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| Position | Offensive tackle | ||||||||
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| Born | (1976-05-25)May 25, 1976 (age 49) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 332 lb (151 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | O'Dowd(Oakland, California) | ||||||||
| College | California | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1997: 1st round, 19th overall pick | ||||||||
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Tarik Glenn (born May 25, 1976) is an American former professionalfootball player who was anoffensive tackle for 10 seasons with theIndianapolis Colts of theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theCalifornia Golden Bears and was selected by the Colts in the first round of the1997 NFL draft. Glenn made threePro Bowls and was a part of the Colts team that beat theChicago Bears inSuper Bowl XLI.
Glenn performed as two-way lineman atBishop O'Dowd High School inOakland, California, and later attended theUniversity of California, Berkeley, where he was a four-yearletterman and two-yearstarter. He started his career atdefensive tackle before moving to offensive tackle in his junior year.
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | Vertical jump | Bench press | ||||
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| 6 ft5+1⁄4 in (1.96 m) | 354 lb (161 kg) | 33+5⁄8 in (0.85 m) | 9+1⁄2 in (0.24 m) | 5.75 s | 1.95 s | 3.35 s | 23.0 in (0.58 m) | 20 reps | ||||
| All values fromNFL Combine[1] | ||||||||||||
Glenn was selected by theIndianapolis Colts in the first round (19th overall) of the1997 NFL draft.[2] He started all 16 games in seven of his 10 professional seasons, missing six games in2003 with a knee injury.[3] He made his firstPro Bowl appearance in the 2004 season, which wound up being the first of 3 consecutive Pro Bowls that he participated in.[4] However, when the NFL told Glenn that he would also appear in the2006 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 the2006 Pro Bowl replacing the injuredWillie Roaf.Tony Dungy, 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 winningSuper 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.[5]
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 inSocial Welfare fromUC Berkeley in 1999. He pursued aMaster of Business Administration in theExecutive Education program at thePurdue UniversityKrannert School of Management, and graduated in December 2012.