Dennis Roland, Jr. (born March 10, 1983) is a former
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
offensive tackle. He was signed by the
Dallas Cowboys
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as an
undrafted free agent
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in 2006. Roland has also played for the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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,
Cincinnati Bengals and
Chicago Bears. He played
college football at
Georgia
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.
Professional career
Personal life
Roland's father,
Dennis Sr., served as the head football coach at
Olivet Nazarene University
Olivet Nazarene University (ONU) is a private Nazarene university in Bourbonnais, Illinois. Named for its founding location, Olivet, Illinois, ONU was originally established as a grammar school in east-central Illinois in 1907. In the late 1930 ...
from 1986 to 1990.
References
External links
Chicago Bears bioCincinnati Bengals bio
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1983 births
Living people
People from Polk County, Missouri
American football offensive tackles
Georgia Bulldogs football players
Dallas Cowboys players
Tampa Bay Buccaneers players
Cincinnati Bengals players
Chicago Bears players