Ben Dogra is an American

United States

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 sports agent

Sports agent

A sports agent procures and negotiates employment and endorsement contracts for an athlete.In return, the sports agent generally receives between 4 and 10% of the athlete's playing contract, and 10 to 20% of the athlete's endorsement contract, though these figures vary...

 who, until July, headed the Football Division of SFX Football, with associate Mark Heligman. Dogra graduated from George Mason University

George Mason University

George Mason University is a public university based in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, south of and adjacent to the city of Fairfax. Additional campuses are located nearby in Arlington County, Prince William County, and Loudoun County...

 with a B.S. in Economics, then earned his law degree from St. Louis University School of Law. He previously founded his own agency in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri

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, SMG (now SFX Sports Group).http://www.sfxsports.com/football/ourteam.php.
Dogra now co-heads CAA Football with Tom Condon

Tom Condon

Thomas Joseph Condon is an American football agent. He was named the most powerful agent in American football by Sporting News 2006, and heads the Football Division of Creative Artists Agency with fellow agent Ben Dogra....

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Dogra got his start in 1993 as an intern at SMG. Dogra was named the 6th Most Powerful Sports Agent in 2008 by Sports Business Journal. He has also represented more first round draft choices than any other NFL agent since 2004.

NFL client base

A few of Dogra's and the rest of CAA's NFL

National Football League

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 clients include DE Mario Williams

Mario Williams

Mario Jerrel Williams is an American football defensive end for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. He was selected first overall by the Texans in the 2006 NFL Draft...

, Houston Texans; LB DeMeco Ryans

DeMeco Ryans

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, Houston Texans; RB Adrian Peterson, Minnesota Vikings; WR Roy Williams

Roy Williams (wide receiver)

Roy Eugene Williams, Jr. is an American football wide receiver who is currently a member of the Chicago Bears. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions seventh overall in the 2004 NFL Draft...

, Dallas Cowboys; RB Jonathan Stewart

Jonathan Stewart

Jonathan Creon Stewart is an American football running back for the Carolina Panthers of the NFL. He was selected by the Panthers in the first round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Oregon.-High school career:Stewart is the career leading rusher in...

, Carolina Panthers; CB Terence Newman

Terence Newman

Terence Newman is a starting American football cornerback for the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League. He played in the 2008 pro-bowl and has 32 interceptions in his career....

, Dallas Cowboys; WR Braylon Edwards

Braylon Edwards

-Cleveland Browns:-2005:Edwards began his rookie season as Cleveland's third wide receiver – he would have started higher, but a hold-out caused him to miss the beginning of training camp. Early in the season Edwards revealed that he had a staph infection, and missed a few weeks as a result of it....

, San Francisco 49ers; WR Lee Evans

Lee Evans (American football)

-Buffalo Bills:Evans was initially assigned the jersey number 84. Evans, as a reference to his full name, had always worn the number 3 in college, a number that was not allowed to be used in professional football for wide receivers...

, Buffalo Bills; RB Joseph Addai

Joseph Addai

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, Indianapolis Colts; and LB Patrick Willis

Patrick Willis

Patrick L. Willis is an American football player who plays inside linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. He was selected by the San Francisco 49ers 11th overall in the 2007 NFL Draft...

, San Francisco 49ers.