Marc Colombo

Marc Edward Colombo is a former American football offensive tackle and coach. He played eleven seasons in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins. Colombo also served as offensive line coach for the Cowboys and Giants.

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Summary Marc ColomboMarc Edward Colombo is a former American football offensive tackle and coach. He played eleven seasons in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears, Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins. He also served as offensive line coach for the Cowboys and Giants. Colombo attended Boston College, where he graduated with a degree in Sociology from the College of Arts & Sciences. He helped lead his team to two conference titles in four years, his team advanced to the Division 1 Super Bowl in 1996. He was selected in the first round of the 2002 NFL Draft by theChicago Bears. He spent three injury-plagued seasons with the Bears before being released after the 2005 season. In 2007, Colombo started every game at right tackle for the second consecutive year while helping the team to a franchise record 13 wins and the first NFC East title in club history. He then played on special teams in a road game against the New York Giants, against the Kansas City Chiefs, and on the road against the Washington Redskins and then against the Rams.

In 2001, as a red-shirt senior, he earned All-Big East honors playing at both tackle positions as a senior as part of an offensive line that helped the offense record 4,361 yards, including over 1,000 rushing yards. In 2006, he was named the starting right tackle after training camp and started everygame in one of the Cowboys most productive and efficient offensive seasons in franchise history. The offense scored 425 points, the fourth-most in the league. The team also averaged 360. 8 yards-per-game in total offense, the fifth-most of the league and the most for the Dallas Cowboys since their Super Bowl XXX winning season of 1995. In 2008, he helped the team rank third in the Big East in total Offense with 414. 9 yards per game and rushing offense at 201 yards pergame. In 2009, he played a key role in the most successful offensive season in Dallas Cowboys history.