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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Dave Widell
| image = Dave Widell (cropped).jpg
| caption = Widell with the [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] in 1995
| position = [[Center (American football)|Center]] / [[Offensive tackle|Tackle]]
| number = 78, 79
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|5|14|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Hartford, Connecticut]], U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 7
| weight_lbs = 310
| high_school = South Catholic (CT)
| college = [[Boston College]]
| draftyear = 1988
| draftround = 4
| draftpick = 94
| pastteams =
* [[Dallas Cowboys]] ({{NFL Year|1988}}–{{NFL Year|1989}})
* [[Denver Broncos]] ({{NFL Year|1990}}–{{NFL Year|1994}})
* [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] ({{NFL Year|1995}}–{{NFL Year|1997}})
* [[Atlanta Falcons]] ({{NFL Year|1998}})
| highlights =▼
▲|highlights=
* [[Eastern College Athletic Conference|All-ECAC]] (1987)
| statlabel1 = Games played▼
| statvalue1 = 156▼
▲|statlabel1=Games played
| statlabel2 = Games started
▲|statvalue1=156
| statvalue2 = 92
| pfr = WideDa20
}}
'''David Harold Widell, Jr.''' (born May 14, 1965) is a former [[American football]] [[guard (American football)|guard]] and [[Offensive tackle|tackle]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for the [[Dallas Cowboys]], [[Denver Broncos]], [[Jacksonville Jaguars]], and [[Atlanta Falcons]]. He played [[college football]] at [[Boston College]].
==Early years==
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===Dallas Cowboys===
Widell was selected by the [[Dallas Cowboys]] in the fourth round (94th overall) of the [[1988 NFL
In [[1989 NFL season|1989]], he started 2 contests at [[right tackle]] in place of an injured Gogan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Johnson Evaluating Personnel |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19900825&id=CoVSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jDYNAAAAIBAJ&pg=3585,4938852 |access-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref> From games 10 to 14, he was a part of a platoon with Gogan at [[right tackle]], with Widell being used mostly on passing situations. He missed the season finale with a sprained right knee injury.
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five at [[Center (gridiron football)|center]] and five of the last six at [[Guard (American and Canadian football)|left guard]]. He was declared inactive in the fifteenth game against the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]]. He was the team's [[long snapper]] on the punt unit.
In [[1994 NFL season|1994]], he started all 16 games at [[Center (gridiron football)|center]]. Widell only missed one game with the Broncos, while playing at [[Guard (gridiron football)|guard]], [[offensive tackle|tackle]], [[Center (
===Jacksonville Jaguars===
On March 15, [[1995 NFL season|1995]], he signed as a [[free agent]] with the [[Jacksonville Jaguars]], reuniting with [[Tom Coughlin]], who was his [[offensive coordinator]] as a [[Redshirt (college sports)|redshirt]] freshman in college. He was named the franchise's first starting [[Center (
In [[1996 NFL season|1996]], he appeared in 15 games with 14 starts at center. He missed 2 offensive snaps with a sprained knee for the first time as a Jaguar, during the second game against the [[Houston Oilers]]. He played the entire fifth game against the [[Carolina Panthers]], despite having a torn meniscus in his right knee. He missed the next game against the [[New Orleans Saints]], while recovering from knee surgery. He did not start in the seventh game against the [[New York Jets]], but still took over at center in the second quarter. He played only in the first offensive series of the divisional playoff game against the [[Denver Broncos]], after suffering a strained left calf, but still remained in the game as the [[long snapper]] on the [[special teams]] units.
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