Sean Tufts
Tufts v. Tampa Bay 2005
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| Date of birth | March 26, 1982 |
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| Place of birth | Aurora, Colorado |
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| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| College | Colorado |
| NFL draft | 2004 / Round: 6 / Pick 196 |
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| 2004–2006 | Carolina Panthers |
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Sean Tufts (born March 26, 1982 in Aurora, Colorado) is a former American football linebacker in the NFL for the Carolina Panthers.
At the University of Colorado, Tufts was the starting middle linebacker from 2001–2003. Including the 2001 Big 12 Championship season. His senior year, Tufts was voted Captain and was placed on the Butkus Award watch list. He averaged 8 tackles per game and finished the 2003 season with 95 tackles. In 2004, Tufts was drafted in the 6th round of the 2004 NFL Draft by the Carolina Panthers.
Tufts was the 196th pick overall, taken by the Carolina Panthers, in the 2004 NFL Draft. He was used sparingly in 2004, playing in the season's final three games. In 2005, he backed up Pro Bowler Dan Morgan and played on special teams. Knee injuries forced Tufts to the sidelines for the 2006 season. Over his career Tufts played in 18 games for the Panthers and totaled 16 career tackles, with one recovered fumble.
After retiring from the NFL in 2006, Tufts returned to the University of Colorado at Boulder to pursue his Master of Business Administration at the university's Leeds School of Business. There, Tufts majored in Energy and Finance, and was voted class president and was the Director of the Net Impact Case Competition. While pursuing his MBA, Tufts joined the Ralphie Handlers, a group responsible for leading Ralphie the Buffalo, the Colorado Buffaloes' mascot onto the field before every Colorado home football game. Tufts was the first and only former CU football player to run Ralphie.
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