Gregory John Kragen is a former American football

American football

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 defensive lineman in the National Football League

National Football League

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 including three Super Bowl

Super Bowl

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s and five championship games. He was selected for the Pro Bowl

Pro Bowl

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 in 1989 and made the All-Madden team twice. Kragen went to high school at Amador Valley High School

Amador Valley High School

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 in Pleasanton, California and then played college football

College football

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 at Utah State University

Utah State University

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 and went undrafted in the NFL draft. After trying out for the Denver Broncos

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, he was cut. The next year, he again was invited to training camp and this time he made the team. His career lasted thirteen years. He played nine seasons for the Broncos

Denver Broncos

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 followed by a year for the Kansas City Chiefs

Kansas City Chiefs

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. Then he was selected by the Carolina Panthers

Carolina Panthers

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 in the 1995 NFL Expansion Draft

1995 NFL Expansion Draft

The 1995 National Football League Expansion Draft was held on February 15, 1995. The two new expansion teams, the Carolina Panthers and the Jacksonville Jaguars alternated picks from lists of unprotected players from existing franchises. Existing NFL teams made six players available, and the new...

. and played his final three seasons with that team. He is 226th in all times games played in the nfl, at 200. List of NFL players by games played