Dan Grayson

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Dan Grayson
No. 91
Career information
CFL status American
Height6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight225 lb (102 kg)
College Washington State
NFL draft 1990 / Round: 7 / Pick: 182
Drafted by Pittsburgh Steelers
Career history
As player
1992 Saskatchewan Roughriders
Career stats

Dan Grayson (1967-Aug. 1, 2021) was a former American football linebacker who played one season with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). [1] He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the seventh round of the 1990 NFL Draft. [2] He played college football at Washington State University, where he was a 1st Team All-Pac-10 selection at linebacker in 1989. Due to his behavioral difficulties and change in personality, Grayson believed he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy from his football career and donated his brain to science. [3]

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References

  1. "1992 Saskatchewan Roughriders". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  2. "1990 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  3. "The tragic story of Dan Grayson: Questions continue to swirl around the death of former Washington State linebacker | the Spokesman-Review".