Tarik Glenn (born May 25, 1976) is a former
American football
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offensive tackle who played 10 seasons for the
Indianapolis Colts of the
National Football League
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(NFL).. He played
college football for
California
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and was drafted by the Colts in the first round of the
1997 NFL draft
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. Glenn made three
Pro Bowl
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The format has changed thro ...
s and was a part of the Colts team that beat the
Chicago Bears in
Super Bowl XLI.
High school and college career
Glenn performed as two-way lineman at
Bishop O'Dowd High School
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in
Oakland, California
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, and later attended the
University of California, Berkeley
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, where he was a four-year
letterman and two-year
starter. He started his career at
defensive tackle before moving to offensive tackle in his junior year.
Professional career
Glenn was selected by the
Indianapolis Colts in the first round (19th overall) of the
1997 NFL Draft
The 1997 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 19–20, 1997, at the Paramount T ...
. He started all 16 games in seven of his 10 pro seasons, missing six games in
2003 with a knee injury. He made his first
Pro Bowl
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The format has changed thro ...
appearance in the 2004 season, which wound up being the first of 3 consecutive Pro Bowls that he participated in. However, when the NFL told Glenn that he would also appear in the
2006 Pro Bowl, they later informed him that he did not receive enough votes, and that he would be an alternate. Glenn did end up participating in the
2006 Pro Bowl replacing the injured
Willie Roaf
William Layton Roaf (born April 18, 1970), nicknamed "Nasty," is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons. He played college football for Louisiana Tech Bul ...
.
Tony Dungy
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, who generally backed the NFL, stated that he was disappointed with the way in which the NFL handled this particular situation.
On July 24, 2007, following winning
Super Bowl XLI the season before, Glenn announced his retirement, saying he had lost his passion for football. Glenn was inducted into the Indianapolis Colts Ring of Honor at halftime of a Colts 2022 regular season game against the Washington Commanders.
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Personal life
In August 2011, Glenn became President of D.R.E.A.M. Alive, Inc., an Indianapolis-based non-profit organization founded by Glenn and his wife, Maya.
Glenn completed his BA degree in Social Welfare
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from UC Berkeley
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in 1999. He pursued a Master of Business Administration
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in the Executive Education
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program at the Purdue University
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Krannert School of Management
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History
The School of Ind ...
, and graduated in December 2012.
References
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1976 births
Living people
Players of American football from Oakland, California
African-American players of American football
American football offensive tackles
American football offensive guards
California Golden Bears football players
Indianapolis Colts players
American Conference Pro Bowl players
21st-century African-American sportspeople
20th-century African-American sportspeople