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{{Short description|American football player (born 1965)}}
{{Infobox NFL player▼
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
|name=Dave Widell▼
▲| name = Dave Widell
| image = Dave Widell (cropped).jpg
|position=[[Center (American football)|Center]] / [[Offensive tackle|Tackle]]▼
| caption = Widell with the [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] in 1995
▲| position = [[Center (American football)|Center]] / [[Offensive tackle|Tackle]]
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1965|5|14|mf=y}}▼
| number = 78, 79
|birth_place=[[Hartford, Connecticut]]▼
▲| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|5|14|mf=y}}
|height_ft=6▼
▲| birth_place = [[Hartford, Connecticut]], U.S.
|height_in=7▼
▲| height_ft = 6
|weight_lbs=310▼
▲| height_in = 7
|high_school=South Catholic (CT)▼
▲| weight_lbs = 310
|college=[[Boston College]]▼
▲| high_school = South Catholic (CT)
|draftyear=1988▼
▲| college = [[Boston College]]
|draftround=4▼
▲| draftyear = 1988
|draftpick=94▼
▲| draftround = 4
▲| draftpick = 94
| pastteams =▼
▲|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 =▼
|pfr=WideDa20▼
▲|highlights=
* [[Eastern College Athletic Conference|All-ECAC]] (1987)
| statlabel1 = Games played
| statvalue1 = 156
| statlabel2 = Games started
| 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]]
==Early years==
Widell attended South Catholic High School in Connecticut, where he originally played the trombone in
He also was the [[Center (basketball)|center]] for the [[basketball]] team.
==College career==
Widell accepted a football scholarship to play at [[Boston College]]. As a [[Redshirt (college sports)|redshirt]] freshman, he was a backup at [[left tackle]]. He also was named the team's [[long snapper]] on [[special teams]] mid-way through the season.
As a sophomore, he was part of a platoon at the [[Center (gridiron football)|center]] position. In his last 2 seasons, he was named the starter at [[right tackle]].
In 2003, he was inducted into the [[Boston College]] Varsity Club Athletic Hall of Fame.
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===Dallas Cowboys===
Widell was selected by the [[Dallas Cowboys]] in the fourth round (94th overall) of the [[1988 NFL
On August 24, [[1990 NFL season|1990]], he was traded to the [[Denver Broncos]] in exchange for a seventh round selection in [[1991 NFL season|1991]] (#173-[[Leon Lett]]) and an eighth round selection in [[1992 NFL season|1992]] (#222-Mike Pawlawski).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Broncos Obtain Widell |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1755&dat=19900825&id=t-obAAAAIBAJ&sjid=u3oEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3902,5661911 |access-date=February 19, 2020}}</ref>
===Denver Broncos===
In [[1991 NFL season|1991]], he started two games at left guard,
In [[1992 NFL season|1992]], he
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 (gridiron football)|center]] and [[long snapper]].
===Jacksonville Jaguars===
On March 15, [[1995 NFL season|1995]], he signed as a [[free agent]] with the [[Jacksonville Jaguars]],
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.
In [[1997 NFL season|1997]], he started at center for the first 8 games of the season, before being passed on the depth chart by [[Michael Cheever]]. He returned to the starting lineup in the thirteenth game to replace an injured Cheever.
===Atlanta Falcons===
On May 11, [[1998 NFL season|1998]], Widell signed as a [[free agent]] with the [[Atlanta Falcons]],
==References==
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==External links==
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{{Cowboys1988DraftPicks}}
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[[Category:1965 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Hartford, Connecticut]]
[[Category:American football offensive linemen]]
[[Category:Boston College Eagles football players]]
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