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Position: | Tight end | ||||||
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Born: | Mariah Hill, Indiana, U.S. | February 2, 1971||||||
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Heritage Hills (Lincoln City, Indiana) | ||||||
College: | Illinois | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1995 / Round: 2 / Pick: 48 | ||||||
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Kenneth Ray Dilger (born February 2, 1971) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL).
Ken Dilger was raised in Mariah Hill, Spencer County, Indiana. He attended Heritage Hills High School in Lincoln City, Indiana where he played quarterback; he also starred in basketball and baseball. After graduating from Heritage Hills, he went on to the University of Illinois where he was redshirted for a year (1990) before becoming a four-year letterman and three-year starter as a tight end. He was named All-Big Ten in 1991 (Honorable Mention) by the Big Ten coaches and in 1994 (2nd Team) by the coaches and media. He graduated from Illinois with a degree in marketing. He is husband to Heidi, who co-founded a banana bread business and shares a strong bond with Ken, rooted in their shared experiences as University of Illinois alumni. [3]
In 2022, he was selected for induction into the Indiana Football Hall of Fame. [4] [5]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 20-yard shuttle | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||||
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6 ft 4+7⁄8 in (1.95 m) | 252 lb (114 kg) | 33+1⁄4 in (0.84 m) | 10+1⁄8 in (0.26 m) | 4.19 s | 33.5 in (0.85 m) | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) | 17 reps | |||||
All values from NFL Combine [6] |
Dilger was drafted in the second round of the 1995 NFL Draft by the Colts. [7] Dilger spent his first seven NFL seasons as a tight end with the Indianapolis Colts (1995–2001) and his last three seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2002–2004); winning Super Bowl XXXVII in his first year as a Buccaneer. Throughout his career, he accumulated career totals of 356 catches, 4,099 yards (11.5), and 24 touchdowns. In the final game of his career, in addition to playing tight end, he was the long snapper, because the team's regular long snapper, Dave Moore, had been injured the previous week.
Year | Team | Games | Receiving | ||||
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GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
1995 | IND | 16 | 13 | 42 | 635 | 15.1 | 4 |
1996 | IND | 16 | 16 | 42 | 503 | 12.0 | 4 |
1997 | IND | 14 | 14 | 27 | 380 | 14.1 | 3 |
1998 | IND | 16 | 16 | 31 | 303 | 9.8 | 1 |
1999 | IND | 15 | 15 | 40 | 479 | 12.0 | 2 |
2000 | IND | 16 | 16 | 47 | 538 | 11.4 | 3 |
2001 | IND | 16 | 16 | 32 | 343 | 10.7 | 1 |
2002 | TB | 16 | 15 | 34 | 329 | 9.7 | 2 |
2003 | TB | 15 | 15 | 22 | 244 | 11.1 | 1 |
2004 | TB | 16 | 14 | 39 | 345 | 8.8 | 3 |
Career | 156 | 150 | 356 | 4,099 | 11.5 | 24 |
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