Troy Michael Bienemann (born February 18, 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 ...
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. Lik ...
. He was signed by the
New Orleans Saints
The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans. The Saints compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. Since 1975, the te ...
as an
undrafted free agent
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in 2006 out of
Washington State
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.
Bienemann was born in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, attended
St. Francis High School, and lettered in football and basketball. As a junior, he was a first-team All-League selection. As a senior, he was named as the League co-Defensive Player of the Year, was a first-team All-Mid Peninsula selection, was named to the All-Metropolitan team, and was named to the PrepStar Far West Team.
External links
Arizona Cardinals bio
1983 births
Living people
Players of American football from Minneapolis
American football tight ends
Washington State Cougars football players
New Orleans Saints players
Arizona Cardinals players
Saint Francis High School (Mountain View, California) alumni
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