Sean Tufts
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Position: | Linebacker | ||||
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Born: | Englewood, Colorado, U.S. | March 26, 1982||||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||
Weight: | 240 lb (109 kg) | ||||
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High school: | Cherry Creek (CO) | ||||
College: | Colorado | ||||
NFL draft: | 2004 / Round: 6 / Pick: 196 | ||||
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Sean Tufts (born March 26, 1982) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Carolina Panthers.
University of Colorado Football 2000–2003
At the
Carolina Panthers Football 2004–2006
Tufts was the 196th pick overall, taken by the
Professional
After retiring from the NFL in 2006, Tufts returned to the
Tufts began has post-football professional career in wind energy as a Development Manager for RES Americas, based in Broomfield, Colorado.[4] He assisted in development of 460MW of wind energy projects in North America. In late 2011, Tufts, along with former Colorado teammate Jeremy Bloom, was selected to Forbes' inaugural "30 Under 30", a list of 30 young entrepreneurs, for his work in the energy sector.[8]
He left RES Americas in 2013 to take a role with General Electric where he served as a Global Key Account Manager for vendors in the utility and oil and gas space. In May 2014, GE acquired the industrial cyber security company, Wurldtech,
In 2017, Tufts joined Denver based Optiv, as a Security Solution Integrator specializing in heavy industrial projects and serves as ISSA Denver Oil and Gas Special Interest Group coordinator.[10][11]
Buffs4Life
Tufts was appointed to president of the Buffs4Life Foundation in June 2018.[12] The foundation focuses on Mental Health for former athletes at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The group has raised over $750K since its formation in 2004. This includes major fundraisers for over 50 former athletes including John Hessler,[13] Chancellor Lee Adams [14] and more.
Tufts has been locally and nationally recognized for his work with the foundation including features on 9News, Denver Post, Pac12 Network, ESPN and Fox Sports.[15]
Personal life
Sean grew up in
References
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "2004 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
- ^ Sean Tufts 2004 NFL Draft Profile – ESPN. Insider.espn.go.com. Retrieved on 2011-06-02.
- ^ a b http://leeds.colorado.edu/MBA/interior.aspx?id=11873 [dead link]
- ^ "Leeds School of Business". leeds.colorado.edu. Archived from the original on September 30, 2010.
- ^ Ralphie the Buffalo – CUBuffs.com – Official Athletics Web site of the University of Colorado. CUBuffs.com (1967-10-28). Retrieved on 2011-06-02.
- ^ Brooks: Tufts Takes Different Run – CUBuffs.com – Official Athletics Web site of the University of Colorado. CUBuffs.com. Retrieved on 2011-06-02.
- ^ "Bloom and Tufts Named to Forbes 30 Under 30".
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- ^ "Board Members | Denver ISSA".
- ^ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-tufts-36b4909/ [self-published source]
- ^ "Board of Directors".
- ^ "Truly Golden Buffaloes". 26 March 2013.
- ^ "Saundra and Lee Adams Get a New Home". 23 May 2017.
- ^ "The buffalo wrangler's new path for athlete mental health at CU". 8 November 2018.
- ^ "Sean Tufts - Football".
- ^ "Athlete of the Week: Orly Ripmaster '03 | Sports | the Harvard Crimson".
- ^ "Participating in his first Bolder Boulder, Luke Tufts of Denver".