager James Harris Mascot Jaxson de Ville League/Conference affiliations National Football League (1995–present) American Football Conference (1995-present) AFC Central (1995-2001) AFC South (2002-present) Team history Jacksonville... This article is about the current National Football League team. ...

Early life

Boselli played quarterback while a freshman in high school in Boulder, but later switched to linebacker and tight end as a sophomore in order to receive more playing time. Navy quarterback Aaron Polanco sets up to throw. ... Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ... For other uses, see High school (disambiguation). ... This article relates to sports. ... The tight end (TE) is a position in American football on the offensive team. ...

College career

While at USC, Boselli was a first team All-American and All-Pac 10 choice in 1994 and 1995 and won the Morris Trophy. He was also a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. The Trojan Shrine, better known as Tommy Trojan located in the center of University of Southern California campus. ... An All-America team is a sports team composed of star players. ... The Pacific Ten Conference (Pac-10) is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States. ... The Morris Trophy is the college football award given annually to the top offensive lineman and defensive lineman in the Pacific 10 conference. ... Sigma Alpha Epsilon (ΣΑΕ) is a secret letter, social college fraternity. ...

Professional career

He was the first player ever drafted by the expansion Jacksonville Jaguars and the second player taken in the 1995 NFL Draft. He was an all pro tackle after his very first season. He quickly became recognized as one of the best left tackles in the game, and appeared in five Pro Bowls. The 1995 NFL Draft There were 32 picks on the first round of this draft due to the new expansion teams, the Carolina Panthers and Jacksonville Jaguars, receiving 2 first-round picks. ... In professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the all-star game of the National Football League (NFL). ...

Expansion draft/injuries

Tony Boselli was selected as the first pick of the 2002 Houston Texans expansion draft. However, due to frequent injuries over the previous two years that were treated improperly by Jaguars team doctors and the surgeon to whom they sent him, he was placed on injured reserve and retired after the season having never played a single down for the Texans. It was later learned that the doctor who performed Boselli's shoulder surgery had attached a tendon to the wrong spot and in doing so had caused it to atrophy during rehabilitation exercises. The Texans decision to select Boselli in the expansion draft was highly questioned following his retirement and to this day there are those in Houston who feel that the Jacksonville Jaguars knew perfectly well that he was "damaged goods" before the draft. It's often speculated that the Texans selected Boselli first in the expansion draft with an understanding that the Jaguars would then allow the Texans to select both Seth Payne and Gary Walker. Even though Boselli failed to play for the Texans, his selection as the first player taken in the expansion draft was seen as a clear sign of the direction that the Houston Texans wished to go. This article is about the current National Football League team. ... An expansion draft, in professional sports, occurs when a sports league decides to create one or more new expansion teams or franchises. ... Injured reserve is a special sports reserve list for professional teams to use if a player is injured and unable to play for the remainder of the season. ... Seth Copeland Payne (born February 12, 1975) is a National Football League defensive tackle free agent. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Retirement

On March 20, 2006, the Jacksonville Jaguars announced that Tony Boselli will be inducted as the first player to be in the Jaguars Ring of Honor, which is now named the "Pride of the Jaguars." He signed a one-day contract with the Jaguars, allowing him to retire as a Jaguar^[1].

Tony currently is a principal partner of Intra-Focus, Inc., a full-service marketing solutions company based in Georgetown, Texas with former Jaguar teammate Jeff Novak and former NFL quarterback Will Furrer^[2]. Jeff Ladd Novak was born on July 27, 1967 in Arlington Heights, IL. However, he considers his city of upbringing to be Clear Lake, TX outside of Houston. ... Will Furrer (born February 5, 1968) was an American football quarterback. ...

Tony and his brother Jim own a large number of McDonalds stores. He also owns all of the Whataburger locations in Jacksonville along with former teammate Mark Brunell This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Jacksonville skyline and the Acosta Bridge. ... Mark Allen Brunell (born September 17, 1970 in Santa Maria, California) is a left-handed American football player who currently plays quarterback for the NFLs Washington Redskins. ...

Boselli is an active member of Champions for Christ, the athletic outreach ministry of the Pentecostal/charismatic organization Every Nation. He and Brunell helped found an Every Nation church in Jacksonville. Established in 1985 as part of the controversial Maranatha Campus Ministries, Champions for Christ (CFC) is an outreach to college and professional athletes. ... The Pentecostal movement within Protestant Christianity places special emphasis on the gifts of the Holy Spirit. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      The charismatic movement began... Every Nation Churches is an organization of Charismatic Protestant Christian churches. ...

Boselli now participates in triathlons. Boselli is significantly below his playing weight and is hardly recognizable. A triathlon is an athletic event made up of three contests (from the Greek). ...

Tony was also one of the hosts of "The Frank Frangie Show" each morning from 7-10 am on Jacksonville's ESPN 1460. However, the station eventually changed to 1010 XL and Tony did not join the new station. WJXL (1010 XL) first hit the airways on April 2, 2007. ...

On August 30, 2007, it was announced that Tony would be joining Ron Pitts in the broadcast booth for 4 NFL games for Fox Sports^[3]. Ron Pitts is an American sportscaster. ... For Fox Sports in Australia see Fox Sports (Australia). ...

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