Don Summers is an American former

tight end The tight end (TE) is a position in American football, arena football, and Canadian football, on the offense. The tight end is often a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Like ...

in the

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Biography

Summers was born on February 22, 1961, in

Grants Pass, Oregon Grants Pass is the county seat of Josephine County, Oregon, United States. The city is located on Interstate 5, northwest of Medford, along the Rogue River. The population was 39,189 at the 2020 census. History Early Hudson's Bay Company hunt ...

, United States.

Career

Summers played two seasons with the

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, before playing with the

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during the

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. He played at the collegiate level at

Boise State University Boise State University (BSU) is a public research university in Boise, Idaho. Founded in 1932 by the Episcopal Church, it became an independent junior college in 1934 and has been awarding baccalaureate and master's degrees It became a publ ...

and the

Oregon Institute of Technology The Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech) is a public polytechnic university in Oregon with a residential campus in Klamath Falls, Oregon, an urban campus in Wilsonville, Oregon, and additional locations in Salem and Seattle. Oregon Tec ...

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Sportspeople from Grants Pass, Oregon Denver Broncos players Green Bay Packers players American football tight ends Oregon Tech Hustlin' Owls football players Boise State Broncos football players Living people 1961 births Players of American football from Oregon {{tightend-1960s-stub

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