Grant feasel biography

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Grant Feasel

American football player (–)

American football player

Grant Earl Feasel (June 28, &#; July 15, ) was an American footballcenter in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts, Minnesota Vikings, and Seattle Seahawks.[1]

Early life

Born and raised in Barstow, California, Feasel graduated from Barstow High School in , then was a standout football player and a first-team All-America center at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas.[2] In , he was named to the NCAA Division II Team of the Quarter Century.[3]

Professional career

Feasel was selected in the sixth round of the NFL draft by the Baltimore Colts.

He played in the season in Baltimore, then the franchise relocated to Indianapolis. He played part of the season, then was traded mid-season to the Minnesota Vikings.

He played two years for the Vikings, then was traded to the Seattle Seahawks in ,[4] where he played six of his ten years in the NFL.

Personal life

Feasel married Cyndy and they had three children: sons Sean and Spencer, and daughter Sarah.[5] His older brother Greg (b) also played at Abilene Christian and in the NFL and is also the president of the Colorado Rockies of the MLB.[6]

Feasel died at age 52 in in Fort Worth, Texas.[6] His family donated his brain to the Concussion Legacy Foundation.

He was diagnosed posthumously with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease.[7][5] He was one of at least NFL players to be diagnosed after death with this disease, which is caused by repeated hits to the head.[8][9]

See also

References

  1. ^"Former ACU, NFL lineman, Grant Feasel, passes away at age 52".

    Archived from the original on July 19, Retrieved July 15,

  2. ^"ACU Remembers: Grant Feasel".

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  5. Cyndy feasel

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  6. ^"Seahawks Legends | Remembering Grant Feasel". . Archived from the original on November 20,
  7. ^Clayton, John (November 1, ). "'Robo Center' Feasel continues to amaze Hawks".

    Grant feasel acu Now Sean had to sum up his hero. But he loved it, and I loved it too. Did he have another family? The family stopped at the park near their old house carrying bags full of tacos and burritos from Del Taco.

    Spokane Chronicle. (Washington). McClatchy News Service. p.&#;D2.

  8. ^ ab"Former Seahawk Grant Feasel's family hit hard by football's trauma". March 15,
  9. ^ abCaplan, Jeff (January 27, ). "NFL's dark side: Haunted by husband's death, widow takes CTE fight to Super Bowl".

    Fort Worth Star-Telegram. (Texas). Retrieved August 7,

  10. ^"Grant Feasel | Concussion Legacy Foundation".

    Grant feasel cause of death Grant dived into school and was stingy with his money. Four days later, he was dead. They told Grant how much they loved him, how much they missed him as a dad, son, brother and uncle. He locked himself in dark rooms and rarely talked to her.

    . Archived from the original on September 15,

  11. ^"The driving force behind Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)". Concussion Legacy Foundation. Archived from the original on July 2, Retrieved July 2,
  12. ^Ken Belson and Benjamin Mueller (June 20, ).

    Grant feasel nfl American Football. Wikidata item. Football made Sean the man he is today. We lost him the last three years.

    "Collective Force of Head Hits, Not Just the Number of Them, Increases Odds of C.T.E. The largest study of chronic traumatic encephalopathy to date found that the cumulative force of head hits absorbed by players in their careers is the best predictor of future brain disease". The New York Times. Retrieved July 2,

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