Ryan Lilja
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| Born | October 15, 1981 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight | 290 lb (132 kg) | ||||||||
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| Position | Center / Guard | ||||||||
| Uniform no. | 65 | ||||||||
| High school | Shawnee Mission (KS) Northwest | ||||||||
| College | Kansas State | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 2004: undrafted | ||||||||
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Ryan Matthew Lilja (born October 15, 1981) is an American former professional football player who was a center and guard in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Kansas State Wildcats, and signed with the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2004, and later played with them from 2010 to 2012. Lilja also played with the Indianapolis Colts from 2004 to 2009, with whom he won Super Bowl XLI over the Chicago Bears.
Ryan and his brothers were raised in Kansas City.[1] Lilja attended Shawnee Mission Northwest High School and was a student and a letterman in football and golf. In football, he was a three-year starter.
College career
He was a two-year starter at Coffeyville Community College before he transferred to Kansas State University, where he was a two-year player who started 14 of 23 career games. Lilja was named to the second-team All-Big Twelve squad in 2003.
