Ron Egloff
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Garden City, Michigan, U.S.
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| Position | Tight end | ||||||||||
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| Born | October 3, 1955 Garden City, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 230 lb (104 kg) | ||||||||||
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| High school | Plymouth-Salem (MI) | ||||||||||
| College | Wisconsin | ||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1977: undrafted | ||||||||||
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Ronald Barry Egloff (born October 3, 1955) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end, who played eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Denver Broncos and San Diego Chargers. He played college football for the Wisconsin Badgers.
Egloff attended Plymouth-Salem High School in Plymouth, Michigan, where he earned varsity letters for football and basketball from 1970 to 1973.[citation needed] As a junior, he caught 25 passes for 385 yards and four touchdowns, earning Detroit Free Press first-team all-suburban honors.[1] As a senior, Egloff caught 30 passes for 458 yards on offense while averaging 15 tackles a game on defense as a linebacker, earning Detroit Free Press first-team all-suburban and second-team all-metro honors.[2][3] He committed to play college football at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, signing his National Letter of Intent in April 1973.[4]
College career
Egloff had one reception as a sophomore in 1974 – a diving nine-yard touchdown catch in a 21–20 win over Nebraska.[5][6] As a junior, he made eight catches for 78 yards.[7] As a senior in 1976, Egloff was the team's second-leading receiver with 20 catches for 308 yards and four touchdowns, earning an invitation to play in the Blue–Gray Football Classic in Montgomery, Alabama.[8]
