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Position: | Center | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Date of birth: | March 21, 1959 | ||||||||
Place of birth: | Iowa City, Iowa | ||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | Iowa City (IA) | ||||||||
College: | Iowa | ||||||||
Undrafted: | 1981 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
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Games played: | 188 |
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Games started: | 188 |
Fumble recoveries: | 4 |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Jay Walter Hilgenberg (born March 21, 1959) is a former American football player in the NFL. He played center for the Chicago Bears, Cleveland Browns and the New Orleans Saints from 1981 to 1993.
Hilgenberg attended the University of Iowa in the late 1970s. He started in the NFL's Pro Bowl seven times. He was a member of the winning team in Super Bowl XX as a member of the 1985 Chicago Bears as well as their Division Champion teams from 1984–88 and 1990.
He has been a nominee for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Hilgenberg is currently a game analyst for WBBM-AM Radio in Chicago and the Bears Radio Network.
His brother Joel Hilgenberg played center for the New Orleans Saints.